Table 3 of Zahir, Mol Vis 2006; 12:1606-1614.


Table 3. Quantitative evaluation of effect of sorbitol on the expression of different cell markers

a,b represents retinal progenitor cells grown in the absence or presence of sorbitol were subjected to quantitative immunocytochemical analysis using the listed markers. Values are expressed as percentage±SD, and n=6.

                                                -Sorbitol    +Sorbitol
   Antibodies             Specificity           in vitroa    in vitrob
----------------   --------------------------   ----------   ---------
Ki67               Proliferating cells          30.2±2.1     4.5±1.0
nestin (Rat-401)   Neural progenitors           92.5±3.0     46.7±3.6
CRALBP             Muller glia                  0            32.2±1.9
GFAP               Astrocytes and Muller glia   7.2±0.8      52.2±2.3
vimentin           Astrocytes and Muller glia   0            49.3±3.4
PKCα               Bipolar neurons              9.0±2.2      22.3±3.0


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