Fig. 2

c-Rel-deficient mice exhibit accelerated corneal wound healing and reduced inflammatory cytokine production. The corneal epithelial wound healing model was established in both wild-type (n = 8) and c-Rel-deficient mice (c-Rel^−/−) (n = 8) as described in the “Materials and methods” section. A Corneal epithelial wounds were stained with fluorescein sodium and examined under slit lamp microscope at the indicated time points. B Statistical analysis of corneal epithelial defect area using Image J software. C Corneal tissue extracts were prepared at 24 h after corneal epithelial scraping and the production of inflammatory cytokines as indicated in the figure was determined by ELISA. For A and C, results shown are representative of two independent experiments. For B, results shown are combined from two independent experiments. *P<0.05, ***P<0.001