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Ophthalmology

A section of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383).

Section Information

The eye is a sensory organ, and the capacity for sight is derived from the neuroectoderm. The eye has many important components including the cornea, iris, trabecular meshwork, lens, vitreous chamber, sclera, neural retina, retinal pigment epithelium, choroid, and optic nerve. These structures serve different functions, from providing a barrier to environmental elements to facilitating our ability to see. The function of the retina, located at the posterior portion of the eye (akin to the lens in a camera), contains at least 60 cell types, including the photoreceptors (rods and cones), which turn light into electrical signals that are transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain. The cornea and lens function to help accurately focus light on the retina. Aging and disease can affect one or more of these structures, thus diminishing our ability to see. Some of the factors that impact vision are treatable, such as cataract surgery for the aging population, while others are not. Visual impairment can be influenced by factors including age, genetics, trauma, access to eye care, lifestyle, and diet. Vision can also be influenced in some cases by systemic disease. Understanding the mechanisms of disease which impact the function of these ocular structures will better help pinpoint disease causality and novel therapeutic targets. In view of these concepts, we sincerely welcome your submission to the Journal of Clinical Medicine. For this Special Issue, we are particularly interested in clinical translational findings that relate to the eye in systemic health and disease.

Subject Areas

Ophthalmology and eye disease;

Diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and management of ophthalmic disorders/conditions, Innovative approaches for analytics;

Novel imaging of disease biomarkers;

Genomics and bioinformatics related to clinical or pre-clinical research, and clinical studies that elucidate eye disease mechanisms;  

Novel therapies for blinding disorders;

Clinical practice of telemedicine in ophthalmology;

Vulnerable populations and ophthalmic disease disparities;

Co-segregating diseases, examples include disease protection, therapy resistance, disease progression, and disease severity

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