Fig. 5

Therapeutic effects of primary pigmented RPE cells for corneal recovery. a Corneal transparency was observed at days 1, 3, 7, and 14 postoperatively. b Transplanted pigmented RPE cells were stained with ZO1 (green) and RPE65 (green) at day 14 after surgery. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue) (scale bar: 50 μm). In vivo experiments were performed using three independent animals per group. RPE, retinal pigment epithelium