The Role of Kinases in Ocular Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

The visual system is very complex, divided into the ocular system and the visual cortex. The ocular system is generated by interactions in a very tightly coordinated manner of numerous and diverse developing tissues, such as, but not limited to, choroidal and retinal blood vessels, the retinal pigmented epithelium and the retina, a highly polarized neuronal tissue. Retinal development and maintenance require precise and coordinated regulation of cell proliferation, cell death, migration, morphogenesis, synaptic connectivity and balanced homeostasis. Kinases, such as nuclear Dbf2-related (NDR) or tyrosine kinases, modulate signaling pathways, playing an important role in the pathogenesis, progression and potential treatment of these diseases. Therefore, kinases are attractive targets for targeted therapies against ocular diseases.

This Special Issue focuses on the role of kinases in ocular diseases. We warmly welcome your submissions of original papers and reviews based on results related to the topics.

This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Paulo Fernando Santos and assisted by our Guest Editor’s Assistant Editor Dr. Hélène Léger <[email protected]> (Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Celas, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal).

Dr. Paulo Fernando Santos
Guest Editor

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• kinases
• ocular diseases
• retina
• central nervous system
• targeted therapies