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Cellular processing of myocilin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Qiu Ye, Shen Xiang, Shyam Rajalekshmy, Yue Beatrice Y J T, Ying Hongyu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Myocilin (MYOC) is a gene linked directly to juvenile- and adult-onset open angle glaucoma. Mutations including Pro370Leu (P370L) and Gln368stop (Q368X) have been identified in patients. In the present study, we investigated the processing of myocilin in human trabecular meshwork (TM) cells as well as in inducible, stable RGC5 cell lines. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The turnover and...
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