Table 2. The comparison of the corneal neovascularization length and area after alkali burn.
| Index | Group | Time points after alkali burns |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 3 days | At 7 days | At 14 days | At 28 days | ||
| Length (mm) |
Norma control group |
0±0 |
0±0 |
0±0 |
0±0 |
| Empty vector group |
0.92±0.08** |
1.99±0.49** |
4.22±0.60** |
3.07±0.38** |
|
| |
S100A4 siRNA group |
0.82±0.06**# |
1.33±0.32**# |
3.11±0.42**## |
2.18±0.25**## |
| Area (mm2) | Norma control group |
0±0 |
0±0 |
0±0 |
0±0 |
| Empty vector group |
12.68±3.24** |
32.44±6.59** |
72.23±9.66** |
49.23±4.18** |
|
| S100A4 siRNA group | 8.26±2.65**# | 25.11±3.56**# | 55.52±7.54**## | 39.29±4.24**## | |
Note: ** refers to p<0.01 when compared with the normal control group; # and ## refer to p<0.05 and p<0.01 when compared with the empty vector group.