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Abstract #118348 Published in IGR 24-4

Apoptosis in glaucoma: A new direction for the treatment of glaucoma (Review)

Xia Q; Zhang D
Molecular medicine reports 2024; 29:


Glaucoma is a group of progressive optic nerve disorders characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells, a thinner retinal nerve fibre layer and cupping of the optic disk. Apoptosis is a physiological cell death process regulated by genes and plays a crucial role in maintaining tissue homeostasis, ensuring the natural development and immune defence of organisms. Apoptosis has been associated with glaucoma and inhibiting apoptosis by activating phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase‑protein kinase B or other medicines can rescue pathological changes in glaucoma. Due to the complex crosstalk of apoptosis pathways, the pathophysiological mechanism of apoptosis in glaucoma needs to be fully elucidated. The present review aimed to discuss the mechanism of cell apoptosis in glaucoma, improve the understanding of the pathophysiology of glaucoma, summarize new directions for the treatment of glaucoma and lay the foundation for new treatment strategies for glaucoma.

Department of Medical Laboratory, Xindu District People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

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