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At present, no animal models fully embody exfoliation syndrome or exfoliation glaucoma. Both genetic and environmental factors appear critical for disease manifestation, and both must be considered when generating animal models. Because mice provide a powerful mammalian platform for modeling complex disease, this paper focuses on mouse models of exfoliation syndrome and exfoliation glaucoma.
*The Howard Hughes Medical Institute †The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME ‡Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Departments of §Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ∥Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa ¶Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA.
Full article5.1 Rodent (Part of: 5 Experimental glaucoma; animal models)
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)