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Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucomatous beagles is not associated with mutations in p53 and NTF4 genes.
Veterinary ophthalmology - 1 Sept 2012
Kato Kumiko, Sasaki Noboru, Shastry Barkur S
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BACKGROUND: Glaucoma in humans is a second leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the world and can affect all age groups as well as all populations. The precise mechanism of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death and progressive degeneration of optic nerve in glaucoma is not understood. It has been suggested that apoptosis is the common pathway that leads to the death of RGCs in glaucoma and that neurotrophin 4...
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