Rob Young (2012) CIL:38996, Homo sapiens. CIL. Dataset

Transmission electron micrograph showing collagen fibrils exhibiting focal swelling and loss of periodic cross banding in the trabecular meshwork of a person with glaucoma. The trabecular meshwork is the structure through which the aqueous humor in the anterior chamber drains into Schlemm's canal. The obstruction of this process may represent a mechanism by which the intraocullar pressure is raised in glaucoma. The proteoglycans that are normally attached to the collagen fibrils have become detached and are seen as small short filaments. The intact fibrils are approximately 120 nm in diameter.

透射电子显微镜图像展示了在青光眼患者的 trabecular meshwork 中胶原纤维出现局部肿胀和周期性横带丧失的现象。trabecular meshwork 是房水从前房经 Schlemm's canal 排出的结构。此过程的阻塞可能代表了一种导致青光眼眼内压升高的机制。原本附着在胶原纤维上的蛋白聚糖已脱落，呈现出细小的短纤维状。完整的纤维直径约为 120 纳米。