Oxidative and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Represent Novel Therapeutic Targets for Choroideremia
Choroideremia (CHM) is a rare X-linked chorioretinal dystrophy, affecting the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid, with no approved therapy.CHM is caused by mutations in the CHM gene, which encodes the ubiquitously expressed Rab escort protein 1 (REP1).REP1 is involved in prenylation, a post-translational modification of Ra