Abstract: Methods for inhibiting myopia are disclosed. A method for inhibiting myopia includes reducing a level of an intraocular cAMP in a subject. The level of the intraocular cAMP is reduced by injecting an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor to achieve the inhibition of myopia in the subject. In one method, the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor is SQ22536.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2011
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2015
Assignee:
SCHOOL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY, WENZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE
Inventors:
Xiangtian Zhou, Jia Qu, Yijin Tao, Miaozhen Pan
Abstract: Methods for inhibiting myopia are disclosed. A method for inhibiting myopia includes reducing a level of an intraocular cAMP in a subject. The level of the intraocular cAMP is reduced by injecting an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor to achieve the inhibition of myopia in the subject. In one method, the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor is SQ22536.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 21, 2011
Publication date:
October 25, 2012
Applicant:
SCHOOL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY, WENZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE
Inventors:
Xiangtian Zhou, Jia Qu, Yijin Tao, Miaozhen Pan