Advances in Vision Research, Volume II

Dr. Gyan Prakash, Director, Office of International Program Activities, National Eye Institute-NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA Dr. Takeshi Iwata, Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Division, National Institute of Sensory Organs, Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo, JAPAN

Foreword.- Chapter 1: Update on Asian Eye Genetics Consortium (AEGC).- Chapter 2: A Bibliometric Analysis of AEGC Publications.- Chapter 3: Opportunity for population based eye research in Asia and the Middle East: An NGO perspective.- Chapter 4 eyeGENE®: A model for advancing research of rare, inherited eye conditions through biobanking and data sharing.- Chapter 5: Inherited Ocular Disease in the New Zealand Māori; Novel genetic mechanisms and founder effects.- Chapter 6: Genetics of ocular diseases in Malaysia.- Chapter 7: Challenges and Opportunities in Genetic Research from the Perspective of a Tertiary Eye Care Hospital in Bangladesh.- Chapter 8: Genetic Research on Ocular Health and Disease in a Population from Nepal.- Chapter 9: The beginnings of genetic eye research in the Philippines: Case studies and a research center development framework.- Chapter 10: Hereditary Eye Disease in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.- Chapter 11: Ophthalmic Genetics in India; From Tentative Beginnings in the 1980s to Major Achievements in the 21st century.- Chapter 12: Panel-Based Next-Generation Sequencing for Inherited Retinal Degenerations in Koreans.- Chapter 13: Genetic Disease in Ophthalmology: Health Care and Research Opportunity in Bangladesh.- Chapter 14: Update on Japan Eye Genetics Consortium.- Chapter 15: Genetics and susceptibility of retinal eye diseases in India.- Chapter 16: Unique Patient Populations in Asia for Genetic Eye Research.- Chapter 17: Retina Genes in Chinese.- Chapter 18: Leber Congenital Amaurosis in Asia.- Chapter 19: The genetics of inherited retinal diseases in the Israeli and Palestinian populations: a lesson from populations with high consanguinity levels.- Chapter 20: Occult Macular Dystrophy.- Chapter 21: Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Mediated Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.- Chapter 22: Stargardt disease in Asian population.- Chapter 23 Retinoblastoma Genes in Chinese Studies.- Chapter 24: Genetics of Retinoblastoma: Basic Research and Clinical Applications.- Chapter 25: Genotype-Phenotype correlation in retinal degenerations.- Chapter 26: Cyp1B1 gene in Primary Congenital Glaucoma" and "Genetic Analysis of LCA in Indonesian patients.- Chapter 27: "Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical, Genetic and Health Economics-An Asian Perspective".- Chapter 28: Quantitative Trait  for Glaucoma.- Chapter 29: Genetics of Exfoliation Syndrome in Asians.- Chapter 30: Proteomics of Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Eye.- Chapter 31: Genomic Approaches to Eye Diseases: An Asian Perspective.- Chapter 32: Myopia genes in Asians.- Chapter 33: Keratoconus Genes in Chinese.- Chapter 34 Granular corneal dystrophy type 2: Prevalence in Korea, Molecular Cell Biology and trials for the treatment.- Chapter 35: Glaucoma Genes in East Asian Studies.- Chapter 36: Clinical Genetics of Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy: An Asian Perspective.