TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuronal death in glaucoma
AU - Quigley, Harry A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by PHS Research Grants EY 02120 (Dr Quigley) and EY 01765 (Core Facility Grant, Wilmer Institute), and by research support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York and National Glaucoma Research, a program of American Health Assistance Foundation, Rockville, Maryland.
PY - 1999/1
Y1 - 1999/1
N2 - Glaucoma is recognized to have its major detrimental effect upon the eye by killing retinal ganglion cells. The process of cell death appears to be initiated at the optic nerve head, though other sites of injury are possible but unsubstantiated. At present the injury at the nerve head seems related to the level of the eye pressure, but its detailed mechanism is as yet unexplained. There is a greater loss of ganglion cells from some areas of the eye, and this feature of glaucoma seems related to the regional structure of the supporting connective tissues of the optic nerve head. Larger retinal ganglion cells have been consistently shown to have somewhat greater susceptibility to injury in glaucoma, though all cells are injured, even early in the process. Ganglion cells die by apoptosis in human and experimental glaucoma, opening several potential areas for future therapies to protect them from dying. Neurotrophin deprivation is one possible cause of cell death and replacement therapy is a potential approach to treatment.
AB - Glaucoma is recognized to have its major detrimental effect upon the eye by killing retinal ganglion cells. The process of cell death appears to be initiated at the optic nerve head, though other sites of injury are possible but unsubstantiated. At present the injury at the nerve head seems related to the level of the eye pressure, but its detailed mechanism is as yet unexplained. There is a greater loss of ganglion cells from some areas of the eye, and this feature of glaucoma seems related to the regional structure of the supporting connective tissues of the optic nerve head. Larger retinal ganglion cells have been consistently shown to have somewhat greater susceptibility to injury in glaucoma, though all cells are injured, even early in the process. Ganglion cells die by apoptosis in human and experimental glaucoma, opening several potential areas for future therapies to protect them from dying. Neurotrophin deprivation is one possible cause of cell death and replacement therapy is a potential approach to treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00014-7
DO - 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00014-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 9920498
AN - SCOPUS:0032889607
SN - 1350-9462
VL - 18
SP - 39
EP - 57
JO - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
JF - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
IS - 1
ER -