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ReviewAnimal models and experimental medicine2025

Glaucoma animal models in rabbits: State of the art and perspectives-A review.

Rong Hu, Kai Wu, Jian Shi, Juan Yu, Xiao-Lei Yao

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Rong HuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7154-1416
Kai WuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Jian ShiHunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Juan YuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Xiao-Lei YaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81860870The 64th batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2018M640754The "Wang Heng xin Scientific Research Fund" project of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine 2023HX007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glaucoma, a visual thief, is characterized by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and the loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Selecting suitable animals for preclinical models is of great significance in research on the prevention, early screening, and effective treatments of glaucoma. Rabbit eyeballs possess similar vascularity and aqueous humor outflow pathways to those of humans. Thus, they are among the earliest in vivo models used in glaucoma research. Over the years, rabbit models have made substantial contributions to understanding glaucomatous pathophysiology, surgical adaptations, biomedical device development, and drug development for reducing IOP, protecting RGCs, and inhibiting fibrosis. Compared to other animals, rabbits fit better with surgical operations and cost less. This review summarizes the merits and demerits of different ways to produce glaucomatous rabbit models, such as intracameral injection, vortex vein obstruction, Trendelenburg position, laser photo-coagulation, glucocorticoid induction, limbal buckling induction, retinal ischemia-reperfusion models, and spontaneous models. We analyzed their mechanisms in the hope of providing more references for experimental design and promoting the understanding of glaucoma treatment strategies.

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Disease Models, AnimalGlaucomaAnimalsIntraocular PressureRabbitsaqueous humor outflowglaucomaintraocular pressurerabbit eye anatomyretinal ischemia–reperfusion

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