Histology of mouse eyes.

<p>Mouse eyes were taken from 18–24 months old mice and processed for H-E staining. A–C, representative images of a 22-month WT (A) a 22-month CCL2 KO (B) and a 22-month CCR2 KO (C) mouse showing photoreceptors. D & E, quantitative analysis of the number of photoreceptor nuclei. D, a schematic image showing the locations where the photoreceptor nuclei were counted. E, the numbers of photoreceptor in 20–24 months old mice WT, CCL2- or CCR2-deficient mice. *, P<0.05 compared to the WT mice at the same location . Mean ± SEM, n = 8–10 eyes, ANOVA (Kruskal-Wallis test) followed by Dunn's multiple comparison test. F–I, Representative images from aged CCL2 KO (F), CCR2 KO (G), and WT (H) mice showing RPE vacuolation (arrows). I, the number of RPE vacuoles in different strains of mice. Mean ± SEM, n = 12 eyes, *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01. ANOVA Dunn's multiple comparison test. J & K, retinal images from a 20-month (J) and a 24-month (K) CCL2 KO mouse showing areas of RPE cell damage (arrowheads) and inflammatory cell infiltration (insert in J). A layer of pigmented cells on top of degenerated (damaged) RPE cells was observed in K.