Advances in Retinal Diseases: 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University Hospitals Eye Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Interests: genesis and molecular mechanism of therapies in ocular diseases; clinical trials of different therapies in ocular disease
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Dear Colleagues,
Aging, drug side effects, immune system disorders, and genetic mutations affect the cells and tissues of the retina and optic nerve, often causing poor vision and leading to lower quality of life. For the diagnosis and treatment of these ocular disorders, the mechanisms underlying their development should be further investigated.
In this Special Issue, we welcome researchers and clinicians to contribute original research and review articles describing their in vitro and/or in vivo data, as well as clinical studies, addressing the mechanisms by which genetic factors and protein molecules regulate ocular disorders, as well as novel diagnostic technologies and therapies for these diseases. The following topics are particularly welcome:
- The potential effect of genetic mutations, aging, and drug side effects on eye diseases, including studies on novel mutations/biomarkers and signaling pathways.
- Novel technologies, such as electrophysiology, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography angiography, artificial intelligence, clinical molecular genetic tests, etc., for the diagnosis and monitoring of ocular disease via functional, morphological, and molecular characterization.
- Therapeutic interventions for eye diseases, including drug, surgical, stem cell, cell, and gene therapies.
Key points: Our journal, IJMS, provides an advanced forum for molecular studies in biology and chemistry, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and molecular medicine. Thus, purely clinical studies are not suitable for our journal. However, clinical or pure model submissions with biomolecular experiments are welcomed.
Dr. Minzhong Yu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- retina
- optic nerve
- ocular disorder
- retinal disease
- genetic mutation
- aging
- drug side effects
- novel mutations/biomarkers
- signaling pathways
- spectral domain optical coherence tomography
- stem cells
- gene therapy
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