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Tyler Bahr, Kyle Welburn, Jonathan Donnelly, Yidong Bai. Emerging model systems and treatment approaches for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: Challenges and opportunities. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2020 Jun 1;1866(6):165743. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165743. Epub 2020 Feb 24. PMID: 32105823 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165743

In Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy— Light at the End of the Tunnel? Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 7, Number 4, July/August 2018. Ungsoo Samuel Kim, MD, PhD, Neringa Jurkute, MD, FEBO, and our IFOND board member Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, PhD, FRCOphth, outline modes of Mitochondrial protection, Mitochondrial biogenesis, Gene Therapy, Mitochondrial replacement therapy, and Pluripotent Stem cell therapy.

In Current and Emerging Treatment Modalities for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Review of the Literature. Adv Ther. 2018; 35(10): 1510–1518. The authors review the literature and summarize treatment trials.

Is there treatment for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy? Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov; 26(6): 450–457. Jason H. Peragallo, MD and Nancy J. Newman, MD review treatment.

Neringa Jurkutea and Patrick Yu-Wai-Man. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: bridging the translational gap. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep; 28(5): 403–409. Published online 2017 Aug 10. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000410 PMCID: PMC5562441 PMID: 28650878

More generally:

Michio Hirano, Valentina Emmanuele, and Catarina M Quinzii. Emerging Therapies for Mitochondrial Diseases. Essays Biochem. 2018 Jul 20; 62(3): 467–481. Published online 2018 Jul 20. doi: 10.1042/EBC20170114 PMCID: PMC6104515 NIHMSID: NIHMS984793 PMID: 29980632 PMC6104515

Valero T. Mitochondrial biogenesis: pharmacological approaches. Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(35):5507-9. DOI: 10.2174/138161282035140911142118 PMID: 24606795

Carelli V, La Morgia C. Clinical syndromes associated with mtDNA mutations: where we stand after 30 years. Essays Biochem. 2018 Jul 20;62(3):235-254. doi: 10.1042/EBC20170097. Print 2018 Jul 20. PMID: 30030360

Patrick Yu-Wai-Man and Patrick F Chinnery. GeneReviews University of Washington online LHON review

John B. Kerrison and Nancy J. Newman. 1997. Clinical Spectrum of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Clinical Neuroscience. 4:295-301 IFOND reprint

OMIM ENTRY 535000 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man LHON review.

Levin LA. 2007. Axonal loss and neuroprotection in optic neuropathies. Can J Ophthalmol. Jun;42(3):403-8. DOI:10.3129/can.j.ophthalmol.i07-046 PMID 17508035

PubMed query. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy review

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Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy

PubMed query. Ischemic optic neuropathy reviews in last 2 years

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