• Eye Institute, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;
Wu Jihong, Email: jihongwu@fudan.edu.cn
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Stargardt disease (STGD) is one of the most prevalent inherited macular dystrophy, and most often occurs in child or adolescence. Irreversible vision loss is observed in almost all cases. Type 1 (STGD1) is one of the most common type. It is an autosomal recessive condition, caused by mutations in the Abca4 gene. In recent years, encouraging progress has been made in the treatment of STGD1. C20-D3-retinyl acetate (ALK-001), fenretinide and ICR-14967 (A1120) as visual cycle modulators, StarGen as gene supplementation therapies, and the stem cell transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells are the most promising therapies. With the development of studies and clinical trials, the clinical application of various treatments of STGD1 are expected in the near feature, which are expected to save the vision of most patients.

Citation: Wang Dandan, Gao Fengjuan, Zhang Shenghai, Chang Qing, Xu Gezhi, Wu Jihong. The progress in treatment of type 1 of Stargardt disease. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2021, 37(7): 567-572. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn511434-20200518-00224 Copy

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