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Table 1 Summary of the corneal dystrophies: modes of inheritance, gene loci, genes and the categories of the International Committee for the Classification of Corneal Dystrophies (IC3D) categories

From: Corneal dystrophies

 

Mode of inheritance

Gene locus

Gene

IC3D Category*

SUPERFICIAL CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES

    

Meesmann dystrophy

AD

12q13

KRT3

1

Meesmann dystrophy

AD

17q12

KRT12

1

Stocker-Holt dystrophy

AD

17q12

KRT12

1

Granular corneal dystrophy type III

    

(Reis-Bücklers dystrophy)

AD

5q31

TGFBI

1

Thiel-Behnke dystrophy

AD

5q31

TGFBI

1

Thiel-Behnke dystrophy

AD

10q23–q24

Unknown

2

Gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy (familial subepithelial corneal amyloidosis)

AR

1p32

TACSTD2 (M1S1)

1

Subepithelial mucinous corneal dystrophy

AD

Unknown

Unknown

4

Lisch epithelial dystrophy

XR

Xp22.3

Unknown

2

Epithelial recurrent erosion dystrophy

AD

Unknown

Unknown

3

CORNEAL STROMAL DYSTROPHIES

    

Macular corneal dystrophy

AR

16q22

CHST6

1

Granular corneal dystrophy type I

AD

5q31

TGFBI

1

Granular corneal dystrophy type II

    

(Avellino dystrophy,

    

combined lattice-granular dystrophy)

AD

5q31

TGFBI

1

Lattice corneal dystrophy type I and variants

AD

5q31

TGFBI

1

Lattice corneal dystrophy type II

AD

9q34

GSN

1

Fleck dystrophy

AD

2q35

PIP5K3

1

Schnyder corneal dystrophy

AD

1p34.1–p36

UBIAD1

1

Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy

AD

Unknown

Unknown

3

Congenital stromal dystrophy

AD

12q13.2

DCN

1

POSTERIOR DYSTROPHIES

    

Fuchs dystrophy (early onset)

AD

1p34.3

COL8A

1

Fuchs dystrophy (late onset)

AD

13pTel-13q12.13

Unknown

2

Fuchs dystrophy (late onset)

AD

18q21.2–q21.32

Unknown

2

Fuchs dystrophy (late onset)

?

20p13-p12

SLC4A11

1

Fuchs dystrophy (late onset)

?

10p11.2

TCF8

1

Posterior polymorphous dystrophy type 1

AD

20p11.2

Unknown

2

Posterior polymorphous dystrophy type 2

AD

1p34.3-p32.3

COL8A2#

1

Posterior polymorphous dystrophy type 3

AD

10p11.2

TCF8

1

Congenital endothelial dystrophy type 1

AD

20p11.2-q11.2

Unknown

2

Congenital endothelial dystrophy type 2

    
 

AR

20p13-p12

SLC4A11

1

X-linked endothelial corneal dystrophy

XR

Unknown

Unknown

2

  1. * Category 1: A well-defined corneal dystrophy in which the gene has been mapped and identified and specific mutations are known
  2. Category 2: A well-defined corneal dystrophy that has been mapped to 1 or more specific chromosomal loci, but the gene(s) remains to be identified
  3. Category 3: A well-defined clinical corneal dystrophy in which the disorder has not yet been mapped to a chromosomal locus.
  4. Category 4: A suspected new, or previously documented corneal dystrophy, although the evidence for it, being a distinct entity, is not yet convincing.