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This study investigated the distribution of the DNA base oxidation 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) and the base excision repair (BER) enzymes 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) and apurinic\/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) in non-cultured and eye-bank organ-cultured human limbal epithelia. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess the localization and staining intensity of 8-oxoG, OGG1, and APE1, evaluated semi-quantitatively and by image analysis. In situ hybridization was performed to detect the distribution of OGG1 and APE1 gene expression in organ-cultured tissue. In non-cultured limbal epithelia, nuclear 8-oxoG staining was more frequently observed in superficial epithelial layers, whereas nuclear OGG1 and APE1 staining predominated in basal layers. In organ-cultured epithelia, a higher proportion of superficial nuclei exhibited 8-oxoG staining, while the basal predominance of OGG1 was reduced and that of APE1 was preserved. Transcripts of OGG1 and APE1 were detected in basal- as well as in suprabasal layers of organ-cultured epithelia. 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