Intravitreal Delivery of scAAV2-C3 Reduced the Expression of Cleaved Caspase-3
(A) Representative images of cleaved caspase-3 immunofluorescence in the scAAV2-C3, scAAV2-C3 + I/R, scAAV2-EGFP, scAAV2-EGFP + I/R, blank control, and blank control + I/R groups. Blue, DAPI; red, cleaved caspase-3-positive cell (arrow). (B) Quantitative analysis of cleaved caspase-3-positive cells in each neurosensory retina. ∗p < 0.05 by an LSD post hoc test (n = 3); †p < 0.05 versus the scAAV2-EGFP + I/R group by an LSD post hoc test (n = 3) and the blank control + I/R group by an LSD post hoc test (n = 3). No statistically significant difference (p > 0.05) was detected by an LSD post hoc test between the scAAV2-EGFP + I/R and the blank control + I/R groups (n = 3), or among the scAAV2-C3, scAAV2-EGFP, and blank control groups (n = 3). Error bars show SEM.