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High-Resolution Analysis Of Dna Copy Number Alterations In Patients With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma., Khaled K Abu-Amero, Ali Hellani, Patrick Bender, George L. Spaeth, Jonathan Myers, L Jay Katz, Marlene Moster, Thomas M Bosley
High-Resolution Analysis Of Dna Copy Number Alterations In Patients With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma., Khaled K Abu-Amero, Ali Hellani, Patrick Bender, George L. Spaeth, Jonathan Myers, L Jay Katz, Marlene Moster, Thomas M Bosley
Wills Eye Hospital Papers
PURPOSE: To determine whether patients with isolated primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) have evidence of chromosomal copy number alterations.
METHODS: Twenty-seven Caucasian and African-American POAG patients and 12 ethnically matched controls were carefully screened for possible glaucoma and tested for chromosomal copy number alterations using high resolution array comparative genomic hybridization.
RESULTS: No POAG patient had evidence of chromosomal copy number alterations when compared to normal ethnically matched controls. Additionally, there was no evidence of somatic mosaicism in any tested POAG patient.
CONCLUSIONS: Chromosomal deletions and/or duplications were not detected in POAG patients as compared to controls. Other chromosomal imbalances such …