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ArticleOphthalmology science2023

Loss of Corneal Nerves and Corneal Haze in Patients with Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy with the Transcription Factor 4 Gene Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion.

Matthew Gillings, Andrew Mastro, Xunzhi Zhang, Kelly Kiser, Jane Gu, Chao Xing, Danielle M Robertson, W Matthew Petroll, V Vinod Mootha

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Article in Ophthalmology science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew GillingsDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Andrew MastroDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Xunzhi ZhangEugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Kelly KiserDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Jane GuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Chao XingEugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Danielle M RobertsonDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
W Matthew PetrollDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
V Vinod MoothaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Stem Cell, Organoid and Cell Phenotyping ModuleP30EY030413 · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
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NEI NIH HHS P30 EY030413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Seventy percent of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) cases are caused by an intronic trinucleotide repeat expansion in the transcription factor 4 gene ( Design: Cross-sectional, single-center study. Participants: Fifty-two eyes of 29 subjects with a modified Krachmer grade of FECD severity from 1 to 6 were included in the study. Fifteen of the 29 subjects carried an expanded Main Outcomes Measures: In vivo confocal microscopy assessments of corneal nerve fiber length (CNFL), corneal nerve branch density, corneal nerve fiber density (CNFD), and anterior corneal stromal backscatter (haze); Scheimpflug tomography densitometry measurements of haze in anterior, central, and posterior corneal layers. Results: Using confocal microscopy, we detected a negative correlation between FECD severity and both CNFL and CNFD in the eyes of RE+ subjects (Spearman ρ = -0.45, Conclusions: Loss of corneal nerves in FECD supports the classification of the

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CMTF, confocal microscopy through-focusingCNBD, corneal nerve branch densityCNFD, corneal nerve fiber densityCNFL, corneal nerve fiber lengthConfocalCorneaFECD, Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophyFuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophyImagingRE−, patients with FECD without the trinucleotide repeat expansionRE+, patients with FECD with the trinucleotide repeat expansionScheimpflugTCF4, transcription factor 4 gene

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