Table 1.

Donor Information

Donor Age (y)	Cells* (n)	Cause of Death	Experiment
15	2645	Anoxia	Western blot analysis
18	3407	Anoxia	Western blot analysis
20	3440	Head trauma	MTT assay
20	2825	Motor vehicle accident	Western blot analysis
20	2584	Motor vehicle accident	MTT assay
22	3149	Head trauma	MTT assay
22	3030	Motor vehicle accident	Western blot analysis
27	3392	Motor vehicle accident	Ex vivo staining
32	2567	Head trauma	siRNA/MTT assay
37	3154	Pulmonary embolism	siRNA/Western blot analysis
40	3063	Suicide by stabbing	Western blot analysis
41	3262	Gun shot wound	Western blot analysis
44	2984	Anoxia	Western blot analysis
45	3053	Intracranial hemorrhage	siRNA/Western blot analysis
47	2800	Cerebrovascular accident	siRNA/Western blot analysis
53	2655	Liver cancer	MTT assay
57	2964	Anoxic brain injury	siRNA/MTT assay
58	2959	Cardiac arrest	MTT assay
58	3105	Cardiac arrest	Western blot analysis
59	2708	Renal failure	Ex vivo staining
59	2813	Bilateral pneumonia	MTT assay
63	2910	Pulmonary embolism	Western blot analysis
66	2638	Ruptured aortic aneurysm	siRNA/Western blot analysis
73	3442	Failure to thrive	Western blot analysis
75	2401	Brain cancer	Western blot analysis

All corneas were used within 3 d after preservation in corneal storage media (Optisol-GS; Bausch & Lomb) at 4°C.

^*Average number of CECs per mm² of OD and OS.