Table 1 Demographic information, cause of death, medical record of human eye donors.

From: Shedding light on melanins within in situ human eye melanocytes using 2-photon microscopy profiling techniques

#

Sample preparation

Sex

Age (years)

Cause of death

Ocular conditions

Systemic conditions

1

Cell culture

Male

78

Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage (surgery), Hypertension

Not known

Aortic mitral regurgitation, Aortic stenosis, Aspirin, Bowel cancer, High Cholesterol, Bilateral pleural effusion, Transitional cell carcinoma bladder cancer, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Non-malignant lung lesion

2

Cell culture

Male

77

Congestive heart failure

Not known

Lower respiratory tract infection, Ischaemic heart disease, Atrial Fibrillation

3

Cell culture

Female

51

Metastatic endometrial cancer

Not known

Peritoneal metastasis, Hemithyroidectomy, High cholesterol

4

Cross section

Male

72

Cardiac arrest

Not known

Heart disease, Cardiac vascular

5

Cross section

Male

66

Thalamus, Internal Capsule Haemorrhage with Intraventricular Extension, Midline shift

Wore glasses

Large intracerebral haemorrhage, Gout

6

Cross section

Female

59

Metastatic lung cancer

Not known

Metastatic lung cancer

7

Flatmount

Female

76

Colorectal cancer

Not known

Not known

8

Flatmount

Female

74

Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Not known

Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma, Pulmonary embolism

9

Flatmount

Female

69

Hypoxic brain injury, Cardiac arrest, Respiratory failure

Not known

Not known

10

Flatmount

Male

62

Lung adenocarcinoma

Not known

Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Metastatic lung mass (non-small cell lung cancer) from colonic cancer, Hyptertension, Asthma

11

Flatmount

Male

59

Anaphylaxis

Not known

Cerebral hypoxia secondary to anaphylaxis, Ear cancer

12

Flatmount

Male

57

Hepatic failure secondary to metastatic breast cancer

Not known

Not known

13

Flatmount

Male

53

Cardiac arrest

Not known

Chest pain, Mini stroke, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Diabetic

14

Flatmount

Female

49

Metastatic melanoma

Not known

Lung cancer, liver cancer, bone cancer

  1. The delay to fixation for the human eye tissue was within 18 hours post-mortem.