Research Article

The Therapeutic Effects after Transplantation of Whole-Layer Olfactory Mucosa in Rats with Optic Nerve Injury

Figure 5

OM transplantation inhibits astrocyte activation. Immunofluorescence analysis with anti-GFAP (in green) antibodies and DAPI (in blue) was done in the sagittal retina sections from sham group rats, OM group rats, and NC group rats at 14 days after crush injury. Quantification of IOD sum of GFAP was performed in the retina at 3, 7, 14, and 28 days after crush injury. IOD sum of GFAP is presented as the mean ± SD (). and compared to NC group, ANOVA with Bonferroni posttest. Scale bar, 100 μm.