Itakura Tatsuo

Steroid-induced ocular hypertension/glaucoma: Focus on pharmacogenomics and implications for precision medicine.

President Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address, is beginning to touch the practice of ophthalmology.

Identification of a Novel Mucin Gene HCG22 Associated With Steroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension.

Identification of two independent QTLs that could affect expression of the HCG22 mucin gene product via two different mechanisms (transcription or secretion) is highly suggestive of a role in steroid-induced OH.