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    Gyan Prakash, Takeshi Iwata, editors.
    Summary: This book presents the state of the art in genetic eye research in Asia and the Pacific. Though there has been an explosion of information on genetic eye research in western countries, more than sixty percent of the human genes involved in eye diseases in the Asian and Pacific population remain unknown. However, new efforts and a new awareness have sparked important discussions on the subject, and new plans are being implemented to discover the genes responsible for many eye diseases in the population. The book reviews the latest findings; its content ranges from genetic aspects of human migration to DNA sequence analysis, genome-wide association analysis, and disease phenotypes. The efforts of the Asian Eye Genetic Consortium (AEGC) are also discussed. The book's editors have been instrumental in developing strategies for discovering the new Asian genes involved in many eye diseases. All chapters were written by leading researchers working on Asian eye genetics from the fields of Human Genetics, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Sensory Sciences, and Clinical Research. Advances in Vision Research, Volume I will prove to be a major resource for all researchers, clinicians, clinical researchers, and allied eye health professionals with an interest in eye diseases among the Asian population.

    Contents:
    1. Asian eye genetics consortium (AEGC)
    2. Japan eye genetics consortium (JEGC) for hereditary retinal diseases
    3. Whole genome sequencing in genetic eye diseases
    4. Targeted exome sequencing in japanese patients with retinitis pigmentosa
    5. Genetic epidemiology of congenital cataracts and autosomal recessive retinal degenerations in Pakistan
    6. Genetics of cataract in Asia: an overview of research in congenital and age-related cataract with emphasis on Indian population
    7. genetic analysis of families with retinal dystrophies
    8. Whole genome sequencing in patients with rretinitis pigmentosa
    9. Retinitis pigmentosa in Korean patients
    Retinitis pigmentosa in China
    11. Retinitis pigmentosa in Japanese population
    12. Cone dysfunction syndrome in the Japanese population
    13. Leber Congenital amaurosis/early-onset retinal dystrophy in Japanese population
    14. Paradigm of susceptibility genes in AMD and PCV
    15. Genetics and pathology of inflammatory components on AMD
    16. Genome-wide association study of age-related eye diseases in Chinese population
    17. Clinical genetics of retinoblastoma: an Asian perspective
    18. Molecular and clinical genetics of retinoblastoma
    19. Current research perspectives in understanding diabetic retinopathy
    20. Genome-wide association studies of glaucoma
    21. Genetic complexity of primary angle-closure glaucoma in asians
    22. Genotype-phenotype correlation for POAG in the Middle East and other populations
    23. Corneal dystrophies in India
    24. Genetics of corneal endothelial dystrophies: an Asian perspective
    25. Keratoconus in Asia
    26. Genetics of pediatric eye diseases and strabismus in Asia
    27. Keratoconus: globally and in the Middle East (epidemiology, genetics, and future research)
    28. Genetics of myopia
    29. Ocular implications of gaucher disease
    30. Genetic background of uveitis in chinese population
    31. Usher syndrome in Chinese and Japanese population
    32. Homozygosity mapping for autosomal recessive ocular diseases
    33. Tools of genetic eye research and need for clinical research collaborations
    34. Eye genetics: the road ahead to quality standards
    35. Genetic counseling in Asia
    36. Epigenetic study in asian eye diseases
    37. Unique genetic signatures in Asian age-related macular degeneration: an opportunity for drug development
    38. A perspective: how gene therapeutics can help address global health issues.
    Digital Access Springer 2017