Corneal dystrophy, Meesmann 2

A form of Meesmann corneal dystrophy, a corneal disease characterized by fragility of the anterior corneal epithelium. Histological examination shows a disorganized and thickened epithelium with widespread cytoplasmic vacuolation and numerous small, round, debris-laden intraepithelial cysts. Patients are usually asymptomatic until adulthood when rupture of the corneal microcysts may cause erosions, producing clinical symptoms such as photophobia, contact lens intolerance and intermittent diminution of visual acuity. Rarely, subepithelial scarring causes irregular corneal astigmatism and permanent visual impairment. MECD2 inheritance is autosomal dominant.

Involved in corneal epithelium organization, integrity and corneal keratin expression

Corneal dystrophy, Meesmann 1

A form of Meesmann corneal dystrophy, a corneal disease characterized by fragility of the anterior corneal epithelium. Histological examination shows a disorganized and thickened epithelium with widespread cytoplasmic vacuolation and numerous small, round, debris-laden intraepithelial cysts. Patients are usually asymptomatic until adulthood when rupture of the corneal microcysts may cause erosions, producing clinical symptoms such as photophobia, contact lens intolerance and intermittent diminution of visual acuity. Rarely, subepithelial scarring causes irregular corneal astigmatism and permanent visual impairment. MECD1 inheritance is autosomal dominant.

Nonselective cation channel probably playing a role in the regulation of membrane trafficking events and of metal homeostasis (PubMed:11013137, PubMed:12459486, PubMed:14749347, PubMed:15336987, PubMed:18794901, PubMed:25720963, PubMed:27623384, PubMed:29019983). Acts as a Ca(2+)-permeable cation channel with inwardly rectifying activity (PubMed:25720963, PubMed:29019983). Proposed to play a major role in Ca(2+) release from late endosome and lysosome vesicles to the cytoplasm, which is importan

Late endosome membraneLysosome membraneCytoplasmic vesicle membraneCell projection, phagocytic cupCytoplasmic vesicle, phagosome membraneCell membrane

Mucolipidosis 4

An autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by severe psychomotor retardation and ophthalmologic abnormalities, including corneal opacity, retinal degeneration and strabismus. Storage bodies of lipids and water-soluble substances are seen by electron microscopy in almost every cell type of the patients. Most patients are unable to speak or walk independently and reach a maximal developmental level of 1-2 years. All patients have constitutive achlorhydia associated with a secondary elevation of serum gastrin levels.

May play a role in the integrity of hemidesmosome and the attachment of basal keratinocytes to the underlying basement membrane The 120 kDa linear IgA disease antigen is an anchoring filament component involved in dermal-epidermal cohesion. Is the target of linear IgA bullous dermatosis autoantibodies

Cell junction, hemidesmosomeMembraneSecreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane

Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional 4, intermediate

A form of epidermolysis bullosa, a genodermatosis characterized by recurrent blistering, fragility of the skin and mucosal epithelia, and erosions caused by minor mechanical trauma. JEB4 is an autosomal recessive, intermediate form in which blistering lesions occur between the epidermis and the dermis at the lamina lucida level of the basement membrane zone. In intermediate forms of junctional epidermolysis bullosa, blistering does not lead to the formation of chronic granulation tissue and does not affect the lifespan of affected individuals. Nail dystrophy and dental enamel defects are present. Scarring or non-scarring alopecia and diffuse hair loss may occur. JEB4 patients manifest blisters at birth or shortly afterward. Blisters may heal with atrophic scarring and variable hypo- or hyperpigmentation. Oral mucosa may be involved.

May function as a growth factor receptor

Membrane

Corneal dystrophy, gelatinous drop-like

A form of lattice corneal dystrophy, a class of inherited stromal amyloidoses characterized by pathognomonic branching lattice figures in the cornea. GDLD is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe corneal amyloidosis leading to blindness. Clinical manifestations, which appear in the first decade of life, include blurred vision, photophobia, and foreign-body sensation. By the third decade, raised, yellowish-gray, gelatinous masses severely impair visual acuity.

Acts as the sensor component of the NLRP1 inflammasome, which mediates inflammasome activation in response to various pathogen-associated signals, leading to subsequent pyroptosis (PubMed:12191486, PubMed:17349957, PubMed:22665479, PubMed:27662089, PubMed:31484767, PubMed:33093214, PubMed:33410748, PubMed:33731929, PubMed:33731932, PubMed:35857590). Inflammasomes are supramolecular complexes that assemble in the cytosol in response to pathogens and other damage-associated signals and play critic

Cytoplasm, cytosolCytoplasmNucleusInflammasome

Vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease 1

A disorder characterized by the association of vitiligo with several autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases including autoimmune thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Plays a role in cell adhesion (PubMed:8024701). May play a role in cell-collagen interactions (By similarity)

SecretedSecreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix

Corneal dystrophy, epithelial basement membrane

A bilateral anterior corneal dystrophy characterized by grayish epithelial fingerprint lines, geographic map-like lines, and dots (or microcysts) on slit-lamp examination. Pathologic studies show abnormal, redundant basement membrane and intraepithelial lacunae filled with cellular debris.