TABLE 2.

Dex treatment in cornea of B6 mice showed increased MMP-8 mRNA transcripts in a combined model of dry eye and alkali burn.

				P-value	P-value
Time points\treatment	UT	BSS	Dex	UT versus BSS	BSS versus Dex
2D	1±0.31	124.52±0.51	2033.69±0.50	<0.0001	<0.0001
5D	1±0.72	110.19±0.48	319.55±0.55	<0.0001	<0.0001

Mean±SEM of relative fold of MMP-8 gene expression in whole cornea of animals subjected to ocular burn with desiccating stress for 2 or 5 days and topically treated with either Dex or BSS in WT mice.