Figure 2.
Loss of Arid1a promotes RGC survival. (A) Timeline of the experimental procedures. (B) Representative images of flat whole-mount retina stained with anti-Tuj1 from uninjured (intact), injured control (AAV2-GFP, Arid1a-WT), and injured Arid1af/f mice (AAV2-Cre, Arid1a-cKO). Scale bar: 20 μm. (C) Quantification of RGC survival at 14 days post-crush, expressed as a percentage of the average number of Tuj1+ RGCs in the contralateral (intact) retina. **p < 0.01. n = 6 mice in each group. (D) Representative confocal images of CTB-labeled optic from Arid1af/f mice with intravitreal injection of AAV2-GFP or AAV2-Cre viruses. n = 6 mice in each group. The yellow lines indicate the nerve crush sites. Scale bar: 100 μm.