Role of the small GTP-binding protein rho in epithelial cell migration in the rabbit cornea.

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：PURPOSE:To determine whether human retinal pigment epithelial (hRPE) cells produce activin, a growth factor in the transforming growth factor beta family, and to characterize growth regulatory effects of activin on retinal pigment epithelium. METHODS:mRNA expression was examined using polymerase chain reaction with pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jaffe GJ,Harrison CE,Lui GM,Roberts WL,Goldsmith PC,Mesiano S,Jaffe RB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of modification of immune effector cells, including macrophages, in the pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus retinitis in BALB/c mice. METHODS:Two intravitreal injections (2 microliters each) of anti-CD11b monoclonal antibody (mAb) [13 micrograms/microliters] were administered to the con...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berra A,Rodriguez A,Heiligenhaus A,Pazos B,Van Rooijen N,Foster CS

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraocular pressure response to systemically administered osmotic agents was studied in albino rabbits with one optic nerve transected and the fellow optic nerve left intact. There eas a significant increase in intraocular pressure of both eyes following water ingestion but no significant difference in the pressure r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Serafano DM,Brubaker RF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to determine whether there were significant differences in choroidal thickness, contrast, outer choroidal vessel (OCV), and choroidal-scleral junction (CSJ) visualization in inverted versus upright spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Images were captured on B...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lin P,Mettu PS,Pomerleau DL,Chiu SJ,Maldonado R,Stinnett S,Toth CA,Farsiu S,Mruthyunjaya P

更新日期：2012-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Yap1 encodes an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional coactivator and functions as a down-stream effector of the Hippo signaling pathway that controls tissue size and cell growth. Yap1 contributes to lens epithelial development. However, the effect of Yap1 haplodeficiency on the lens epithelium and its role ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lu Q,Zhang Y,Kasetti RB,Gaddipati S,Cvm NK,Borchman D,Li Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr mice (MRL/lpr) spontaneously develop lacrimal gland inflammatory lesions and are a model for the human disease Sjögren's syndrome. Therapy with monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to CD4 ameliorates the autoimmune renal, vasculitic, and intraocular inflammatory lesions in MRL/lpr mice. The effect of anti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jabs DA,Burns WH,Prendergast RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the variation in ocular biometry in adult Chinese individuals in Singapore. METHODS:This study was a population-based, cross-sectional survey of adult Chinese persons aged 40 to 81 years residing in Tanjong Pagar district, Singapore. Axial ocular dimensions, including axial length (AL), anterior ch...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wong TY,Foster PJ,Ng TP,Tielsch JM,Johnson GJ,Seah SK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study is to investigate the corneal anomaly caused by excess transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) during mouse development. Methods:Bitransgenic KeraRT/TGF-α mice, generated via cross-mating tetO-TGF-α and KeraRT mice, were induced to overexpress TGF-α by doxycycline commencing at embryonic day 0 or postn...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang L,Yuan Y,Yeh LK,Dong F,Zhang J,Okada Y,Kao WWY,Liu CY,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entoptic phenomenon by which one can observe leukocytes flowing in one's own parafoveal capillaries has been used to study the effect of changes in perfusion pressure on blood flow. Our measurements in humans with normal ocular fundi indicate that the retinal circulation of the parafovea is autoregulated in relati...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riva CE,Loebl M

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To analyze retinal and choroidal microvasculature in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) by using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). Methods:In this case-control retrospective observational study, patients with atrophic NAION (at least 3 months after onset of sy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Augstburger E,Zéboulon P,Keilani C,Baudouin C,Labbé A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse retina has been used extensively over the past decades to study both physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis. Over time, various mouse retina models have evolved into well-characterized and robust tools for in vivo angiogenesis research. This article is a review of the angiogenic development of the mouse ret...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stahl A,Connor KM,Sapieha P,Chen J,Dennison RJ,Krah NM,Seaward MR,Willett KL,Aderman CM,Guerin KI,Hua J,Löfqvist C,Hellström A,Smith LE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. To understand the barriers facing primary care providers (PCPs), including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), in the current referral-to-eye-care process and to solicit suggestions from PCPs on how to improve the current referral system. Methods. Four focus groups were conducted with a ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holley CD,Lee PP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpetic stromal disease often is treated with combinations of antiviral agents and corticosteroids. The addition of steroids to the antiviral treatment regimen frequently increases the efficacy of therapy in patients; however, many complications may arise as a result of corticosteroid therapy. Using a rabbit model, t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： O'Brien WJ,Taylor JL

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanism of σ receptor 1 (σR1) neuroprotection in retinal neurons. METHODS:Oxidative stress, which is implicated in diabetic retinopathy, was induced in mouse primary ganglion cells (GCs) and RGC-5 cells, and the effect of the σR1 ligand (+)-pentazocine on pro- and anti-apoptotic and endopl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ha Y,Dun Y,Thangaraju M,Duplantier J,Dong Z,Liu K,Ganapathy V,Smith SB

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:One of the difficulties in modeling visual field (VF) data is the sometimes large and correlated measurement errors in the point-wise sensitivity estimates. As these errors affect all locations of the same VF, we propose to model them as global visit effects (GVE). We evaluate this model and show the effect it ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bryan SR,Eilers PH,Lesaffre EM,Lemij HG,Vermeer KA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of the tissue origin of stromal fibroblasts and epithelial cells on reconstructed corneas in vitro. METHODS:Four types of constructs were produced by the self-assembly approach using the following combinations of human cells: corneal fibroblasts/corneal epithelial cells, corneal fibro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Carrier P,Deschambeault A,Audet C,Talbot M,Gauvin R,Giasson CJ,Auger FA,Guérin SL,Germain L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic disorder in diabetics often results in progressive retinopathy with severe visual impairment. Changes in metabolism can influence corneal autofluorescence. This has led to speculation that diabetic retinopathy might be associated with changes in corneal autofluorescence. Corneal autofluorescence of both ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stolwijk TR,van Best JA,Oosterhuis JA,Swart W

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stimulus consisting of 96 red LEDs mounted in the rear of a ganzfeld bowl was used to elicit focal electroretinograms (FERG) from the central 9 degrees of the retina in human subjects. The luminance of the stimulus was driven sinusoidally at frequencies from 10-60 Hz. The temporal responsiveness and response phase l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Seiple WH,Siegel IM,Carr RE,Mayron C

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess the phenotypic variability and natural course of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) caused by EYS mutations. Methods:Multiethnic cohort study (N = 30) with biallelic EYS variants from a clinical IRD database (retinitis pigmentosa [RP], N = 27; cone-rod dystrophy [CRD], N = 1; and macular dystrophy, N ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pierrache LHM,Messchaert M,Thiadens AAHJ,Haer-Wigman L,de Jong-Hesse Y,van Zelst-Stams WAG,Collin RWJ,Klaver CCW,van den Born LI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study binding of retinoids to human tear lipocalin (TL) to assess factors influencing ligand affinity and delivery. Mechanistic features of retinoid interactions with TL were investigated, including the influence of the retinoid functional group on ligand affinity, the relative affinity of retinol versus fat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gasymov OK,Abduragimov AR,Yusifov TN,Glasgow BJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether ciliary body thickness (CBT) is related to refractive error in school-age children. METHODS:Fifty-three children, 8 to 15 years of age, were recruited. CBT was measured from anterior segment OCT images (Visante; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA) at 1 (CBT1), 2 (CBT2) and 3 (CBT3) mm po...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bailey MD,Sinnott LT,Mutti DO

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the effects of semaphorin 3E (Sema3E)/PlexinD1 signaling in the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and explored the therapeutic potential of the pathway. METHODS:We used a laser-induced CNV model in the mouse. The expression of Sema3E and PlexinD1 was evaluated with immunohistoch...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suda K,Guo C,Oishi A,Ikeda S,Uemura A,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The presence of eosinophilic granulocytes in ocular tissue is a hallmark of the host response to environmental and parasite allergens. Using a mouse model of Onchocerca volvulus-mediated keratitis (river blindness), the present study examined the role of the cytokines interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 in regulating ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berger RB,Blackwell NM,Lass JH,Diaconu E,Pearlman E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Disruption of the normally antiangiogenic environment of the retina leads to aberrant angiogenesis, the major cause of vision loss throughout the world. Prolactin (PRL), the hormone originally associated with milk production, can be proteolytically processed to 16K-PRL, a 16 kDa N-terminal PRL fragment with pot...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Aranda J,Rivera JC,Jeziorski MC,Riesgo-Escovar J,Nava G,López-Barrera F,Quiróz-Mercado H,Berger P,Martínez de la Escalera G,Clapp C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins and other eicosanoids in the trabecular meshwork may play important physiological and pharmacological roles in the aqueous outflow pathway. In the present studies, we employed [14C]-arachidonic acid to explore potentially important pathways for the production of eicosanoids in cultured human trabecular ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weinreb RN,Polansky JR,Alvarado JA,Mitchell MD

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

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：PURPOSE:To determine whether a variational Bayesian independent component analysis mixture model (vB-ICA-mm), a form of unsupervised machine learning, can be used to identify and quantify areas of progression in standard automated perimetry fields. METHODS:In an earlier study, it was shown that a model using vB-ICA-mm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sample PA,Boden C,Zhang Z,Pascual J,Lee TW,Zangwill LM,Weinreb RN,Crowston JG,Hoffmann EM,Medeiros FA,Sejnowski T,Goldbaum M

更新日期：2005-10-01 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:Ibuprofen and indomethacin are nonselective prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors that have been shown to improve oxygen-induced retinopathy in mice. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, and growth hormone (GH) are potent growth factors involved in retinal development. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Beharry KD,Modanlou HD,Hasan J,Gharraee Z,Abad-Santos P,Sills JH,Jan A,Nageotte S,Aranda JV

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00