Mitochondrial Haplogroup L1c2 Is Associated With Increased Disease Severity in African American Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Qi N Cui^#, Meera S Ramakrishnan^#, Harini V Gudiseva, David W Collins, Maxwell Pistilli, Roy Lee, Venkata M Chavali, Amanda Lehman, Victoria M Addis and Joan M O’Brien^*

Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. Joan M O’Brien, MD, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 51 N. 39th St, Suite 502, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Tel: + 1 215-662-8657 Email: