Table 1.

Number of specimens used for s-GAG quantification, hydration measurement, mechanical testing and thickness measurements. 1/1 indicates that one eye was used from one donor, 9/5 indicates that nine eyes were used from five donors, asterisk denotes that both eyes were from the same pair and hash denotes that the same eyes were used for both experiments.

	no. of specimens
s-GAG quantification	n = 1*/1
hydration measurement	n = 1*/1
mechanical testing	n = 9#/5
thickness measurement	n = 9#/5