Genomewide scan and fine mapping of quantitative trait loci for intraocular pressure on 5q and 14q in West Africans.

abstract：PURPOSE:To relate the oxygen environment of the retina to photoreceptor stability, protection, and function in the P23H rat. METHODS:Heterozygote P23H-3 (Line 3) rats were studied. Photoreceptor death rates were assessed with the TUNEL technique for detection of fragmenting DNA, in a developmental series from postnata...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu DY,Cringle S,Valter K,Walsh N,Lee D,Stone J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vitreoretinal disorders are frequently characterized by increased vitreous levels of cellular mediators, including cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. The study was conducted to investigate whether multiplex bead analysis could identify disease-specific profiles of these mediators in a variety of vitreor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Banerjee S,Savant V,Scott RA,Curnow SJ,Wallace GR,Murray PI

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the hypothesis that cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) modifies the basolateral membrane chloride conductance of chick retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). METHODS:Placing freshly dissected chick retina-RPE-choroid tissues in a perfusion chamber that allows separate perfusion of its retinal and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kuntz CA,Crook RB,Dmitriev A,Steinberg RH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium iodate and sodium iodoacetate were employed as biological probes to evaluate component forces contributing to the strength of retinal adhesion to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Iodate treatment produced a rapid reduction in the strength of adhesion, which was complete within 1 hr without evidence of conc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ashburn FS Jr,Pilkerton AR,Rao NA,Marak GE

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Synthesis of keratan sulfate (KS) relies on coordinated action of multiple enzymes, including the N-acetylglucosamine-transferring enzyme, β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-7 (β3GnT7). A mouse model deficient in β3GnT7 was developed to explore structural changes in KS and the extracellular matrix (ECM; i.e....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Littlechild SL,Young RD,Caterson B,Yoshida H,Yamazaki M,Sakimura K,Quantock AJ,Akama TO

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the profiles of soluble cytokine receptors and cytokines, including mostly their ligands, in the vitreous humor of patients with B-cell vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) and uveitis. METHODS:Vitreous samples were collected from immunocompetent patients with VRL (n = 21), uveitis (n = 20), and idiopathi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Takeda A,Yoshikawa H,Fukuhara T,Hikita S,Hijioka K,Otomo T,Arita R,Hisatomi T,Kimura K,Yoshida S,Kawano Y,Sonoda KH,Ishibashi T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine if cytokine tear levels before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can help anticipate the occurrence of ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Methods:In this pilot study, 25 patients undergoing HSCT were followed prospectively for ≤43 months. After ocular examinations, tear...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cocho L,Fernández I,Calonge M,Sainz de la Maza M,Rovira M,Stern ME,Garcia-Vazquez C,Enríquez-de-Salamanca A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative importance of the anterior ciliary arteries to blood flow to the anterior segment and the quadrant distribution of blood to the iris, ciliary body, and ciliary processes were determined in canines with the use of 15 +/- 3 mum 103Ru microspheres with the reference blood flow method. Recti muscles were isol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Keough EM,Wilcox LM,Connolly RJ,Hotte CE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite the high metabolic demands of the neural retina, its detachment from the retinal pigment epithelium does not lead to immediate death for most of the cells. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that intrinsic protective mechanisms are activated in the neural retina during early stages of reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zacks DN,Han Y,Zeng Y,Swaroop A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neovascularization of the avascular cornea is a significant problem associated with many corneal diseases. Because Fas ligand (FasL) is highly expressed in the cornea, the role of this molecule in controlling corneal neovascularization was examined in this study. METHODS:C57BL/6(B6), FasL (CD95L)-deficient B6-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stuart PM,Pan F,Plambeck S,Ferguson TA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors investigated whether trigeminal sensitization occurs in response to bright light with the retina disconnected from the rest of the central nervous system by optic nerve section. METHODS:In urethane-anesthetized rats, trigeminal reflex blinks were evoked with air puff stimuli directed at the cornea ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dolgonos S,Ayyala H,Evinger C

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the influence of experimentally reduced cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and neuroretinal rim area of the optic nerve head. METHODS:This experimental study included nine monkeys that underwent implantation of a lumbar-peritoneal cerebrospinal fluid (C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang D,Fu J,Hou R,Liu K,Jonas JB,Wang H,Chen W,Li Z,Sang J,Zhang Z,Liu S,Cao Y,Xie X,Ren R,Lu Q,Weinreb RN,Wang N

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To create a binocular statistical eye model based on previously measured ocular biometric data. METHODS:Thirty-nine parameters were determined for a group of 127 healthy subjects (37 male, 90 female; 96.8% Caucasian) with an average age of 39.9 ± 12.2 years and spherical equivalent refraction of -0.98 ± 1.77 D...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rozema JJ,Atchison DA,Tassignon MJ

更新日期：2011-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) ocular shedding and recurrent corneal epithelial lesions were assessed following an intravenous injection of cyclophosphamide (75 mg/kg) and 24 hr later an intravenous injection of dexamethasone (4 mg/kg) in 24 eyes of 15 rabbits latently infected with HSV-1 strain McKrae. Sampling ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Haruta Y,Rootman DS,Xie LX,Kiritoshi A,Hill JM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier in rabbit eyes was elicited by use of topical prostaglandin E2(PGE2), infrared irradiation of the iris, or by subcutaneous alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH). The aqueous flare provoked was measured quantitatively with a photoelectric instrument. The effect of th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holmdahl G,Bengtsson E

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue (CALT) is assumed to be a key location for the generation of adaptive immune mechanisms of the ocular surface, but functional studies of CALT are still lacking. The purpose of this study was to establish an animal model that enables functional analysis of immune mechanisms...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Steven P,Rupp J,Hüttmann G,Koop N,Lensing C,Laqua H,Gebert A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greene's melanomas, implanted in the anterior chamber of 31 eyes of 19 Dutch rabbits, were treated with hyperthermia induced by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The percentage necrosis 24 hr after treatment (N) as a function of steady-state intratumor temperature (T) could be described with N(T) = -181.5 + 4....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Braakman R,van der Valk P,van Delft JL,de Wolff-Rouendaal D,Oosterhuis JA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cause of anterior and posterior subcapsular cataracts. Central to EMT is the formation of actin stress fibers. Selective targeting of actin stress fiber-associated tropomyosin (Tpm) in epithelial cells may be a means to prevent stress fiber formation and repress l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parreno J,Amadeo MB,Kwon EH,Fowler VM

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the effect of traction of the vasculature on induction or acceleration of neovascularization, the chorioallantoic membranes (CAMs) of the developing chick embryo were placed under tension with 10-0 nylon sutures and subsequently examined histologically. In the initial phase of the study, CAMs f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yamashita H,Hori S,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of TNF-alpha on leukocyte adhesion, vascular leakage, and apoptotic cell death in endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in the rat. METHODS:EIU was induced in Long-Evans rats by a single footpad injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 350 microg/kg) from Salmonella typhimurium. A single injec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Koizumi K,Poulaki V,Doehmen S,Welsandt G,Radetzky S,Lappas A,Kociok N,Kirchhof B,Joussen AM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The scarified cornea keratitis model was modified to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of healing corneal epithelium. The new model was then used to study the role of ExsA, a transcriptional activator of P. aeruginosa, in bacterial penetration through injured and healing corneal epithelia. METHODS:Scratch...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee EJ,Evans DJ,Fleiszig SM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To use laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) to assess blood flow (BF) in the optic nerve head (ONH) tissue and choroid during elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods:This prospective study included 20 eyes of 20 healthy volunteers. The testing protocol had a baseline phase, two elevated IOP phases (+10 and +20...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kiyota N,Shiga Y,Ichinohasama K,Yasuda M,Aizawa N,Omodaka K,Honda N,Kunikata H,Nakazawa T

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether clinical signs of infectious keratitis can be used to identify the causative organism. METHODS:Eighty photographs of eyes with culture-proven bacterial keratitis or smear-proven fungal keratitis were randomly selected from 2 clinical trials. Fifteen cornea spe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dalmon C,Porco TC,Lietman TM,Prajna NV,Prajna L,Das MR,Kumar JA,Mascarenhas J,Margolis TP,Whitcher JP,Jeng BH,Keenan JD,Chan MF,McLeod SD,Acharya NR

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Noise field campimetry, performed according to Aulhorn and Köst, confronts patients with a large field of irregularly flickering dots, and many patients immediately perceive their visual field defects. The original method had a somewhat low specificity and sensitivity, especially for patients with visual field ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bachmann G,Fahle M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of size, shape, vacuole and cell counts of Schlemm's canal was undertaken in 20 human eyes that had undergone conventional immersion fixation. A reduction in vacuole count with age was shown to be associated with a decreased canal cell count. The decrease in cell count with age was closely linked to an age...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ainsworth JR,Lee WR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the impact of diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) on visual acuity (VA), through the analysis of novel fluorescein angiography (FA) parameters. METHODS:Data were retrospectively collected over a 6-month period. DMI severity was graded using Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) protocol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sim DA,Keane PA,Zarranz-Ventura J,Fung S,Powner MB,Platteau E,Bunce CV,Fruttiger M,Patel PJ,Tufail A,Egan CA

更新日期：2013-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) molecules occur in all cells exposed to an oxygen-containing environment, including retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Previous studies of nonhuman RPE have either probed specifically for copper-zinc-containing SOD (CuZn-SOD) or have not distinguished between CuZn-SOD and the SOD molecu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Newsome DA,Dobard EP,Liles MR,Oliver PD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effectiveness of upper punctal occlusion versus that of lower punctal occlusion in dry eye patients. METHODS:One eye's upper punctum and the contralateral eye's lower punctum were occluded with collagen plugs in 20 dry eye patients. The same procedure was performed in 20 normal subjects. The upp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen F,Wang J,Chen W,Shen M,Xu S,Lu F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the influence of reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) on retinal and visual function in intermediate AMD using multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) and microperimetry. METHODS:In a prospective cross-sectional study, microperimetry and mfERG testing, followed by color fundus photography, near-infrared refl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu Z,Ayton LN,Makeyeva G,Guymer RH,Luu CD

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate autophagy in the outflow pathway and ganglion cell layer in the aging and ocular hypertensive mouse. Methods:Both 4-month-old and 18-month-old C57BL/6J and GFP-LC3 mice were subjected to unilateral injection of hypertonic saline into a limbal vein, causing sclerosis of the outflow pathway and su...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nettesheim A,Dixon A,Shim MS,Coyne A,Walsh M,Liton PB

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00