Monday, February 27, 2017

Optic disc hypoplasia, Zika virus, ACTH, melanocortin receptors, and other flaviviruses

Zika babies and optic disc hypoplasia eye issues
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zika-virus-outbreak/babies-zika-linked-birth-defects-may-have-eye-trouble-too-n514876

ACTH and optic disc hypoplasia...like De Morsier syndrome?

If zika uses the ACTH receptor is it a problem with the pituitary gland or is it the mcr1 that all flaviviruses weakly bind?

Blindness and blood shot eyes:

the blood shot eyes that are associated with the flaviviruses are caused by inflammation of the ocular
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1192122-overview

mrc1 is expressed at the ocular (studies in red heads)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180688/

Could the blindness occur when the virus has destroyed too many ocular cells? Does eye sight weaken after flavivirus infections in general?

dengue and blindness
https://www.evrs.eu/severe-blindness-a-rare-but-devastating-complication-of-dengue-fever/

westnile and blindness
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16344453
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15621074
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/effects-of-west-nile-virus-on-vision.259316/

Zika and blindness

ocular melanoma and mcr1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17325166

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