Table 1.

The mRNA or protein expression of receptors in the eye tissues

		AR mRNA	PR mRNA	ER mRNA	65 kDa ERα protein	Reference (article number)
rat	lacrimal grand	M(+):F(+)	M(±):F(+)	M(+):F(+)		Wickham, et al. (2)
	lid	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(±):F(+)
	cornea	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	lens	M(+):F(+)	M(−):F(−)	M(±):F(±)
	Retina/Uvea	M(+):F(±)	M(+):F(±)	M(+):F(±)
rabbit	lacrimal grand	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	meibomian gland	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	palpebral conjunctive	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(±):F(±)
	bulbar conjunctive	M(+):F(±)	M(+):F(+)	M(±):F(+)
	cornea	M(±):F(±)	M(+):F(+)	M(−):F(±)
	Iris/ciliary body	M(+):F(±)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(±)
	lens	M(±):F(±)	M(+):F(+)	M(−):F(±)
	Retina/choroid	M(+):F(±)	M(+):F(+)	M(±):F(±)
human	lacrimal grand	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	meibomian gland	M(+):F(±)	M(±):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	bulbar conjunctive	M(+):F(−)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	cornea	M(+):F(−)	M(+):F(+)	M(+):F(+)
	retina				M(−) :YF(+):PF(−)	Ogueta, et al. (3)
	RPE/choroid

AR: androgen receptor, PR: progesterone Receptor, ER: estrogen receptor, RPE: retinal pigment epithelium, M: male, YF: young female, PF: postmenopausal female

(+): detected, (±): slightly detected, (−): not detected