Scleral PERK and ATF6 as targets of myopic axial elongation of mouse eyes

he underlying mechanism of myopic axial elongation of the eyes has long been unknown. Here, the authors show that endoplasmic reticulum stress in the sclera and its sensor proteins, PERK and ATF6, are involved in myopic axial elongation

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shin-ichi Ikeda, Toshihide Kurihara, Xiaoyan Jiang, Yukihiro Miwa, Deokho Lee, Naho Serizawa, Heonuk Jeong, Kiwako Mori, Yusaku Katada, Hiromitsu Kunimi, Nobuhiro Ozawa, Chiho Shoda, Mari Ibuki, Kazuno Negishi, Hidemasa Torii, Kazuo Tsubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33605-1