Identification of myopia-associated WNT7B polymorphisms provides insights into the mechanism underlying the development of myopia

Masahiro Miyake; Kenji Yamashiro; Yasuharu Tabara; Kenji Suda; Satoshi Morooka; Hideo Nakanishi; Chiea-Chuen Khor; Peng Chen; Fan Qiao; Isao Nakata; Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige; Norimoto Gotoh; Akitaka Tsujikawa; Akira Meguro; Sentaro Kusuhara; Ozen Polasek; Caroline Hayward; Alan F Wright; Harry Campbell; Andrea J Richardson; Maria Schache; Masaki Takeuchi; David A Mackey; Alex W Hewitt; Gabriel Cuellar; Yi Shi; Luling Huang; Zhenglin Yang; Kim Hung Leung; Patrick YP Kao; Maurice KH Yap; Shea Ping Yip; Muka Moriyama; Kyoko Ohno-Matsui; Nobuhisa Mizuki; Stuart MacGregor; Veronique Vitart; Tin Aung; Seang-Mei Saw; E-Shyong Tai; Tien Yin Wong; Ching-Yu Cheng; Paul N Baird; Ryo Yamada; Fumihiko Matsuda; Nagahisa Yoshimura

Journal article

Identification of myopia-associated WNT7B polymorphisms provides insights into the mechanism underlying the development of myopia

Masahiro Miyake, Kenji Yamashiro, Yasuharu Tabara, Kenji Suda, Satoshi Morooka, Hideo Nakanishi, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Peng Chen, Fan Qiao, Isao Nakata, Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige, Norimoto Gotoh, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Akira Meguro, Sentaro Kusuhara, Ozen Polasek, Caroline Hayward, Alan F Wright, Harry Campbell, Andrea J Richardson Show all

Nature Communications | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7689

University of Melbourne Researchers

Paul Baird Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

David Mackey Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

Grants

Awarded by Medical Research Council

Awarded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Ms Kaori Misono, Ms Hatsue Hamanaka and Ms Miwa Fukami for their assistance in animal experiments, IHC and genotyping. We also thank Japan Eye Bank Association for its financial support.