Pax6 heterozygous eyes show defects in chamber angle differentiation that are associated with a wide spectrum of other anterior eye segment abnormalities.

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The development of the chamber angle was studied in the eyes of heterozygous Pax6(lacZ/+) mutant mice (Nature 387 (1997) 406). Mutations in PAX6 cause aniridia, a condition that is frequently associated with glaucoma, a blinding disease that may be associated with chamber angle defects. Mesenchymal cells were seen in the chamber angle at P1-P5. In wild-type mice, these cells differentiated into typical trabecular...

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