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EAAT1 variants associated with glaucoma.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 3 Sept 2020
Yanagisawa Michiko, Namekata Kazuhiko, Aida Tomomi, Katou Sayaka, Takeda Takuya, Harada Takayuki, Fuse Nobuo, The Glaucoma Gene Research Group, Tanaka Kohichi
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons. We reported that glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST) knockout mice showed progressive RGC loss and optic nerve degeneration that are similar to glaucoma. To explore the possibility that rare variants in the EAAT1 gene (the human homolog of GLAST) cause susceptibility to...
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