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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Gene Ther. 2011 Mar 17;18(8):778–787. doi: 10.1038/gt.2011.20

Table 1.

Overview of storage experiments

Storage
Method
Dilution
medium:PBS
Cornea
pairs / cut
single
corneas
Duration of
storage
Follow-up
interval
No. of analyzed
visual fields
Organ culture 1:10 pairs 9 days 72 hours 8 per cornea
(37C) 1:1 pairs 7 weeks weekly 8 per cornea
1:4 single
(5 pieces)
5 weeks weekly 3 per corneal piece,
15 per cornea
1:1 single
(5 pieces)
5 weeks weekly 3 per corneal piece,
15 per cornea
Pure PBS single
(5 pieces)
1 week daily 3 per corneal piece,
15 per cornea
Hypothermic
culture
1:10 single
(5 pieces)
12 days 72 hours 3 per corneal piece,
15 per cornea
(4C) 1:1 single
(5 pieces)
11 weeks weekly 3 per corneal piece,
15 per cornea