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SEARCH FOR THE GLAUCOMA GENES CP Pang Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Glaucoma is a group of disorders of the optic nerves and a leading cause of vision loss, affecting 2% of the world’s population and accounting for 15% of the world’s blindness. Major primary forms of glaucoma, including primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), primary close angle glaucoma (PCAG), and congenital glaucoma (PCG), can be familial or sporadic, with heterogeneous genetics. Only a portion of glaucoma families show Mendelian pattern of inheritance, mostly autosomal dominant. Some genes involved with ocular development, such as PAX6, PITX2, and FOXC1, may have association with developmental glaucoma. PCG is linked to the GLC3A locus on 2p21 and the GLC3B locus on 1p36. Deleterious mutations in the CYP1B1 gene in the GLC3A locus have been found in about 50% of PCG patients. No genetic locus has been identified for PCAG, but there is a possible site on chromosome 10. For POAG, more than 10 chromosomal loci have been mapped. But there are only 2 confirmed genes, MYOC and OPTN. Over 60 MYOC mutations that cause glaucoma in 1.54.3% POAG patients in different populations have been identified, with the Q368Stop harboring a founder effect in Caucasian patients. In one study on Caucasians, a defective OPTN gene is linked to 16.7% of POAG families. We have shown MYOC is not required for normal eye function. The disease causal effects of MYOC are mainly due to over-expressions or gain of pathological function that disrupt aqueous outflow. We found lower frequencies of MYOC and OPTN mutations in Chinese POAG patients, at 1-2%. Ethnic specific mutation patterns of MYOC and OPTN exist in POAG. Our recent linkage analysis and whole genome scan has indicated a putative site in chromosome 13.