Sonic hedgehog expression and role in healing corneal epithelium.

abstract：PURPOSE:Placental growth factor (PlGF) has been implicated as a contributor to resistance against anti-VEGF therapy. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the systemic levels of PlGF, VEGF-A, and VEGF-B in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) after treatment with aflibercept, ranib...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zehetner C,Bechrakis NE,Stattin M,Kirchmair R,Ulmer H,Kralinger MT,Kieselbach GF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine associations between retinopathy status and detailed serum lipoprotein subclass profiles in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (DCCT/EDIC) cohort. METHODS:Persons with type 1 diabetes (440 women, 548 men) from the DCCT/EDIC c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lyons TJ,Jenkins AJ,Zheng D,Lackland DT,McGee D,Garvey WT,Klein RL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Severe ocular allergic diseases are characterized by pronounced conjunctival inflammation triggered by T helper 2 (Th2) cells and corneal epithelial damage induced by eosinophils. To examine the role of alarmins released by damaged corneal epithelial cells in tissue eosinophilia, we investigated the effects of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fukuda K,Ishida W,Tanaka H,Harada Y,Matsuda A,Ebihara N,Fukushima A

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-interferon (G-IFN) exhibits antiproliferative effects, inhibits collagen synthesis by fibroblasts, and may help to regulate the turnover of fibrous tissue. Fibroblasts from Tenon's capsule are cellular components that contribute to unsuccessful glaucoma filtration surgery. Therefore, the authors studied the effe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Latina MA,Belmonte SJ,Park C,Crean E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Uveitis is a major cause of sight loss across the world. The reliable assessment of intraocular inflammation in uveitis ('disease activity') is essential in order to score disease severity and response to treatment. In this review, we describe how 'quantitative imaging', the approach of using automated analysis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Denniston AK,Keane PA,Srivastava SK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults and approximately half of those diagnosed will die of metastasis. This study investigates whether UM progression is driven by a subpopulation of stem-like cells, termed "cancer stem cells" (CSCs). Methods:Expression of postulated s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Doherty RE,Sisley K,Hammond DW,Rennie IG,Cross NA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pathology in the primary drainage pathway for aqueous humor in the eye is responsible for ocular hypertension, the only treatable risk factor in patients with glaucoma. Unfortunately, the mechanisms that regulate pressure-dependent drainage of aqueous humor and thus intraocular pressure (IOP) are unknown. To be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stamer WD,Lei Y,Boussommier-Calleja A,Overby DR,Ethier CR

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare EyeCam (Clarity Medical Systems, Pleasanton, CA) imaging with gonioscopy for detecting angle closure. METHODS:In this prospective, hospital-based study, subjects underwent gonioscopy by a single observer and EyeCam imaging by a different operator. EyeCam images were graded by two masked observers. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Perera SA,Baskaran M,Friedman DS,Tun TA,Htoon HM,Kumar RS,Aung T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the microvascular changes in eyes with RP quantitatively using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine whether the correlations between these indices and the severity of RP are significant. Methods:This was a retrospective, observational study. The medical records of 53 RP ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Inooka D,Ueno S,Kominami T,Sayo A,Okado S,Ito Y,Terasaki H

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Normal adult rabbit corneas were digested with 5% pepsin and their collagens extracted with acetic acid. Collagen extracts were fractionated by differential salt precipitation. The 2.5 M NaCl fraction was then redissolved with tris buffer and precipitated with sodium acetate. The precipitate contained a high-molecular...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cintron C,Hong BS

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mice rendered hypoglycemic by a null mutation in the glucagon receptor gene Gcgr display late-onset retinal degeneration and loss of retinal sensitivity. Acute hyperglycemia induced by dextrose ingestion does not restore their retinal function, which is consistent with irreversible loss of vision. The goal of t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Umino Y,Cuenca N,Everhart D,Fernandez-Sanchez L,Barlow RB,Solessio E

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The increase of nerve growth factor (NGF) plasma levels in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) patients has been demonstrated previously. Results of numerous studies in vitro and in vivo have shown that NGF modulates the synthesis of substance P (SP), a neuropeptide involved in the pathogenesis of human allergic ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lambiase A,Bonini S,Micera A,Tirassa P,Magrini L,Bonini S,Aloe L

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Suppression in amblyopia may be an unequal form of normal interocular suppression or a distinct pathophysiology. To explore this issue, we examined the orientation tuning and contrast dependence of continuous flash suppression (CFS) in adults with amblyopia and visually normal controls. Methods:Nine patients (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gao TY,Ledgeway T,Lie AL,Anstice N,Black J,McGraw PV,Thompson B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study focuses on the identification of regulatory elements that contribute to lens-specific expression of the human CP49 gene within the 5'-flanking DNA sequences. METHODS:The DNA sequence upstream of the human CP49 coding region was subcloned as a set of 5' and 3' deletion series. The constructs were tra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： DePianto DJ,Hess JF,Blankenship TN,FitzGerald PG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that subnormal retinal oxygenation response (DeltaPo2) found at 3 months of experimental diabetes is associated with cellular swelling and increased retinal thickness. METHODS:Two groups of animals were studied: control rats injected intraperitoneally with either 15% body weight of salin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Luan H,Roberts R,Sniegowski M,Goebel DJ,Berkowitz BA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical flicker frequency (CFF) was measured for stimuli varying in chromaticity only and in luminance only for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and for matched normal controls. The two CFF measurements showed different underlying linear interdependencies for the two groups, consistent with a greater loss of tem...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mason RJ,Snelgar RS,Foster DH,Heron JR,Jones RE

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a phospholipid growth factor that stimulates proliferation, chemotaxis, cation currents, and K(+) currents in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. LPA receptor transduction was analyzed in human and rat RPE cells. METHODS:Cells were cultured with standard methods, and signalin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Thoreson WB,Ryan JS,Shi C,Kelly ME,Bryson EJ,Toews ML,Ediger TL,Chacko DM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Despite the potential for adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) to quantify retinal disease progression at the cellular level, there remain few longitudinal studies investigating changes in cone density as a measure of disease progression. Here, we undertook a prospective, longitudinal study to ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jackson K,Vergilio GK,Cooper RF,Ying GS,Morgan JIW

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Posterior segment intraocular inflammation (PSII) is a putative Th1 CD4+ cell mediated autoimmune disorder. In experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis, neutralization of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induces suppression of Th1 cells, macrophage activation, and target organ damage. Previous studies implicated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Greiner K,Murphy CC,Willermain F,Duncan L,Plskova J,Hale G,Isaacs JD,Forrester JV,Dick AD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the possibility that ocular surface epithelial cells might be grown in culture for use as grafts. METHODS:The proliferative capacity of epithelial cells cultured from the conjunctiva, limbus, and central cornea of normal human eyes was compared. Single cells disaggregated from approximately 1 mm2 bi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lindberg K,Brown ME,Chaves HV,Kenyon KR,Rheinwald JG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Lens epithelial cell (LEC) conversion to myofibroblast is responsible for fibrotic cataract surgery complications including posterior capsular opacification. While transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) signaling is important, the mechanisms by which the TGFβ pathway is activated post cataract surgery (PCS) are...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jiang J,Shihan MH,Wang Y,Duncan MK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop an imaging technique that maps the distribution of free cystine in the rat lens at subcellular resolution and enables cystine accumulation to be compared with the expression of the cystine-glutamate exchanger (Xc-). METHODS:Whole lenses were fixed, cryoprotected, and then cryosectioned in either an ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li L,Lim J,Jacobs MD,Kistler J,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increased stromal accumulation of macrophages and submucosal fibrosis due to excessive accumulation of collagens are central histologic features in ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP). Interleukin (IL)-4 plays an important role in both the inflammatory and fibrotic events in several human and experimental disea...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Razzaque MS,Ahmed BS,Foster CS,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the spatial distribution of posterior pole choroidal thickness (CT) in healthy eyes using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Fifty-nine eyes from 30 subjects with no retinal or choroidal disease were examined with high-definition (HD) OCT using macular volume cube scanning ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ouyang Y,Heussen FM,Mokwa N,Walsh AC,Durbin MK,Keane PA,Sanchez PJ,Ruiz-Garcia H,Sadda SR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the maximum retinal vasodilation in response to repeated flicker light stimulation in relation to vasospastic propensity in healthy subjects. METHODS:Twenty-four young healthy women were grouped as vasospastic and nonvasospastic, based on their history of cold extremities and on the results of nailf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gugleta K,Zawinka C,Rickenbacher I,Kochkorov A,Katamay R,Flammer J,Orgul S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare two spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) devices for the identification of angle structures and the presence of angle closure. METHODS:This was a prospective comparative study. Consecutive patients underwent gonioscopy and anterior segment imaging using two SD-OCT devices (iVue and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Quek DT,Narayanaswamy AK,Tun TA,Htoon HM,Baskaran M,Perera SA,Aung T

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine variations in eye volume, surface area, and shape with refractive error in young children using a three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) model. METHODS:A subset of Singaporean Chinese boys enrolled in the population-based Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Refractive Error in Singapore (STARS)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lim LS,Yang X,Gazzard G,Lin X,Sng C,Saw SM,Qiu A

更新日期：2011-11-17 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：:Although the lens has been shown to have the capacity to respond to insulin in vitro, little is known concerning the biochemical relationships of insulin to the lens in vivo. Therefore we have measured insulin in the aqueous humor of rabbits by a sensitive radioimmunoassay after paracentesis and feeding. The insulin c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Coulter JB 3rd,Engelke JA,Eaton DK

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00