Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, afflicting more than 60 million people worldwide. Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) due to impaired aqueous humor drainage is a major risk factor for the development of glaucoma. Here, we demonstrated that genetic disruption of the angiopoietin/TIE2 (ANGPT/TIE2) signaling pathway results in high IOP, buphthalmos, and classic features of glaucoma, including retinal ganglion degeneration and vision loss. Eyes from mice with induced deletion of
Benjamin R. Thomson, Stefan Heinen, Marie Jeansson, Asish K. Ghosh, Anees Fatima, Hoon-Ki Sung, Tuncer Onay, Hui Chen, Shinji Yamaguchi, Aris N. Economides, Ann Flenniken, Nicholas W. Gale, Young-Kwon Hong, Amani Fawzi, Xiaorong Liu, Tsutomu Kume, Susan E. Quaggin