Figure 10. CNTF expression and co-localization with CD11c-positive cells in the normal and diabetic corneas with or without epithelium debridement.
Whole mount confocal microscopy showing DC and CNTF co-localization in healing corneas of normal and diabetic mice. I: 3.8x magnification of the images showing CD11c-negative, CNTF-positive cells; L: limbal region. Note the shorter distance between limbal region of leading edge and significantly less numbers of CD11c and CNTF positive cells in DM versus NL corneas. This figure was originally published in (Gao et al., 2016c).