Role of FOXC2 and PITX2 rare variants associated with mild functional alterations as modifier factors in congenital glaucoma.

Congenital glaucoma (CG) is a severe and inherited childhood optical neuropathy that leads to irreversible visual loss and blindness in children. CG pathogenesis remains largely unexplained in most patients. Herein we have extended our previous studies to evaluate the role of FOXC2 and PITX2 variant...

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Main Authors: Cristina Medina-Trillo, José-Daniel Aroca-Aguilar, Jesús-José Ferre-Fernández, Susana Alexandre-Moreno, Laura Morales, Carmen-Dora Méndez-Hernández, Julián García-Feijoo, Julio Escribano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211029