Nihar Bhattacharyya

This study combines monogenic and polygenic risk factors to predict disease progression in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, showing improved prediction when integrating both factors.

This study identifies two pathogenic mechanisms, RNA toxicity and TCF4 isoform dysregulation, in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy using patient-derived corneal endothelial cells and multi-omics analyses.

The paper uses optical genome mapping to analyze tissue-specific instability of the CTG18.1 triplet repeat in FECD, finding higher instability in corneal endothelial cells than in blood leukocytes.