Table 1. Candidate corneal genes and loci.
Gene or locus |
Chromosomal
location |
Number of
markers |
COLVIIIA2 |
1p34.3-p32 |
3 |
TACSTD2 |
1p32–31 |
3 |
PIP5K3 |
2q33.3 |
10 |
KTCN3
locus |
3p14-q13 |
6 |
GSN |
9q34 |
3 |
KERA |
12q22 |
3 |
KRT3 |
12q12-q13 |
3 |
Hughes
Keratoconus [25,26]
|
15q22.33–24.2 |
8 |
VSX1 |
20p11-q11 |
3 |
MMP9 |
20q12 |
4 |
COLVIA1 |
21q22.3 |
3 |