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Figure 7

From: Human limbal niche cells are a powerful regenerative source for the prevention of limbal stem cell deficiency in a rabbit model

Figure 7

LNC transplantation prevent limbal stem cell dysfunction better than BMMSC. Normal rabbit corneas were burn with 1 M potassium hydroxide solution for thirty seconds before subjected to photography analysis (A, first column, using normal rabbit cornea as the control). After 3 months with different treatment (cell transplantation), the rabbit corneas were subjected to photography analysis again (A, second column), with fluorescein staining (A, third column). The filtration membrane on rabbit corneas were subjected to PAS staining (A, last column). The area of blood vessels (B), cornea opacity score (C), cornea fluorescein staining score (D) and density of PAS + conjunctival goblet cells (E) were analyzed. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 respectively. N = 3, Scale bar = 25 µm.

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