期刊
PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH
卷 57, 期 -, 页码 108-133出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2016.12.004
关键词
Glaucoma; Trabecular meshwork; Segmental outflow; schlemm's canal; Collector channels; Deep scleral plexus; Distal outflow; Mechanosensing; Basement membrane: turnover and stability; Continuum hypothesis
资金
- NIH [EY016112, EY14801]
- Department of Defense [W81XWH15-1-0079]
- Research to Prevent Blindness
In glaucoma, lowered intraocular pressure (I0P) confers neuroprotection. Elevated lOP characterizes glaucoma and arises from impaired aqueous humor (AH) outflow. Increased resistance in the trabecular meshwork (TM), a filter-like structure essential to regulate AH outflow, may result in the impaired outflow. Flow through the 360 circumference of TM structures may be non-uniform, divided into high and low flow regions, termed as segmental. After flowing through the TM, AH enters Schlemm's canal (SC), which expresses both blood and lymphatic markers; AH then passes into collector channel entrances (CCE) along the SC external well. From the CCE, AH enters a deep scleral plexus (DSP) of vessels that typically run parallel to SC. From the DSP, intrascleral collector vessels run radially to the scleral surface to connect with AH containing vessels called aqueous veins to discharge AH to blood-containing episcleral veins. However, the molecular mechanisms that maintain homeostatic properties of endothelial cells along the pathways are not well understood. How these molecular events change during aging and in glaucoma pathology remain unresolved. In this review, we propose mechanistic possibilities to explain the continuum of AH outflow control, which originates at the TM and extends through collector channels to the episcleral veins.(c) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the
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