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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2014 Oct 1;0:151–160. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.09.013

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Apoptosis of myofibroblasts at one month after −9D PRK. TUNEL assay was used to detect apoptosis and immunohistochemistry to detect α-SMA in myofibroblasts (arrowheads) revealed one myofibroblast undergoing apoptosis (arrow). E indicates epithelium. Blue stain is DAPI for cell nuclei. 400X. The balance between myofibroblast generation and myofibroblast apoptosis in a particular cornea after injury determines whether haze is increasing, persisting, or disappearing over time. After Wilson, Chaurasia, and Medeiros, F.W. 2007 with permission.