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. 2005 Sep;89(9):1205–1209. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.066225

Table 2.

 Penetration of antibody fragments through pig corneas mounted in a corneal perfusion chamber

Antibody fragment Molecular weight (kDa) Protein concentration in eye drop (mg/ml) Time until detectable penetration (h) Protein concentration in chamber at 10 hours (µg/ml)
ScFv 20-mer (monomer) 27 1.0 7 0.11
1.0 7 0.11
1.1 6 0.50
1.1 7 0.40
ScFv 20-mer (dimer) 56 0.8 7 0.39
0.8 5 0.80
0.8 7 0.36
0.8 7 0.13
0.8 6 0.18
ScFv 11-mer (dimer) 52 0.9 8 0.04
0.9 7 0.09
0.9 6 0.48
0.9 6 0.47
Fab fragment (monomer) 48 2.3 6 0.08
2.3 7 0.03
5.2 7 0.25
5.2 7 0.35
5.2 7 0.45
Monoclonal antibody ∼150 Activity detectable at 1/30 000 dilution Not detected Not detected