The potential angiogenic role of macrophages in the formation of choroidal neovascular membranes.

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the potential of lactoferrin (Lf) as a diagnostic biomarker for ocular diseases using a meta-analytic approach. Methods:All original studies reporting an estimate of the average Lf concentration in healthy subjects and those affected by ocular diseases were searched up to March 2020. The DerSimonia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ponzini E,Scotti L,Grandori R,Tavazzi S,Zambon A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effects of unilateral, stereotactic, posteroventral pallidotomy on saccadic eye movements in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Eye movements of 31 patients with moderate to advanced PD were recorded with an infrared system 1 month before and 3 months after pallidotomy. Two kinds of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blekher T,Siemers E,Abel LA,Yee RD

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine some of the mechanisms by which substance P (SP) induces contraction in the isolated rat iris. METHODS:Rings of rat iris were mounted in a 5-ml organ chamber containing Krebs solution at 37 degrees C under basal tension of 75 mg, and isometric tension was recorded. RESULTS:Substance P produced gr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grumann-Júnior A,Dias MA,Alves RV,Boteon JE,Calixto JB

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To link psychophysical thresholds for blind spot awareness and filling-in with early neural components that underpin these perceptions. METHODS:Blind spot dimensions were quantified, after which an intrinsic stimulus (i.e., a rectangular bar of varying length centered within the blind spot) was used to determi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abadi RV,Jeffery G,Murphy JS

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular drusen are hallmarks of age-related maculopathy (ARM), but these focal extracellular lesions also appear with age in the peripheral retina. The present study was conducted to determine regional differences in morphology that contribute to the higher vulnerability of the macula to advanced disease. METH...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rudolf M,Clark ME,Chimento MF,Li CM,Medeiros NE,Curcio CA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the difference in intraocular vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentration between pachychoroid neovasculopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and its associations with responses to three monthly anti-VEGF injections as an initial treatment for the two conditio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hata M,Yamashiro K,Ooto S,Oishi A,Tamura H,Miyata M,Ueda-Arakawa N,Takahashi A,Tsujikawa A,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To adopt micropatterning technology in manufacturing silicone elastomer-based microelectrode arrays for retinal stimulation, a silicone-polyimide hybrid microelectrode array was proposed and tested in vivo. METHODS:Gold microelectrodes were created by semiconductor manufacturing technology based on polyimide a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim ET,Kim C,Lee SW,Seo JM,Chung H,Kim SJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU), a Th1/Th17 cell-mediated autoimmune disease induced in mice, serves as a model of human endogenous uveitis. In this model, proinflammatory cytokines and various stimuli activate the transcriptional factor, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), in the retina. The thera...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iwata D,Kitaichi N,Miyazaki A,Iwabuchi K,Yoshida K,Namba K,Ozaki M,Ohno S,Umezawa K,Yamashita K,Todo S,Ishida S,Onoé K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the aggregation of bovine gamma-crystallins in aqueous solutions and the effect of gamma(s)-crystallin on the aggregation of other gamma-crystallins. METHODS:Aggregation in aqueous solutions of gamma(s)-, gammaII-, and gammaIVa-crystallin was monitored by quasielastic light scattering. Aggregation in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu C,Pande J,Lomakin A,Ogun O,Benedek GB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the optimal frequency of imaging during follow-up to detect glaucoma progression by characterizing variability (noise) in neuroretinal rim area (RA) measured by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). METHODS:RA noise was estimated from patient data and ch...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owen VM,Strouthidis NG,Garway-Heath DF,Crabb DP

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dysregulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Elastin is a fibrous protein constituent of the ECM, degradation of which may be detected by the presence of serum elastin-derived peptides (S-EDPs) in circulation. This study w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sivaprasad S,Chong NV,Bailey TA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The global or gross response index of visual performance measured from the eye does not necessarily translate to global responses measured from the brain. A better understanding of this relationship would facilitate the monitoring of disease models that affect the visual pathway. We consider whether rod- and co...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsai TI,Bui BV,Vingrys AJ

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Tissue transglutaminase (TGM2) is elevated in glaucomatous trabecular meshwork (TM) tissues. We investigated whether increased expression of TGM2 increases extracellular matrix crosslinking in the TM, thereby increasing aqueous humor outflow resistance and elevating intraocular pressure (IOP) in mouse eyes. Me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Raychaudhuri U,Millar JC,Clark AF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sarcoidosis is a heterogeneous and multisystem granulomatous disorder. The etiology still is uncertain, but the disease currently is thought to be triggered by various genetic as well as environmental factors. Recently, an association between sarcoidosis and the butyrophilin-like 2 (BTNL2) gene located in close...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki H,Ota M,Meguro A,Katsuyama Y,Kawagoe T,Ishihara M,Asukata Y,Takeuchi M,Ito N,Shibuya E,Nomura E,Uemoto R,Nishide T,Namba K,Kitaichi N,Morimoto S,Kaburaki T,Ando Y,Takenaka S,Nakamura J,Saeki K,Ohno S,In

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore changes in iris curvature over a 2-year period. To investigate associations between iris curvature and ocular biometric parameters. To explore relationships between a number of nonocular measurements and ocular biometric parameters. METHODS:Schoolboys enrolled 2 years previously were invited to retu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shah A,Lascaratos G,Garway-Heath DF,Foster PJ,Barton K

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the effects of genistein on choriocapillaris regeneration and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) wound healing in a surgical model in the rabbit. METHODS:Intravitreal injections of either 0.1 ml of a 90-microM concentration of genistein, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; negative control), or 2 microg cyclohexim...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Majji AB,Hayashi A,Kim HC,Grebe RR,de Juan E Jr

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sorsby fundus dystrophy (SFD) is a rare, late-onset macular dystrophy caused by mutations in the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3) gene. The known mutations introduce potentially unpaired cysteine residues in the C terminus of the protein and result in the formation of higher-molecular-weight pro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weber BH,Lin B,White K,Kohler K,Soboleva G,Herterich S,Seeliger MW,Jaissle GB,Grimm C,Reme C,Wenzel A,Asan E,Schrewe H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare local functional measures, the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) and visual field sensitivity, with a local structural measure, spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT), of receptor damage in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS:MfERGs, visual fields, and SD-OCT scans w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wen Y,Klein M,Hood DC,Birch DG

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess photoreceptor structure in macular microholes by using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and compare with visual acuity. METHODS:Fourteen eyes from 12 patients with macular microholes underwent a full ophthalmologic examin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ooto S,Hangai M,Takayama K,Ueda-Arakawa N,Makiyama Y,Hanebuchi M,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody has been produced that binds to the apical squames (flattened cells) of the rat ocular surface epithelium and to the goblet cells of the conjunctiva. Immunoelectron microscopic localization of the antigen indicates that in apical cells it is present along the apical-microplical membrane in the re...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gipson IK,Yankauckas M,Spurr-Michaud SJ,Tisdale AS,Rinehart W

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with AMD. METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional study using a nationwide, systemic-stratified, multistage-clustered sampling method involved a total of 17,045 subjects older than 40 years who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Ex...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim EC,Han K,Jee D

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We determine the feasibility of human conjunctival epithelial cells (hCjECs) on poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) membranes for corneal epithelium regeneration. hCjECs on PLGA or polyester (PET) membranes with or without coculture of human Tenon's fibroblasts (hTFs) were compared in vitro, and to determine w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hong S,Yun JH,Kim ES,Kim JS,Tchah H,Hwang C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Current understanding of the genetic risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is not sufficiently predictive of the clinical course. The VEGF pathway is a key therapeutic target for treatment of neovascular AMD; however, risk attributable to genetic variation within pathway genes is unclear. We s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owen LA,Morrison MA,Ahn J,Woo SJ,Sato H,Robinson R,Morgan DJ,Zacharaki F,Simeonova M,Uehara H,Chakravarthy U,Hogg RE,Ambati BK,Kotoula M,Baehr W,Haider NB,Silvestri G,Miller JW,Tsironi EE,Farrer LA,Kim IK,Park K

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the effect of short-wavelength light (SL) on guinea pigs with lens-induced myopia (LIM) and the possible retinoic acid (RA)-related mechanisms. Methods:Two-week-old guinea pigs (n = 60) with monocular -5D lenses were reared under white light (WL, 580 lux) or SL (440 nm, 500 lux). The left eyes w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu M,Liu W,Wang B,Dai J

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a software program developed to provide an objective assessment of the amount of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) in high-resolution digital images of the posterior capsule after cataract surgery. METHODS:Images are analyzed by a set protocol of defining the area of the posterior capsule, rem...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Barman SA,Hollick EJ,Boyce JF,Spalton DJ,Uyyanonvara B,Sanguinetti G,Meacock W

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greene's melanomas, implanted in the anterior chamber of 31 eyes of 19 Dutch rabbits, were treated with hyperthermia induced by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The percentage necrosis 24 hr after treatment (N) as a function of steady-state intratumor temperature (T) could be described with N(T) = -181.5 + 4....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Braakman R,van der Valk P,van Delft JL,de Wolff-Rouendaal D,Oosterhuis JA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To design a contrast sensitivity perimetry (CSP) protocol that decreases variability in glaucomatous defects while maintaining good sensitivity to glaucomatous loss. METHODS:Twenty patients with glaucoma and 20 control subjects were tested with a CSP protocol implemented on a monitor-based testing station. In ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hot A,Dul MW,Swanson WH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the risk factors for bilateral and unilateral disease in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS:The study analyzed data from consecutive NTG patients with either bilateral (n = 194) or unilateral (n = 193) disease. Multivariate regression models were used to evaluate the following potential risk fac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim C,Kim TW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the relationship between refractive error, circadian phase, and melatonin with consideration of prior light exposure, physical activity, and sleep. Methods:Healthy young myopic (spherical equivalent refraction [SER] ≤-0.50DS) and emmetropic adults underwent noncycloplegic autorefraction and axial l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flanagan SC,Cobice D,Richardson P,Sittlington JJ,Saunders KJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the disease-causing mutations for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients and function of mutations. Methods:We recruited RP families and sporadic RP patients, and performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) to screen for sequence variations. Subsequently, we investigated the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xiao X,Cao Y,Zhang Z,Xu Y,Zheng Y,Chen LJ,Pang CP,Chen H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00