Article
Choroideremia: molecular mechanisms and therapies.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 May 2022
Sarkar Hajrah, Moosajee Mariya
Abstract excerpt
Choroideremia (CHM) is a monogenic X-linked chorioretinal dystrophy affecting the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and choroid; it is caused by mutations involving the CHM gene. CHM is characterized by night blindness in early childhood, progressing to peripheral visual field loss and eventually to complete blindness from middle age. CHM encodes the ubiquitously expressed Rab escort protein 1...
Topics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Child, Preschool
- Choroid
- Choroideremia
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Retina
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
