Table 1.

Morphometric parameters of the corneal epithelium in trehalose-untreated eyes (TUE) and trehalose-treated eyes (TTE).

	Corneal epithelium		Desmosomes (number/10 μm)					Hemidesmosomes (number/10 μm)
	Number of layers	Thickness (μm)	Between superficial cells	Between wing cells	Between basal cells			Basal cells
					Clear/clear	Clear/dark	Dark/dark	Clear cells	Dark cells
TUE	6.7 ± 0.5	55.4 ± 3.5	20.1 ± 2	26.5 ± 2.2	9.2 ± 1.1†	5.7 ± 1†	4.2 ± 1†	21.9 ± 2.9	18.1 ± 1.5‡
TTE	6.8 ± 0.7	57.7 ± 4.1∗	27.1 ± 3.1∗	24.4 ± 5.1	9.4 ± 1.6††	6.3 ± 0.8≠	5.7 ± 1∗	24 ± 2.1∗	20.9 ± 2.4∗‡

*P < 0.0001 versus TUE.

^† P < 0.0001 versus the other cell junctions within the TUE group.

^†† P < 0.0001 versus the other cell junctions in TTE group.

^≠ P = 0.04 versus dark/dark cell junctions in TTE group.

^‡ P < 0.0001 versus clear cells of the same group.