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Symbol
Name
ID
Pitx2
paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 2
MGI:109340
Phenotype annotations related to vision/eye
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Abnormal anterior chamber morphology
Abnormal cornea morphology
Abnormal corneal limbus morphology
Abnormally prominent line of Schwalbe
Posterior embryotoxon
Megalocornea
Microcornea
Corneal astigmatism
Ectopia pupillae
Polycoria
Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the iris
Aniridia
Hypoplasia of the iris
Rieger anomaly
Optic atrophy
Hypertelorism
Strabismus
Nystagmus
Visual impairment
Amblyopia
Blindness
Visual loss
Glaucoma
Disease(s) Associated with PITX2
Arts syndrome
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1
ring dermoid of cornea

Mouse Phenotypes
abnormal eye muscle morphology
abnormal extraocular muscle morphology
absent extraocular muscles
abnormal eye muscle development
abnormal optic disk morphology
optic nerve cupping
abnormal iris pigmentation
abnormal eye morphology
abnormal pupil morphology
abnormal placement of pupils
anisocoria
irregularly shaped pupil
anterior iris synechia
abnormal cornea morphology
absent cornea endothelium
increased cornea epithelium thickness
cornea opacity
absent eye anterior chamber
enlarged eye anterior chamber
abnormal lens morphology
abnormal lens development
cataract
abnormal eye development
abnormal optic fissure closure
delayed optic fissure closure
abnormal eye distance/ position
enophthalmos
macrophthalmia
microphthalmia
abnormal retina layer morphology
decreased total retina thickness
decreased b-wave amplitude
abnormal eye electrophysiology
abnormal cone electrophysiology
abnormal rod electrophysiology
ocular hypertension
Availability Mouse Genotype
Pitx2egl1/Pitx2egl1
Pitx2tm1Jfm/Pitx2tm1Jfm
Pitx2tm1Kki/Pitx2tm1Kki
Pitx2tm1Rsd/Pitx2tm1Rsd
Pitx2tm1Sac/Pitx2tm1Sac
Pitx2tm2.1Jfm/Pitx2tm2.1Jfm
Pitx2tm2Sac/Pitx2tm2Sac
Pitx2tm1.1Dmm/Pitx2tm2Sac
Pitx2tm1b(EUCOMM)Wtsi/Pitx2+
Pitx2tm1Sac/Pitx2+
Pitx2tm2Sac/Pitx2+

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/30/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory