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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2015 Apr;133:112–125. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.07.014

Table 1.

Mutations in selected ECM and ECM modulating genes associated with glaucoma in humans.

Gene Name Glaucoma sub-type (if
known)
Other ocular defects Associated
Systemic Disease
References
FBN1 Primary open-angle
glaucoma; Pigmentary
glaucoma
Ectopia lentis, myopia Marfan syndrome,
Weill-Marchesani
syndrome
Kuchtey, 2014; Kuchtey, 2013;
Michael, 2012;
Zhao, 2012; Faivre, 2003a,
2003b.
LTBP2 Primary congenital
glaucoma; Primary
open-angle glaucoma;
secondary glaucoma;
pseudoexfoliation
glaucoma
Ali, 2009;
Narooia-Nejad, 2009; Desir, 2010;
Jelodari-Mamaghani, 2013;
Krumbiegel, 2009.
LOXL1 Pseudoexfoliation
syndrome/glaucoma
Thorleifsson, 2007;
Schlotzer-Schrehardt, 2008,
2012.
ADAMTS10 glaucoma Ectopia lentis, myopia,
spherophakia
Weill-Marchesani
syndrome
Morales, 2009
ADAMTS17 glaucoma Ectopia lentis, myopia,
spherophakia
Weill-Marchesani-
like syndrome
Morales, 2009
COL2A1 Open-angle glaucoma Retinal detachment,
severe myopia, anterior
segment dysgenesis
Stickler syndrome
type 1
Tran-Viet, 2013;
Snead, 2011
COL8A1 Primary open-angle
glaucoma
Thin central corneal
thickness
Desronvil, 2010
COL8A2 Primary open-angle
glaucoma
Thin central corneal
thickness
Fuchs corneal
dystrophy
Desronvil, 2010
COL11A1 Primary angle closure
glaucoma
Stickler syndrome,
Marshall syndrome
Vithana, 2012
COL15A1 Primary open-angle
glaucoma
Wiggs, 2013
COL18A1 Primary open-angle
glaucoma
Knobloch syndrome Wiggs, 2013
Versican Glaucoma neo-
vascular glaucoma
Vitreoretinopathy,
empty vitreous cavity,
retinal detachment,
chorioretinal atrophy
Wagner syndrome Kloeckner-Gruissem, 2006;
Miyamoto, 2005;
Mukhopadhyay, 2006.
BMP4 Congenital glaucoma Reigler, microcornea,
nystagmus,
anophthalmia;
SHORT syndrome,
microophthalmia
Reis, 2011.
FGFR2 Glaucoma microcornea, limbal
scleralization,
corecoptia
Pfeiffer syndrome Barry, 2010.