Pro-fibrotic pathway activation in trabecular meshwork and lamina cribrosa is the main driving force of glaucoma.

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Published in Cell Cycle on June 17, 2016

Authors

Alex Zhavoronkov1,2, Riya R Kanherkar3,4, Evgeny Izumchenko5, Mahder Teka3, Charles Cantor6,7, Kebreten Manaye4, David Sidransky3, Michael D West8, Eugene Makarev1, Antonei Benjamin Csoka3,4

Author Affiliations

1: a Insilico Medicine, Inc., ETC, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD , USA.
2: b The Biogerontology Research Foundation , London , UK.
3: c Vision Genomics, LLC , Washington, DC , USA.
4: d Epigenetics Laboratory, Howard University , Washington, DC , USA.
5: e Johns Hopkins University , Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
6: f Boston University , Boston , MA , USA.
7: g Retrotope, Inc ; Los Altos Hills , CA , USA.
8: h BioTime, Inc. , Alameda , CA , USA.

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