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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Oct 24;50(2):634–643. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-2277

Figure 2. In vivo confocal imaging of the epithelial-stromal interface.

Figure 2

A-D. Images of the right eye (OD) of one cat treated with anti-TGFβ/Dexamethasone after PRK. Images were collected pre-operatively, 2, 4 and 12 weeks post-operatively, and demonstrate the radical change in reflectivity in this corneal region over time. E-F. Images of the left eye (OS) of the same cat, which only received vehicle solution following −10D PRK. Images were also collected pre-operatively, and then at 2, 4 and 12 weeks following PRK. Note the well-organized, regular syncitium of quiescent keratocytes pre-operatively and the disrupted, reactive and strongly reflective activated keratocytes and myofibroblasts that replace it postoperatively. Note also that the control eye exhibits much stronger reflectivity and cellularity than the anti TGFβ-treated eye, especially at 2 and 4 weeks post PRK.