Figure 2. Suppression of TGFβ-induced lens
opacification by GSH: statistical analysis. Lenses were cultured with
TGFβ with or without the addition of 10 mM GSH. The concentration of
TGFβ was 0.3 ng/ml (
A) or 1.75 ng/ml (
B).
Photomicrographs recorded on day 4 (
A) or day 3 (
B) as
illustrated in
Figure 1 were coded and ranked
according to increasing severity of the opacification response. Box and
whiskers plots are shown with arrows indicating the median value. The
numbers inside the boxes indicate the number of lenses assessed in each
case, and the p values indicate the significance of the difference
between the two treatment groups (Mann–Whitney test). GSH, glutathione;
T, TGFβ.