| Literature DB >> 26310156 |
Alan Shiels1, J Fielding Hejtmancik2.
Abstract
Lens opacities or cataract(s) represent a universally important cause of visual impairment and blindness. Typically, cataract is acquired with aging as a complex disorder involving environmental and genetic risk factors. Cataract may also be inherited with an early onset either in association with other ocular and/or systemic abnormalities or as an isolated lens phenotype. Here we briefly review recent advances in gene discovery for inherited and age-related forms of cataract that are providing new insights into lens development and aging.Entities:
Keywords: Age-related; Cataract; Genes; Inherited
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26310156 PMCID: PMC5656277 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci ISSN: 1877-1173 Impact factor: 3.622