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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

A Model of Glaucoma Induced by Circumlimbal Suture in Rats and Mice.

Zheng He, Da Zhao, Anna K van Koeverden, Christine T Nguyen, Jeremiah K H Lim, Vickie H Y Wong, Algis J Vingrys, Bang V Bui

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Inducible rodent models of glaucoma.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zheng HeDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Da ZhaoDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Anna K van KoeverdenDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Christine T NguyenDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Jeremiah K H LimDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Vickie H Y WongDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Algis J VingrysDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Bang V BuiDepartment of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne; bvb@unimelb.edu.au.
Australian College of Optometry · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The circumlimbal suture is a technique for inducing experimental glaucoma in rodents by chronically elevating intraocular pressure (IOP), a well-known risk factor for glaucoma. This protocol demonstrates a step-by-step guide on this technique in Long Evans rats and C57BL/6 mice. Under general anesthesia, a "purse-string" suture is applied on the conjunctiva, around the equator and behind the limbus of the eye. The fellow eye serves as an untreated control. Over the duration of our study, which was a period of 8 weeks for rats and 12 weeks for mice, IOP remained elevated, as measured regularly by rebound tonometry in conscious animals without topical anesthesia. In both species, the sutured eyes showed electroretinogram features consistent with preferential inner retinal dysfunction. Optical coherence tomography showed selective thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer. Histology of the rat retina in cross-section found reduced cell density in the ganglion cell layer, but no change in other cellular layers. Staining of flat-mounted mouse retinae with a ganglion cell specific marker (RBPMS) confirmed ganglion cell loss. The circumlimbal suture is a simple, minimally invasive and cost-effective way to induce ocular hypertension that leads to ganglion cell injury in both rats and mice.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsGlaucomaIntraocular PressureLimbus CorneaeMice, Inbred C57BLRatsRats, Long-EvansRetinaSuture Techniques

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PMID30346390
PMCPMC6235421
OpenAlexW2894611590

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