Quantification of posterior capsular opacification in digital images after cataract surgery.

abstract：PURPOSE:Vitamin D3 is a secosteroid mainly synthesized from the conversion of the skin precursor 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) to vitamin D3 by ultraviolet (UV) B sunlight. Extrarenal synthesis of vitamin D3 has been reported in many tissues and cells, including barrier sites. This study characterizes the expression of c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Alsalem JA,Patel D,Susarla R,Coca-Prados M,Bland R,Walker EA,Rauz S,Wallace GR

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated Minigel electrophoresis system (PhastSystem, Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden) was tested for human tear protein analysis. Tear samples were treated under nonreducing or reducing conditions before sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacryl amide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Micro-amounts of tears (2 microliters) were...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kuizenga A,van Haeringen NJ,Kijlstra A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We studied morphologic changes of the retinal vasculature in eyes with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) through the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Major retinal vessels in 35 eyes from 35 consecutive patients with acute CRVO were examined prospectively and longitudinally with sequentia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Muraoka Y,Tsujikawa A,Kumagai K,Akagi-Kurashige Y,Ogino K,Murakami T,Miyamoto K,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the morphologic changes in the retina in the macula and around the optic disc in patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA) associated with a mutation in the OPA1 gene. METHODS:Cross-sectional images of the macular area of the retina were obtained by optical coherence tomography (OCT) i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ito Y,Nakamura M,Yamakoshi T,Lin J,Yatsuya H,Terasaki H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oral immunization with a recombinant vaccine expressing chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on subsequent ocular challenge with Chlamydia trachomatis were studied in cynomolgus monkeys. Groups of four or five monkeys were given an oral vaccine containing 5 X 10(8) parent or recombinant Escherichia coli ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor HR,Prendergast RA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:VEGF has been shown to be necessary, but not sufficient alone, for the development of subretinal pathologic angiogenesis. In the current study, the influence of placental growth factor (PlGF), a member of the VEGF family, in human and experimental choroidal neovascularization (CNV) was investigated. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rakic JM,Lambert V,Devy L,Luttun A,Carmeliet P,Claes C,Nguyen L,Foidart JM,Noël A,Munaut C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the visual and refractive outcome for four wavefront-guided surface ablation (WGSA) techniques (LASEK, LASEK flap-off [LASEK FO], Epi-LASIK, and Epi-LASIK flap-off [Epi-LASIK FO]) in a large myopic population. METHODS:This retrospective review included 1000 myopic eyes (spherical equivalent [SE] -1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kulkarni SV,AlMahmoud T,Priest D,Taylor SE,Mintsioulis G,Jackson WB

更新日期：2013-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the therapeutic effect of liposomal doxorubicin (Lipo-dox) on experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). METHODS:The toxicity of Lipo-dox was determined in vitro in cultured rabbit retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells by tetrazolium-based (MTT) assay for cell viability performed 48 a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kuo HK,Chen YH,Wu PC,Wu YC,Huang F,Kuo CW,Lo LH,Shiea J

更新日期：2012-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although aqueous outflow is most likely a passive, nonenergy-dependent process, alterations in cellular function in the trabecular meshwork presumably are involved in the development of some types of glaucoma. Accordingly, it seems important to define both the normal and abnormal biochemistry of this tissue. The autho...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Anderson PJ,Karageuzian LN,Cheng HM,Epstein DL

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Subretinal fibrosis causes damage to visual acuity, especially if the lesion is in the macula, as is frequently observed in advanced age-related macular degeneration. Exudate leukocytes form abnormal vessels that initiate regional inflammation accompanied with local glial proliferation and matrix production. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jo YJ,Sonoda KH,Oshima Y,Takeda A,Kohno R,Yamada J,Hamuro J,Yang Y,Notomi S,Hisatomi T,Ishibashi T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate morphological characteristics of optic nerve head and peripapillary region with myopia and glaucoma. METHODS:Ten normal and 17 glaucomatous myopic participants were imaged with a custom 1060-nm swept-source optical coherence tomography system. The three-dimensional images were processed and segm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee S,Han SX,Young M,Beg MF,Sarunic MV,Mackenzie PJ

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To visualize changes in deep optic nerve head (ONH) structures following glaucoma surgery using (3-dimensional [3D]) swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and to determine the clinical and structural factors associated with postoperative lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar neural tissue (PLT) chang...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yoshikawa M,Akagi T,Hangai M,Ohashi-Ikeda H,Takayama K,Morooka S,Kimura Y,Nakano N,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mice (Pdegtm1/Pdegtm1) homozygous for a mutant allele of the gamma subunit of retinal cyclic guanosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase (PDE gamma) suffer a severe photoreceptor degeneration. To determine whether the antiapoptotic BCL2 gene is effective in delaying the cell death pathway in this new strain of mu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsang SH,Chen J,Kjeldbye H,Li WS,Simon MI,Gouras P,Goff SP

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Asymmetry in disease progression between left and right eyes can occur in Stargardt disease (STGD1), and this needs to be considered in novel therapeutic trials with a fellow-eye paired controlled design. This study investigated the inter-eye discordance of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and progression of...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lambertus S,Bax NM,Groenewoud JM,Cremers FP,van der Wilt GJ,Klevering BJ,Theelen T,Hoyng CB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glucocorticoid sensitivity in glaucoma has been attributed to differences in the expression of the two glucocorticoid receptors, GRalpha and GRbeta. GRalpha undergoes steroid-dependent nuclear translocation by associating with a heat shock protein (Hsp)90 multiprotein heterocomplex. The nuclear transport of the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Clark AF,Yorio T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound healing in the eye may lead to undesirable sequelae such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy and scarring of glaucoma filtering fistulas. We therefore sought to manipulate in vitro two key wound healing processes--cell proliferation and contraction of extracellular matrices--using vitamin A (VA), retinoic acid (R...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim RY,Stern WH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate goblet cell density (GCD) on conjunctiva and cornea in patients with ocular chemical burns by in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and impression cytology (IC) and to explore the correlation between two methods. METHODS:Fifty-four patients (58 eyes) with chemical burn were enrolled in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Le QH,Wang WT,Hong JX,Sun XH,Zheng TY,Zhu WQ,Xu JJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore changes in corneal sensitivity that develop in patients with dry eye and the relationship between sensibility and severity of the dry eye disease. METHODS:Experiments were performed in 44 patients with dry eye and 42 healthy individuals. Corneal sensitivity was measured with the Belmonte noncontact ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bourcier T,Acosta MC,Borderie V,Borrás F,Gallar J,Bury T,Laroche L,Belmonte C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct patterns of delayed-onset, cell-mediated hypersensitivity have been induced in the guinea pig eye with the same soluble protein antigen and two different methods of immunization. The predominant histologic feature of these reactions was the large number of eosinophils which infiltrated the uveal tract and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Friedlaender MH,Howes EL Jr,Hall JM,Krasnobrod H,Wormstead MA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To learn whether locally expressed and systemic mediators might modulate the cholinergically induced transepithelial Cl(-) fluxes that underlie lacrimal fluid production. METHODS:Reconstituted epithelial monolayers were exposed to a submaximal dose of the muscarinic agonist, carbachol (CCh), or to one of sever...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Selvam S,Mircheff AK,Yiu SC

更新日期：2013-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Local first-order multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) implicit time (K1-IT) delays have proved to be important and predictive indicators of retinal function in diabetes. To better understand the nature of these delays, the authors examined the spatial association between K1-IT and second-order amplitudes (K2-S...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bronson-Castain KW,Bearse MA Jr,Han Y,Schneck ME,Barez S,Adams AJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The main purpose of this study was to develop a cell culture model of immortalized epithelium from the human cornea for drug permeability testing. METHODS:Immortalized human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells were grown on filters, with various filter materials and coating procedures. In the optimal case, HCE cell...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Toropainen E,Ranta VP,Talvitie A,Suhonen P,Urtti A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the topographic relationship between ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) defects in open-angle glaucoma patients with localized RNFL defects, using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:We analyzed 140 eyes of 1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim KE,Park KH,Yoo BW,Jeoung JW,Kim DM,Kim HC

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of aging on cell loss in the human retina was examined in foveal and temporal equatorial regions in eyes from 35 donors with ages spanning a 78-yr period from the second to the ninth decade of life. Equatorial cones and retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) decreased at uniform rates from the second to the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gao H,Hollyfield JG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between exposure to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the nested case-control sample drawn from the Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) cohort. METHODS:The BMES examined 3654 persons aged 49 to 97 years during 1992 t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robman L,Mahdi OS,Wang JJ,Burlutsky G,Mitchell P,Byrne G,Guymer R,Taylor H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the presence of corneal stromal precursors that express neural markers in vitro. METHODS:To isolate sphere-forming cells, human corneal stromal cells were subjected to a reaggregation-free neurosphere assay in medium containing methylcellulose gel matrix. To promote differentiation, the isolated...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Uchida S,Yokoo S,Yanagi Y,Usui T,Yokota C,Mimura T,Araie M,Yamagami S,Amano S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare conventional pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (cVEPs) with multifocal VEPs (mfVEPs). METHODS:mfVEPs and cVEPs were recorded during the same session in 12 normal subjects with an active electrode at Oz referenced to the inion (Oz-In) or to a midfrontal position, Fz (Oz-Fz). The mfVEP stimulu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fortune B,Hood DC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxia and growth factors are postulated to be involved in the development of retinal neovascularization through the regulation of extracellular proteinase production. It has been shown that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are elevated in the retina during the neovascularization process. However, the factors ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Majka S,McGuire PG,Das A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate whether rapamycin protects tear production and the ocular surface during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced dry eye syndrome in mice. Methods:Tunicamycin was injected intraperitoneally in BALB/c mice without or with rapamycin (TM or RM5 group). Peritoneal injection of PBS performed in veh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cho BJ,Hwang JS,Shin YJ,Kim JW,Chung TY,Hyon JY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ca(2+) is a major regulator of cell function. In the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) is essential for the maintenance of normal retinal function. Therefore, accurate control of [Ca(2+)](i) is vital in these cells. Because Ca(2+) is permanently extruded fro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wimmers S,Strauss O

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00