Article
Gene therapy in color vision deficiency: a review.
International ophthalmology - 1 May 2021
El Moussawi Zeinab, Boueiri Marguerita, Al-Haddad Christiane
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Color vision deficiencies are a group of vision disorders, characterized by abnormal color discrimination. They include red-green color blindness, yellow-blue color blindness and achromatopsia, among others. The deficiencies are caused by mutations in the genes coding for various components of retinal cones. Gene therapy is rising as a promising therapeutic modality. The purpose of this review article...
Topics
- Animals
- Color Vision Defects
- Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels
- Electroretinography
- Genetic Therapy
- Humans
- Mutation
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells
