May be important in developing and maintaining corneal transparency and for the structure of the stromal matrix.
Subcellular locations: Secreted, Extracellular space, Extracellular matrix
Cornea (at protein level) (, ). Increased expression in the stroma of keratoconus corneas . Also detected in trachea, and in low levels, in intestine, skeletal muscle, ovary, lung and putamen .