Review Article

Integrins in Trabecular Meshwork and Optic Nerve Head: Possible Association with the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma

Table 2

The extracellular matrix and integrins in trabecular meshwork and optic nerve head.

Extracellular matrixIntegrin subunits

Trabecular meshwork

Fibronectinα l
Lamininα2
Vitronectinα3
Collagen type Iα4
Collagen type IIIα5
Collagen type IVα6
Collagen type Vαv
Collagen type VIβ1
Collagen type XIIβ3
Fibrillin-1β4
Decorinβ5
Elastinβ6
Cochlinβ7
Thrombospondin-1
VCAM-1
Myocilin
Neuropilin-1
Cadherin
-catenin
Sphingosine 1
Chondroitin sulfate
Heparan sulfate
Tenascin

Optic nerve head

Collagen type Iαl (little expression)
Collagen type IIIα2
Collagen type IVα3
Collagen type Vα4
Collagen type VIα5
Collagens type VIIIα6
Collagens type IXαv
Collagen type XVIIIβ1
Lamininβ2 (little expression)
Fibronectinβ3 (little expression)
Tenascinβ4
Vitronectin
Elastin
Chondroitin sulfate
Dermatan sulfate
Aggrecan
Entactin/nidogen
Thrombospondin
Thrombomodulin
Endostatin
Cadherin
Periostin
Cartilage linking protein-1
Fibulin 1
Decorin
Perlecan
Biglycan
Versican
Fibromodulin