Open AccessThe investigation on the role of mitochondrial fusion protein 1 in the development of myopia
Author(s) -
Yun-Lin Cai,
Yunchun Zou,
Jia-Hong Lei,
Zeng Guan-peng,
Ying Wang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.190137
Subject(s) - mfn1 , retina , medicine , immunohistochemistry , mitochondrial fusion , ophthalmology , optics , pathology , biology , physics , gene , biochemistry , mitochondrial dna
The aim of this study is to preliminarily investigate the expression of mitochondrial fusion protein 1 (MFN1) in a lens-induced animal myopia (LIM) model and to explore the relationship between MFN1 and the visual development.