Table 2. Lacrimal CNTF concentration (pg/ml) in samples with and without acid treatment at different dilutions.

dilution

 

RD6-3

RD5P

PBS +4% BSA

PBS +1% BSA

PBS +0.1% BSA

without acid treatment

after acid treatment

p

without acid treatment

after acid treatment

p

without acid treatment

after acid treatment

p

without acid treatment

after acid treatment

p

without acid treatment

after acid treatment

p

1

M

20.4

36.6

0.0005

18.6

41.8

0.0000

19.2

37.9

0.0001

20.3

39.8

0.0000

18.0

36.2

0.0000

SD

1.1

2.5

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.2

0.9

1.3

0.6

0.7

CV

5.4

6.9

6.3

3.4

8.7

3.2

4.5

3.3

3.4

2.0

0.5

M

8.4

16.7

0.0004

7.4

18.7

0.0004

12.0

19.8

0.0053

11.7

19.5

0.0023

11.6

17.6

0.0002

SD

0.5

1.2

0.6

1.7

1.0

2.2

0.9

1.7

0.5

0.7

CV

6

7.1

8.3

9.1

8.2

11.3

8.0

8.8

4.0

3.7

0.25

M

3.9

9.9

0.0024

4.6

12.0

0.0004

6.0

11.6

0.0008

5.3

10.4

0.0002

4.6

8.9

0.0009

SD

0.9

1.3

0.4

1.1

0.4

1.0

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.8

CV

22.3

12.7

9.5

8.9

6.0

8.8

9.0

4.2

5.5

9.2

0.125

M

2.7

4.5

0.0539

3.2

5.8

0.0011

2.3

5.4

0.0013

2.6

5.3

0.0005

2.0

4.1

0.0001

Note. n = 6 for each measurement point.