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Pluronic F-127 was provided by Funakoshi Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), and Tra powder and CA-TRA were kindly donated by Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Nagano, Japan). A Rat TNF-α Quantikine ELISA Kit was purchased from Bio-techne (Seattle, WA, USA), and fluorescein was obtained from Alcon (Tokyo, Japan). Pluronic F68, Evans blue (EB), isoflurane, ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate, and D-mannitol (Man) were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan). Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) was provided by Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), and MC was purchased from Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). HPβCD and Carbopol (Carbopol^® 934) were obtained from Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and Serva (Heidelberg, Germany), respectively. Cell Count Reagent SF was purchased from Nacalai Tesque Inc. (Kyoto, Japan), and penicillin, Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium/Ham’s F12, heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS), and streptomycin were provided by GIBCO (Tokyo, Japan). A Bio-Rad Protein Assay Kit was obtained from Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA, USA). All other chemicals and organic solvents were of analytical grade.