Regulation of intraocular pressure by soluble and membrane guanylate cyclases and their role in glaucoma.

Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by visual field defects that ultimately lead to irreversible blindness (1, 2). By the year 2020, an estimated 80 million people will have glaucoma, 11 million of which will be bilaterally blind. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most...

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Autori principali: Emmanuel S Buys, Lincoln ePotter, Bruce R Ksander, Louis Robert Pasquale
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Serie:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Accesso online:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00038/full