Cataract Clinical Trial
Official title:
Clinical and Molecular Studies in Families With Congenital or Hereditary Cataracts
The objective of this study is to discover the genes responsible for the development of
hereditary cataracts in families. A cataract is clouding of the lens of the eye that
obstructs the passage of light and may impair vision. Information from this study may
provide a better understanding of why hereditary cataracts form and perhaps lead to the
development of a test that can predict who will likely be affected and to what degree.
Patients or family members of patients with inherited cataracts who participate in this
study will be asked questions about their family history, especially concerning eye disease
or cataracts, and a family tree will be drawn. They will undergo a complete eye examination,
including photographs to document the clarity or opacity of the lens. In addition, a small
blood sample will be drawn for use in gene mapping studies of inherited cataract.
Although the etiology of some secondary cataracts is becoming better understood and certain animal models have the promise to elucidate the relationships between lens crystallin and hereditary cataract, little is known about the causes of congenital cataracts in humans. Even the classification of different types of cataracts is cumbersome and imperfect. A better understanding of cataractogenesis will come through an understanding of the molecular components of the lens of the eye and the ways in which lesions of these components are manifested structurally and functionally as opacity of the lens. It is well known that cataracts exhibit marked genetic heterogeneity. In mice and humans, hereditary cataracts have been shown to result from lesions at many distinct loci and those cataracts corresponding to one locus can be morphologically heterogeneous, implying that environmental factors may modify the phenotype of the cataract which a molecular lesion causes. Nonetheless, molecular biological characterization of cataracts in the mouse and guinea pig has suggested that alterations in lens crystallins can cause hereditary cataracts making them reasonable candidate genes for causing hereditary cataracts in humans. In addition, it is apparent that hereditary lesions which mimic or contribute additively to environmental stresses known to cause cataracts might be candidate genes for causing hereditary cataracts. This knowledge increases the feasibility of genetic linkage studies and provides a rationale basis on which to begin the molecular analysis of naturally occurring hereditary cataracts. Therefore, it is the purpose of this protocol to concentrate upon hereditary cataracts. ;
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