Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for meta-analysis.

Inclusion criteria

Study objective: corneal survival or rejection data from murine allogeneic corneal transplantation experiment; various intervention factors were investigated

Study design: experimental research using the murine (mice or rat) corneal allograft model, studied using the valid data of experimental and control groups

Outcome: evaluation of allograft survival from innate and adaptive immunity perspective, case number, mean survival or rejection days with standard deviation, survival or rejection rate, and follow-up duration

Exclusion criteria

Experimental methods and protocols, reviews, systematic reviews, and conference proceedings

Studies only involving syngeneic transplantation; allogeneic models with animals other than mice or rats and the xenograft animal model

Preprinted articles

Conference abstracts