Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Secretome in the Treatment of Glaucoma

• Main Authors: C. Randall Harrell (Author), Crissy Fellabaum (Author), Aleksandar Arsenijevic (Author), Bojana Simovic Markovic (Author), Valentin Djonov (Author), Vladislav Volarevic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Glaucoma represents a group of progressive optic neuropathies characterized by gradual loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the neurons that conduct visual information from the retina to the brain. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is considered the main reason for enhanced apoptosis of RGCs in...