Table 1 of Chen, Mol Vis 2009; 15:563-576.
Table 1. Lissamine green staining, SPRR1B expression, and goblet cell density.
| Ocular surface marker |
Genotype |
Central cornea | |||
| 4 wk | 6 wk | 8 wk | 16 wk | ||
| Lissamine | Aire+/− | 1.08±1.16 | 0±0 | 0.54±0.66 | 0.67±0.58 |
| Aire−/− | 2.44±1.09 | 3±0.82 | 2.93±1.03 | 3.57±0.79 | |
| Central cornea | |||||
| 4 wk | 8 wk | 16 wk | |||
| SPRR1B | Aire+/− | 49.41±14.19 | 52.97±8.92 | 52.19±22.26 | |
| Aire−/− | 67.6±17.56 | 98.77±23.41 | 82.52±25.17 | ||
| Conjunctiva | |||||
| 4 wk | 8 wk | 16 wk | |||
| Goblet Cell Density |
Aire+/− | 140.29±18.17 | 128.91±20.39 | 131.57±41.13 | |
| Aire−/− | 108.0±38.72 | 82.09±49.13 | 83.77±59.25 | ||