Chronobiological approaches to studying the progression of primary open-angle glaucoma
T. N. Malishevskaya,
E. V. Renziak,
D. G. Gubin,
S. N. Kolomeychuk,
N. G. Zumbulidze,
E. K. Zakharova https://doi.org/10.53432/2078-4104-2025-24-3-52-64
Abstract
Recent advances in chronobiology have provided new insights into the nature of complex changes in the temporal reorganization of biological processes in the body that occur with aging. The risk of developing and progressing primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) increases dramatically with age. In recent years, glaucoma has been regarded to as a dysregulatory condition characterized by impaired integrity and hierarchy in the self-regulation and homeostatic systems of the body. The review article presents data from Russian and foreign researchers on the study of chronobiological aspects in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.
About the Authors
T. N. Malishevskaya
Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Head of the Department of Analytical Work, Associate Professor at the Department of Continuing Medical Education
14/19 Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya St., Moscow, 105064
E. V. Renziak
West Siberian Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education ; District Clinical Hospital of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Assistant Professor at the Academic Department of Ophthalmology, Head of the Inpatient Department of the Ophthalmological Center
5/11 Prokopy Artamonov St., Tyumen, 625051
40 Kalinina St., Khanty-Mansiysk, 628012
D. G. Gubin
Tyumen State Medical University ; Tyumen Cardiology Research Center — branch of the Tomsk Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Chronobiology and Chronomedicine at the University Research Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Professor at the Academic Department of Biology, Leading Researcher at the Department of Arterial Hypertension and Coronary Insufficiency of the Scientific Department of Clinical Cardiology
54 Odesskaya St., Tyumen, 625150
111 Melnikaite St., Tyumen, 625026
S. N. Kolomeychuk
Tyumen State Medical University ; Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; Almazov National Medical Research Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Head of the Laboratory of Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics at the University Research Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Genetics at the Institute of Biology, Researcher of the Somnology Working Group at the Research Department for Arterial Hypertension
54 Odesskaya St., Tyumen, 625150
11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk, 185910
2 Akkuratova St., Saint Petersburg, 197341
N. G. Zumbulidze
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor at the Academic Department of Ophthalmology
41 Kirochnaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191015
E. K. Zakharova
Yakutsk Republican Ophthalmological Hospital
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Head of Ophthalmology Department
15 Sverdlova St., Yakutsk, 677005
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