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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2016

Mice Homozygous for a Deletion in the Glaucoma Susceptibility Locus INK4 Show Increased Vulnerability of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Elevated Intraocular Pressure.

Shan Gao, Tatjana C Jakobs

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Shan GaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Tatjana C JakobsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: tatjana_jakobs@meei.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003790 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Patricia Ann D'Amore · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
P30 Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY014104 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI Janey L Wiggs · 2002 to 2026
$15.1M
Cell Biology of Astrocytes in the Optic Nerve HeadR01EY019703 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI Tatjana Claudia Jakobs · 2009 to 2026
$6.2M
The Induction of Reactivity in Optic Nerve AstrocytesR01EY022092 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI MASLAND, RICHARD HARRY · 2013 to 2015
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003790NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014104NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019703NEI NIH HHS R01EY019703NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022092NEI NIH HHS R01EY022092NEI NIH HHS SP30EY003790-34
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A genomic region located on chromosome 9p21 is associated with primary open-angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma in genome-wide association studies. The genomic region contains the gene for a long noncoding RNA called CDKN2B-AS, two genes that code for cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors 2A and 2B (CDKN2A/p16(INK4A) and CDKN2B/p15(INK4B)) and an additional protein (p14(ARF)). We used a transgenic mouse model in which 70 kb of murine chromosome 4, syntenic to human chromosome 9p21, are deleted to study whether this deletion leads to a discernible phenotype in ocular structures implicated in glaucoma. Homozygous mice of this strain were previously reported to show persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous. Fundus photography and optical coherence tomography confirmed that finding but showed no abnormalities for heterozygous mice. Optokinetic response, eletroretinogram, and histology indicated that the heterozygous and mutant retinas were normal functionally and morphologically, whereas glial cells were activated in the retina and optic nerve head of mutant eyes. In quantitative PCR, CDKN2B expression was reduced by approximately 50% in the heterozygous mice and by 90% in the homozygous mice, which suggested that the CDKN2B knock down had no deleterious consequences for the retina under normal conditions. However, compared with wild-type and heterozygous animals, the homozygous mice are more vulnerable to retinal ganglion cell loss in response to elevated intraocular pressure.

Indexed as

Genes, p16Genome-Wide Association StudyHomozygoteAnimalsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Glaucoma, Open-AngleHumansIntraocular PressureMice, TransgenicRetinal Ganglion CellsTumor Suppressor Protein p14ARFCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF

Identifiers

PMID26883755
PMCPMC5848263
OpenAlexW2257915098

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