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Epigenetics in Glaucoma.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 29 May 2024
D'Esposito Fabiana, Gagliano Caterina, Bloom Philip Anthony, Cordeiro Maria Francesca, Avitabile Alessandro, Gagliano Giuseppe, Costagliola Ciro, Avitabile Teresio, Musa Mutali, Zeppieri Marco
Abstract excerpt
Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is defined as a "genetically complex trait", where modifying factors act on a genetic predisposing background. For the majority of glaucomatous conditions, DNA variants are not sufficient to explain pathogenesis. Some genes are clearly underlying the more "Mendelian" forms, while a growing number of related polymorphisms in other genes have been identified in recent years....
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