ZO-1: lamellipodial localization in a corneal fibroblast wound model.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated a novel motion-on-color paradigm to functionally isolate the magnocellular pathway and evaluate its diagnostic value in preperimetric glaucoma patients. METHODS:Thirty patients with preperimetric primary open-angle glaucoma and 30 controls participated in this study. They were tested in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wen W,Zhang P,Liu T,Zhang T,Gao J,Sun X,He S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To identify potentially pathogenic variants (PPVs) in Chinese familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) patients in FZD4, LRP5, NDP, TSPAN12, ZNF408, and KIF11 genes. Methods:Blood samples were collected from probands and their parent(s). Genomic DNA was analyzed by next-generation sequencing, and the sequen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li JK,Li Y,Zhang X,Chen CL,Rao YQ,Fei P,Zhang Q,Zhao P,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:It is possible to record a pattern electroretinogram (PERG) of near normal amplitude in a situation when the eye containing the active electrode is occluded. Because PERG recording requires high amplification and sensitive signal retrieval techniques, the electrode in the occluded eye records a distant potential from ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Seiple WH,Siegel IM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Levels of some cytokines are significantly higher in the vitreous fluid of patients with acute uveitis than in normal vitreous fluid. The authors sought to determine which proinflammatory cytokines were upregulated in the vitreous fluid of patients with ocular sarcoidosis. METHODS:Samples of vitreous fluid wer...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nagata K,Maruyama K,Uno K,Shinomiya K,Yoneda K,Hamuro J,Sugita S,Yoshimura T,Sonoda KH,Mochizuki M,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2012-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study different aspects of macular function in eyes with early age-related macular degeneration (early AMD: drusen with or without retinal pigment epithelium alterations) and normal visual acuity, to obtain a complete evaluation of macular function impairment in early AMD and to study the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Midena E,Degli Angeli C,Blarzino MC,Valenti M,Segato T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define the retinal phenotype in patients with the Bardet-Biedl syndrome and mutations in the BBS1 gene. METHODS:Ten patients (age range, 16-48 years), representing eight pedigrees, with BBS1 gene mutations were studied clinically and with kinetic perimetry, chromatic static perimetry, electroretinography (E...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Azari AA,Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Schwartz SB,Windsor EA,Sumaroka A,Cheung AY,Steinberg JD,Roman AJ,Stone EM,Sheffield VC,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the source of the retinol which has been identified in the tear fluid, the lacrimal gland ducts of rabbits and rats were cannulated and the collected lacrimal gland fluid was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Retinol was identified in the lacrimal gland fluid of rabbits and rats...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ubels JL,Foley KM,Rismondo V

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the rabbit iris sphincter muscle, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, inhibits cholinergic contraction but does not affect tachykinergic contraction in vitro. The objectives of the current study were to clarify the mechanism for the different responsiveness to NO in cholinergic and tachyki...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chuman H,Chuman T,Nao-i N,Sawada A,Yamamoto R,Kobayashi H,Wada A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) die as a result of axonal injury in a variety of optic neuropathies, including glaucoma. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as intracellular signaling molecules and initiate apoptosis in nerve growth factor-deprived sympathetic neurons and axotomized RGCs. Determination of the role ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schlieve CR,Lieven CJ,Levin LA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Subcellular Ca2+ signaling patterns, such as Ca2+ waves, gradients, and oscillations, are an important aspect of cell regulation, but the molecular basis for these signaling patterns is not understood. Because Ca2+ release patterns differ among isoforms of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptor, the ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hirata K,Nathanson MH,Burgstahler AD,Okazaki K,Mattei E,Sears ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 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 describe and evaluate a new experimental reference plane for measuring rim area in scanning laser tomography. METHODS:The experimental reference plane was positioned so that (1) it always lay entirely below the margin of the optic nerve head (ONH), (2) it remained at a set z-axis distance below the ONH in i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tan JC,Hitchings RA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether human corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes synthesize both the soluble and membrane forms of the type II IL-1 receptor (IL-1RII). METHODS:Primary cell cultures of human corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes were established from human corneas. RT-PCR wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cubitt CL,Lausch RN,Oakes JE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We evaluate diabetic microaneurysm (MA) features on high-resolution adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and their correlations with visual acuity (VA) and local retinal pathology on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT). Methods:Diabetic participants underwent VA testing and AO...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lammer J,Karst SG,Lin MM,Cheney M,Silva PS,Burns SA,Aiello LP,Sun JK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal basement membranes (BMs) serve as attachment sites for retinal pigment epithelial cells on Bruch's membrane and Müller cells (MCs) on the inner limiting membrane (ILM), providing polarity cues to adherent cells. The beta2 and gamma3 chains of laminin are key components of retinal BMs throughout developm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pinzón-Duarte G,Daly G,Li YN,Koch M,Brunken WJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tenascin (TN) is a large hexameric extracellular matrix glycoprotein that is expressed in developing organs and tumors. It has also been reported that TN is expressed in the embryonic cornea and during corneal wound healing. However, the role of TN in the cornea is not fully known. In this study, the role of TN...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Matsuda A,Yoshiki A,Tagawa Y,Matsuda H,Kusakabe M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in PITX2 are associated with Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS), which involves ocular, dental, and umbilical abnormalities. Identification of cis-regulatory elements of PITX2 is important to better understand the mechanisms of disease. METHODS:Conserved noncoding elements surrounding PITX2/pitx2 were id...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Volkmann BA,Zinkevich NS,Mustonen A,Schilter KF,Bosenko DV,Reis LM,Broeckel U,Link BA,Semina EV

更新日期：2011-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The betaB2-crystallin gene (Crybb2) is expressed at an increasing level in the postnatal lens cortex. It has been assumed that the gene functions as structural protein, although this has not been directly tested. Here the in vivo functions of betaB2-crystallin are examined via the generation of mice with a targ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang J,Li J,Huang C,Xue L,Peng Y,Fu Q,Gao L,Zhang J,Li W

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autophagy is a lysosomal machinery-dependent process that catabolizes cellular components/organelles and proteins in an autophagic vacuole (AV)-dependent and -independent manner, respectively. Short-term exposure of the retina to bright light results in shortening of the outer segments, concomitant with AV form...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kunchithapautham K,Coughlin B,Lemasters JJ,Rohrer B

更新日期：2011-05-05 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:Oxidative stress and metabolic dysregulation of the RPE have been implicated in AMD; however, the molecular regulation of RPE metabolism remains unclear. The transcriptional coactivator, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) is a powerful mediator of mitochondrial function. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iacovelli J,Rowe GC,Khadka A,Diaz-Aguilar D,Spencer C,Arany Z,Saint-Geniez M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study sought to determine the earliest time-point at which evidence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) could be detected with visible-light optical coherence tomography angiography (vis-OCTA) in a mouse model of laser-induced CNV. METHODS:Visible light-OCTA was used to study laser-induced CNV at differ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shah RS,Soetikno BT,Yi J,Liu W,Skondra D,Zhang HF,Fawzi AA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Somatostatin (SST) analogues have been used to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy, pseudotumor cerebri, thyroid orbitopathy, and cystoid macular edema. There is a paucity of published data in regards to cell-specific distribution of SST receptors (SSTR) in normal human eye tissues. Gene expression for all...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Klisovic DD,O'Dorisio MS,Katz SE,Sall JW,Balster D,O'Dorisio TM,Craig E,Lubow M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated, using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), inferior oblique muscle (IO) position relative to the adnexa in normal controls, subjects with and without vertical strabismus following lower lid blepharoplasty, and subjects with other hypertropia. METHODS:Sagittal plane MRI was...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin SY,Demer JL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The influence of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal on aqueous outflow facility remains poorly understood. We examined the relationship between inner wall pore characteristics and outflow facility in living primate eyes in which facility had been pharmacologically increased by ethacrynic acid (ECA) infusion and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ethier CR,Croft MA,Coloma FM,Gangnon RE,Ladd W,Kaufman PL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) have gained importance due to their myriad potential clinical applications. We hypothesize that progenitor cells also exist besides those conventionally isolated from the stromal vascular fraction (SVF). METHOD:Central and medial orbital adipose tissues obtained from patients ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen SY,Mahabole M,Horesh E,Wester S,Goldberg JL,Tseng SC

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Our goal was to generate and characterize a new mouse model in which only angiogenesis- and glaucoma-relevant tissues would be naturally fluorescent. The Matrix Gla (MGP) gene is highly expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and trabecular meshwork (TM). We sought to direct our Mgp-Cre.KI mouse recomb...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Asokan P,Mitra RN,Periasamy R,Han Z,Borrás T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether messenger RNA coding for fibroblast growth factor receptor-1, interleukin-1 receptor, and glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA are produced in human lacrimal tissue. METHODS:Total cellular RNA was isolated from three specimens of normal human lacrimal tissue and complementary DNA was synt...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wilson SE,Lloyd SA,Kennedy RH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine how the different stages of retinal processing change after photoreceptor degeneration in rabbits carrying the Pro347Leu rhodopsin mutation (Tg rabbits). METHODS:Cone electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by 150-ms duration stimuli from 13 Tg rabbits at 12 and 24 weeks of age. The ERG recordings...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishimura T,Machida S,Kondo M,Terasaki H,Yokoyama D,Kurosaka D

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00