Figure 4 of Saghizadeh, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2177-2190.


Figure 4. Integrin and basement membrane protein expression patterns in normal and diabetic ex vivo limbus. Integrin β1 staining is markedly reduced in the diabetic limbus, which occurs in all epithelial layers. A limbal-specific laminin γ3 chain staining is weak and discontinuous in the diabetic limbal epithelial basement membrane (arrows). This is also true for fibronectin. e, epithelium, s, stroma. Bar=30 μm.