Terry Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 For high myopia associated cataract that gradually developed after age 45, is there any study about this relationship with gene? I am interested in the timely expression of certain disease during our life span such as Huntington's disease due to the excessive repetition of HTT gene sequence. The more the repetition exceeds the normal level, the earlier the disease will occur. Are there other timely expressed diseases caused by repetition of gene sequence? Is high myopia associated cataract be one of these diseases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vmedvil2 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/817183#:~:text=Hereditary cataracts are estimated to,and 25%of congenital cataracts.&text=The lens alone may be,developmental anomalies%2C or retinal degenerations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Once there was a study of lanosterol to reverse the cataract in animals but seems not working in human. Wouldn't it be great if we can unentangle or reverse the reaction of forming cataract by developing protein that unfold the crystallin in the lens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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