After damaging the eye tissue with collagen-breaking enzymes, applying a special peptide helped restore some stiffness, increasing it by about 23% compared to the damaged state.

After damaging the inner optic nerve head tissue with enzymes, the special peptide restored stiffness by nearly 50% compared to the damaged state.

After damaging the eye tissue with enzymes, adding a saline solution (vehicle) made the stiffness drop even more by about 26% compared to the damaged state.

When rats' eye tissue was treated with an enzyme that breaks down collagen, the stiffness of the outer part of the eye decreased by almost 40% compared to normal.

After damaging the eye tissue with enzymes, the special peptide reduced broken collagen levels compared to a saline solution, as seen with a fluorescent marker.