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On the ultrastructure of the developing and adult mouse corneal stroma

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The EM study of the mouse embryonic cornea from the 12th to the 19th day of gestation as well as on postnatal days 2 and 18 and on adult animals allow the following conclusions to be drawn:

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    Immediately after the separation of the lens vesicle, the mesenchyme cells migrate into the cornea analage.

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    There is no collagenous primary stroma in the mouse embryo.

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    During days 12–14 the stroma cells (fibroblasts) differentiate and develop the organelles required for ICS (intercellular substance) secretion.

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    In the posterior region of the stroma, the collagen fibrils are deposited in bundles approximately perpendicular to each other.

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    The adult mouse stroma is divided into 2 zones. In zone I the subepithelial fibrils are randomly distributed and are not bundled (rudimentary Bowman's membrane). In zone II the fiber bundles lie in the plane of the cornea and form a highly ordered three-dimensional network.

Basic differences between the mouse and other species are discussed.

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Haustein, J. On the ultrastructure of the developing and adult mouse corneal stroma. Anat Embryol 168, 291–305 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315823

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