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. 2014 Jun 10;55(6):3626–3637. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12955

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Wound healing of debridement of corneal epithelium. (a) The round epithelial defect (stained with green fluorescein) produced in the center of the cornea gradually recovered with the migrating remaining epithelium from outside the defect. In 30 hours post wounding, the defect was closed in both WT and KO mice. The healing rate of the corneal epithelial defect in the KO mouse seemed faster overall compared with the WT mouse. At 24 and 30 hours, the corneal stroma of the area of the regenerated epithelium was transparent in the WT mouse, while it seemed opaque in the KO mouse. Scale bar: 1 mm. (b) The size of the remaining defect was significantly smaller in the KO mouse cornea compared with the WT cornea at 12 hours post wounding. *P < 0.05. Bar: standard error.