Table 1 of Mohamed-Noriega, Mol Vis 2011; 17:3437-3449.


Table 1. TUNEL and DAPI positive cells in peripheral, central, and total area of fresh and cryopreserved ReLEx lenticules.

Location area Peripheral Central Total
Staining DAPI TUNEL DAPI TUNEL DAPI TUNEL
Fresh lenticules
Total cells 147 54 427 34 574 88
Mean cells 7.0 2.6 20.3 1.6 27.3 4.2
SD 2.73 1.18 7.48 2.28 8.02 2.28
Max - Min 14–2 5–1 35–9 7–0 42–13 9–1
Percentage 73.1 26.9 92.6 7.4 86.7 13.3
Cryopreserved lenticules
Total cells 137 59 242 37 378 96
Mean cells 6.5 2.8 11.5 1.8 18.0 4.6
SD 2.82 1.22 6.22 1.74 6.77 1.62
Max - Min 14–3 5–1 31–1 6–0 42–9 7–1
Percentage 69.9 30.1 86.7 13.3 79.7 20.3