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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2020

Pathophysiology of Conversion to Symptomatic Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and Therapeutic Implications: a Review.

Alvaro J Mejia-Vergara, Nicolas Seleme, Alfredo A Sadun, Rustum Karanjia

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Complex II ambiguities-FADHThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2024
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Developments in the Treatment of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
    Review
  5. Common methods in mitochondrial research (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alvaro J Mejia-VergaraDoheny Eye Centers, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. amejiavergara@mednet.ucla.edu.
Nicolas SelemeDoheny Eye Centers, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alfredo A SadunDoheny Eye Centers, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Rustum KaranjiaDoheny Eye Centers, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Doheny Eye Institute · USOttawa Hospital Research Institute

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLeber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease of the mitochondrial genome that mainly affects the retinal ganglion cells (RGC) of the inner retina resulting in central vision loss. New understandings in mitochondrial genetics are helping to elucidate the nuances of conversion and allow for new therapeutic options. RECENT

findingsAppreciation of the mitochondrial fission-fusion balance has allowed for increased understanding of the cascade of events that leads to clinical conversion in LOHN. Mathematical and computational models have helped to interpret the role of ROS in conversion, both as oxidative agents and as signaling molecules for cell death. The conversion from the LHON carrier to the affected patient has been clinically characterized, but the pathophysiology is just beginning to be understood. External stressors alter the mitochondrial dynamics of RGCs, leading to ROS buildup, energy shortages, decreased biogenesis and increased mitophagy, and ultimately axon degeneration and ganglion cell death. New therapeutic alternatives targeting these newly understood pathophysiological changes in the mitochondria and directly addressing the genetic mutations involved in LHON are being developed.

Indexed as

Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, LeberCell DeathDNA, MitochondrialHumansMitochondriaRetinal Ganglion CellsDNA, MitochondrialConversion“Leber hereditary optic neuropathy”MitochondriaPathophysiology

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PMID32296973
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