The corticosteroid dexamethasone increases glycosaminoglycan, elastin, and fibronectin production in cultured trabecular meshwork; the glycosaminoglycan deposition increases further with prolonged steroid exposure [33,34].

• 地塞米松可以引起培养的小梁细胞分泌葡萄糖胺聚糖、弹力蛋白和纤维连接蛋白的增加；葡萄糖胺聚糖的沉积会随着地塞米松作用时间的延长而增加[33,34]。