Molecular Mechanism of Retinal Diseases: New Insights
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 November 2023) | Viewed by 2233
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Interests: retinal diseases; ophthalmic disorders; inherited retinal diseases; ophthalmogenetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inherited retinal disorders (IRDs) are a group of rare diseases. The impressive genetic heterogeneity is illustrated by the fact that more than 280 abnormal genes have been identified to date to play a role in retinal dystrophies, leading to functional and morphological impairment of retinal cells, mainly photoreceptors or the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The fact that there are numerous interventional studies underway, whether pharmacological or gene therapy, requires the development of sensitive, feasible, and relatively rapid outcomes for determining the safety and efficacy of proposed interventions. In the treatment of slow diseases, it is especially important to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms and correlate these with the observed clinical findings.
This Special Issue focuses on studies that aim to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms leading to IRDs. Studies providing such information are welcome and will help to elucidate the natural disease course and develop future therapeutic options.
Dr. Ditta Zobor
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inherited retinal diseases (IRD)
- ophthalmogenetics
- pathophysiology of vision
- therapeutic perspectives
- gene therapy
- electrophysiology
- psychophysiological outcome
- molecular mechanisms in IRD
- retinitis pigmentosa
- inherited retinopathies
- genetic analysis
