Research Article

Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor: A Native Antimicrobial Protein in the Innate Immune Response in a Rat Model of S. aureus Keratitis

Figure 4

Comparison of S. aureus, epithelial defect, and control corneas in terms of quantified expression of SLPI, proinflammatory cytokines, and MMP-8 from Western blots. The results shown are the mean ± SD. Differences between values are statistically significant ( 𝑃 < . 0 5 compared with untreated control).
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