Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity

• Main Authors: Souma, Tomokazu, Tompson, Stuart W., Thomson, Benjamin R., Siggs, Owen M., Kizhatil, Krishnakumar, Yamaguchi, Shinji, Feng, Liang, Limviphuvadh, Vachiranee, Whisenhunt, Kristina N., Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Yanovitch, Tammy L., Kalaydjieva, Luba, Azmanov, Dimitar N., Finzi, Simone, Mauri, Lucia, Javadiyan, Shahrbanou, Souzeau, Emmanuelle, Zhou, Tiger, Hewitt, Alex W., Kloss, Bethany, Burdon, Kathryn P., Mackey, David A., Allen, Keri F., Ruddle, Jonathan B., Lim, Sing-Hui, Rozen, Steve, Tran-Viet, Khanh-Nhat, Liu, Xiaorong, John, Simon, Wiggs, Janey L., Pasutto, Francesca, Craig, Jamie E., Jin, Jing, Quaggin, Susan E., Young, Terri L.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: angiopoietin receptor TEK; primary congenital glaucoma
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84670; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41910
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a devastating eye disease and an important cause of childhood blindness worldwide. In PCG, defects in the anterior chamber aqueous humor outflow structures of the eye result in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP); however, the genes and molecular mechanisms invol...