IgA antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in human tears.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 3, 4, and 8 in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD). METHODS:Sixteen patients with active ocular BD and 16 healthy volunteers were included in this study. Total RNA was isolated from PBMCs to determine mRNA levels of TLRs, including TLR2, TLR3, TLR4...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu X,Wang C,Ye Z,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for assessing the inward permeability of the blood-retinal barrier by fluorophotometry is presented. The permeability value is calculated with the fluorophotometer computer from fluorophotometric scan values in vitreous and non-protein-bound fluorescein concentration values in plasma. No diffusion coefficient...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kappelhof JP,van Best JA,van Valenberg PL,Oosterhuis JA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxidative stress and cellular senescence are known to contribute to the development of AMD; however, the mechanism is not fully understood. This study investigated the role of TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) in the senescence of RPE cells as a model for the development of dry AMD. METHODS:Cultured human RPE ce...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dvashi Z,Green Y,Pollack A

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the distributional parameters for a series of ocular biometric traits between twins and their singleton siblings, to evaluate the generalizability of twin data, as used in heritability analyses to the general population. METHODS:A series of birth, anthropometric, and 13 ocular biometric traits were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sanfilippo PG,Medland SE,Hewitt AW,Kearns LS,Ruddle JB,Sun C,Hammond CJ,Young TL,Martin NG,Mackey DA

更新日期：2011-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that a decrease of regulatory T (Treg) cells may contribute to the activity of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A number of immunogenetic factors including IL2RA, miR-27a, miR-182, and FoxO1 are associated with Treg cell function. In this study, we investig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu H,Liu Y,Zhang L,Wu L,Zheng M,Cheng L,Luo L,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the role of autocrine interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) as a central regulator of the repair phenotype in corneal fibroblasts. METHODS:Disruption of the actin cytoskeleton with cytochalasin B (CB), which mimics changes in shape that occur in repair tissues, was used to stimulate repair gene expressio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： West-Mays JA,Sadow PM,Tobin TW,Strissel KJ,Cintron C,Fini ME

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of new viscous cysteamine hydrochloride (CH) eye drops (vCH 0.55%) compared with standard CH 0.10% drops treatment. Methods:This was an open-label, phase III, randomized, two-arm multicenter trial conducted at two centers in France. Cystinosis patients ≥2 ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liang H,Labbé A,Le Mouhaër J,Plisson C,Baudouin C

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of topical dorzolamide (a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor) on choroidal and ciliary blood flow and the relationship between ciliary blood flow and aqueous flow. METHODS:The experiments were performed in four groups of pentobarbital-anesthetized rabbits treated with topical dorzolamide (2%...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Reitsamer HA,Bogner B,Tockner B,Kiel JW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport rates of radiolabeled ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid, as well as, labeled 3-O-methyl-D-glucose and L-glucose from a central plasma compartment into aqueous and vitreous humors and cerebrospinal fluid were studied in vivo. Normal, male albino Sprague-Dawley rats and English Short Haired guinea pig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： DiMattio J

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In many individuals with pattern strabismus, the vertical misalignment varies with horizontal eye position. It has been proposed that these cross-axis effects result from abnormal cross-talk between brainstem structures that would normally encode horizontal and vertical eye position and velocity. The nucleus pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pallus A,Walton MMG

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of an imaginary and a visual target on torsional optokinetic nystagmus (tOKN) and directional symmetry of tOKN. METHODS:Torsional OKN was induced by a rotating random dot pattern (52 degrees in diameter, constant angular velocity: +/-30 deg/sec to +/-52 deg/sec) with an imaginary or ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki Y,Shinmei Y,Nara H,Ifukube T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The transdifferentiation of Tenon fibroblasts to myofibroblasts is a pivotal step in filtering bleb scarring. It is mediated by the cytokine TGF-beta, Rho-dependent contractility, and cell-matrix interactions in an interdependent fashion. HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) have been shown to inhibit Rho-GTP...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyer-Ter-Vehn T,Katzenberger B,Han H,Grehn F,Schlunck G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To image and analyze anatomical differences at the temporal raphe between normal and glaucomatous eyes using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), and to relate these differences to visual field measurements. METHODS:Nine glaucomatous eyes of 9 patients (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huang G,Luo T,Gast TJ,Burns SA,Malinovsky VE,Swanson WH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the genetic cause in five families with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disorder involving retinal degeneration and visual loss with high genetic heterogeneity. METHODS:We performed whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping on 35 members from the five families to ma...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang NH,Chen SJ,Yang CF,Chen HW,Chuang HP,Lu YH,Chen CH,Wu JY,Niu DM,Chen YT

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We investigate the efficacy of a novel dichoptic mapping paradigm in evaluating visual function of anisometropic amblyopes. Methods:Using standard clinical measures of visual function (visual acuity, stereo acuity, Bagolini lenses, and neutral density filters) and a novel quantitative mapping technique, 26 pat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li J,Li J,Chen Z,Liu J,Yuan J,Cai X,Deng D,Yu M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of Mg(2+)-dependent and Na(+)-K(+)-stimulated ATPase in homogenates of rat retina were measured in the presence of increasing concentrations of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). The Mg(2+)-ATPase was not inhibited by GSSG at any of the concentrations tested. The Na(+)-K(+)-stimulated ATPase was not inhibited...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Winkler BS,Solomon FJ,Orselli SM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize a new nontransfected, spontaneously immortalized epithelial cell line from normal human conjunctiva (IOBA-NHC), both morphologically and functionally, to determine whether the differentiated phenotype of conjunctival epithelial cells is preserved. METHODS:Outgrowing cells from explanted conjunc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Diebold Y,Calonge M,Enríquez de Salamanca A,Callejo S,Corrales RM,Sáez V,Siemasko KF,Stern ME

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate a silk fibroin (SF) biomaterial as a substrate for corneal epithelial cell proliferation, differentiation, and stratification in vitro compared with denuded human amniotic membrane (AM). METHODS:Primary human and rabbit corneal epithelial cells and immortalized human corneal limbal epithelial cells...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu J,Lawrence BD,Liu A,Schwab IR,Oliveira LA,Rosenblatt MI

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:BetaIG-H3 is a TGF-beta-induced cell adhesion molecule, the mutations of which are responsible for a group of 5q31-linked corneal dystrophies. The characteristic findings in these diseases are accumulation of protein deposits of different ultrastructures. To understand the mechanisms of protein deposits in 5q31...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim JE,Park RW,Choi JY,Bae YC,Kim KS,Joo CK,Kim IS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the intergrader reproducibility for computer-assisted grading of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by using a standardized grading procedure. METHODS:Sixty OCT image sets (of six radial lines each) were independently analyzed...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Joeres S,Tsong JW,Updike PG,Collins AT,Dustin L,Walsh AC,Romano PW,Sadda SR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of corneal penetration and efflux of phenylephrine (PE) and its metabolites were found to be limited by the epithelium. The rate constant for corneal penetration as measured in a lucite block perfusion system was 1.06 X 10(-3) hr-1 when the epithelium was present and 1.25 X 10(-2) hr-1 when the epithelium wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Antoine ME,Edelhauser HF,O'Brien WJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether constitutive signal flow arising from defective rhodopsin shut-off causes photoreceptor cell death in arrestin knockout mice. METHODS:The retinas of cyclic-light-reared, pigmented arrestin knockout mice and wild-type littermate control mice were examined histologically for photoreceptor ce...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen J,Simon MI,Matthes MT,Yasumura D,LaVail MM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The corneal epithelium provides a barrier that is both important for corneal homeostasis and dependent on tight junctions (TJs) between adjacent epithelial cells. The authors examined the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine, on barrier function and the expression of TJ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kimura K,Teranishi S,Fukuda K,Kawamoto K,Nishida T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of intraocular antibody synthesis against certain microorganisms is a diagnostic aid in identifying the causative agent in clinical uveitis. Little is known, however, concerning the kinetics and specificity of antibodies produced during intraocular inflammation. To investigate this subject we induced uve...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Voet JC,Liem A,Otto AJ,Kijlstra A

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The three-dimensional configurations of rod and cone bipolar cell (BC) dendrites and horizontal cell (HC) processes outside rod and cone synaptic terminals have not been fully elucidated. We reveal how these neurites are mutually arranged to coordinate formation and maintenance of the postsynaptic complex of ri...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsukamoto Y,Iseki K,Omi N

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Rose bengal (RB)-photosensitized protein crosslinking has been proposed for several applications in the eye. This study identifies oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent mechanistic pathways in cornea for RB-photosensitized crosslinking to enhance its efficiency for ocular treatments. Methods:Rabbit corneas e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wertheimer CM,Elhardt C,Kaminsky SM,Pham L,Pei Q,Mendes B,Afshar S,Kochevar IE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the cross-sectional relationship between blood pressure, perfusion pressure, and prevalence of open angle glaucoma (OAG) in an adult Latino population. METHODS:Participants aged 40 years and older (N = 6130) from the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES), a large, population-based study of self-ident...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Memarzadeh F,Ying-Lai M,Chung J,Azen SP,Varma R,Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacities of porcine choroidal fibroblasts, retinal glial cells, and retinal pigment epithelial cells to contract collagen gels in vitro were compared. Experiments with varied cell numbers indicated that glial cells are the most effective, followed by choroidal fibroblasts and retinal pigment epithelial cells. An...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guidry C,McFarland RJ,Morris R,Witherspoon CD,Hook M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of retinal eccentricity on the phenomenon of dichoptic suppression of the mfVEP amplitude and to examine the relationship between the degree of simulated unilateral visual impairment and the possible release of dichoptic suppression in the contralateral eye. METHOD:Eight subjects with...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Leaney J,Klistorner A,Arvind H,Graham SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To better understand ocular hypertension-induced early molecular alterations that may determine the initiation of neurodegeneration in human glaucoma, this study analyzed retinal proteomic alterations in the ocular hypertensive human retina. METHODS:Retina samples were obtained from six human donors with ocula...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang X,Hondur G,Li M,Cai J,Klein JB,Kuehn MH,Tezel G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00