Molecular Vision: Biswas, Mol Vis 2009; 15:1492-1508. Table 1

Table 1. Distribution of the three subtypes of cholesterol-containing gap junctions in the outer and inner cortical fibers of adult chicken lenses.

Lens area	Chole-GJ subtypes (FCC/μm²GJ)	Mean GJ area (μm²)	Mean FCC per μm² GJ area	Mean percentage of Chole-GJ subtypes
Outer cortex (0-400 μm from surface)	Chole-poor-free (0-50)	1.31±0.49	32±13	4.2±1.8*
	Chole-intermed. (51-100)	4.41±1.85	80±7	14.5±8.0
	Chole-rich (101-300)	27.25±10.05	210±40	81.2±9.7**
Inner cortex (400-800 μm from surface)	Chole-poor-free (0-50)	4.27±0.26	33±9	78.1±2.3 *
	Chole-intermed. (51-100)	0.66±0.12	77±7	12.0±1.9
	Chole-rich (101-300)	0.54±0.10	188±48	9.8±1.2**

The data are expressed as mean±SD. The percentage of a given cholesterol-GJ subtype in each replica (N=3) is determined by the total GJ area of that given subtype divided by the sum of GJ area from the three subtypes. The asterisk denotes that the increase on the mean percentage of cholesterol-poor-free gap junctions from the outer cortex to inner cortex is statistically significant (p<0.001). The double asterisk denotes that by T-test the decrease on the mean percentage of cholesterol-rich gap junctions from the outer cortex to inner cortex is also statistically significant (p<0.001). A total of 539 and 141 gap junctions were used for quantitative analysis in the outer cortex and inner cortex, respectively. In the table, FCC indicates filipin cholesterol complexes.