Journal article
Dysfunction of VIPR2 leads to myopia in humans and mice.
Fuxin Zhao, Qihang Li, Wei Chen, He Zhu, Dengke Zhou, Peter Sol Reinach, Zhenglin Yang, Mingguang He, Anquan Xue, Deng Wu, Tianzi Liu, Qian Fu, Changqing Zeng, Jia Qu, Xiangtian Zhou
J Med Genet | Published : 2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Myopia is the leading cause of refractive errors. As its pathogenesis is poorly understood, we determined if the retinal VIP-VIPR2 signalling pathway axis has a role in controlling signalling output that affects myopia development in mice. METHODS: Association analysis meta-study, single-cell transcriptome, bulk RNA sequencing, pharmacological manipulation and VIPR2 gene knockout studies were used to clarify if changes in the VIP-VIPR2 signalling pathway affect refractive development in mice. RESULTS: The SNP rs6979985 of the VIPR2 gene was associated with high myopia in a Chinese Han cohort (randomceffect model: p=0.013). After either 1 or 2 days' form deprivation (FD) retinal V..
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Awarded by National Key Research and Development Program of China
Awarded by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China