Fig. 9. Assessment of corneal inflammation after subconjunctival treatment by measuring the cytokine mRNA expression levels in corneal tissue using RT-PCR at POD 7 and 14.
TNF-α – Tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-1β – Interleukin-1β, IL-6 – Interleukin-6, MCP-1 – Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, VEGF – Vascular endothelial growth factor. The results are normalized to healthy controls and represented as mean ± SEM, n = 10.