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. 2021 Aug 20;27:480–493.

Table 2. A summary of the different approaches directed against myocilin for treating myocilin associated glaucoma.

Method Mode of Action References
Treatment with chemical chaperones
Relieve ER stress by promoting folding of mutant myocilin
Yam et al. 2007 [146], Burns et al. 2016 [145], Zode et al. 2011 [147], Zode et al. 2012 [148]
CRISPR-Cas9 mediated gene editing
Cutting the expression of mutant myocilin
Jain et al. 2017 [76]
Inhibiting myocilin aggregation
Small molecules promoting stability and preventing myocilin aggregation
Orwig et al.. 2014 [149]
Inhibition of grp94-myocilin interaction Promoting clearance of mutant myocilin via autophagy Stothert et al. 2014 [114], Crowley et al. 2016 [115], Stothert et al. 2017 [117], Huard et al. 2018 [116],