ATOH7 and open-angle glaucoma: Polymorphism rs7916697 in ATOH7 was reported to be an important genetic determinant of optic disc size in a meta-analysis consisting of UK and Australian cohort (p=1.3x10−10) that explained 1.7% variation in the optic disc area in the UK cohort [6], implicating its pathophysiological role in POAG.