Figure 1.

Intracellular immunolocalisation of Smad3 in human lens epithelial cells on the capsular specimen obtained during cataract surgery (A, case 2) or extracted 10 days after cataract surgery (B; case 6). Lens epithelial cells on the capsular specimen, obtained during first cataract surgery are immunoreactive for Smad3 in the cytoplasm, but not in the nuclei. On the other hand, lens cells 10 days postoperatively show nuclear immunoreactivity for Smad3 with a weak reaction in the cytoplasm. Indirect immunostaining. Bar, 10 μm.