Morphological changes in glaucomatous eyes and the role of TGFβ2 for the pathogenesis of the disease

E Lütjen-Drecoll - Experimental eye research, 2005 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the Ernst H. Bárány Prize Lecture given at the XVI. meeting 2004 of
the International Society of Eye Research in Sydney, Australia. The article describes the
author's early studies starting with the determination of the site of aqueous humour outflow
resistance and its regulation through ciliary muscle contraction, which were performed in
collaborations with Bárány. It continues with the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the
trabecular meshwork (TM) changes seen in different kinds of glaucoma diseases. A …