Age-related corneal opacity in a mouse model (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Age-related corneal opacity in a mouse model

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<p>A) Actual image of corneal opacity in mice (arrow). Incidentally, this is the first model of corneal opacity caused by a genetic defect in the field of ophthalmology. </p> <p>B) Determining the level of corneal opacity. </p> <p>C) Frequency of corneal opacity cases in mice at each week of age. </p>

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Professor Takashi Minami

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<p>Fig. 1(A, B, & C) of <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315003">Muramatsu, M. et al. (2020). Loss of Down Syndrome Critical Region-1 Mediated-Hypercholesterolemia Accelerates Corneal Opacity Via Pathological Neovessel Formation. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 40(10), 2425-2439. doi:10.1161/atvbaha.120.315003</a>. </p> <p>Use of the material in any format is prohibited without written permission from the publisher, Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Please contact permissions@lww.com for further information. </p>

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