Concurrently, mRNA expression of Notch downstream target hes3 levels was significantly increased in the extraconal periphery epithelial cells and showed an increasing trend with increasing grades of the disease severity.
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The extraconal periphery showed a trend of increasing levels of VIMENTIN with increasing severity of KC, whereas the cones did not show much change with respect to the controls ( Fig. 3Dii ).