HMOX1 and infection: WB data showed that after 2 weeks of infection, AAV8-GFP or AAV8-HMOX1 correspondingly induced high expression of GFP (4.73 ± 1.01fold, n = 3) or HMOX1 (5.26 ± 1.52 fold, n = 3) in both Ddit3+/+ and Ddit3−/− neural retinas (Fig. 7a and b).