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Corneal sections from the African green monkey were tested in this study. Results showed that lamellar stiffness in swollen corneal section was slightly lower than that in controls, particularly in the anterior and posterior regions (172.4\u2009\u00b1\u2009107.8\u2009kPa and 107.6\u2009\u00b1\u200969.3\u2009kPa versus 221.7\u2009\u00b1\u200962.5\u2009kPa and 124.3\u2009\u00b1\u200942.2\u2009kPa, respectively), while the middle region remained nearly unchanged (105.9\u2009\u00b1\u200930.1\u2009kPa versus 116.2\u2009\u00b1\u200944.3\u2009kPa); however, these differences were not statistically significant (p\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). These results indicate that the increased interlamellar spacing leads to a larger thickness, which likely contributes to reduced bulk stiffness measured by uniaxial testing. During AFM testing in liquid, adhesion between the tissue section and the glass slide mechanically constrained free swelling. In addition, 14\u2009days of frozen storage at \u221220\u2009\u00b0C significantly increased lamellar stiffness in both control and swollen corneal sections. After storage, control corneal section exhibited stiffness values of 307.7\u2009\u00b1\u2009103.4\u2009kPa, 161.4\u2009\u00b1\u200930.6\u2009kPa, and 171.9\u2009\u00b1\u200952.0\u2009kPa at the anterior, middle, and posterior regions, respectively, and 268.8\u2009\u00b1\u2009154.0\u2009kPa, 163.1\u2009\u00b1\u2009101.5\u2009kPa, and 163.2\u2009\u00b1\u200972.0\u2009kPa in the swollen corneal section. 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