The monoclonal antibody GRC1 produced against human cornea recognizes a common determinant of collagen.

abstract：Purpose:To accelerate the development of new therapies, an inherited retinal degeneration model in a nonhuman primate would be useful to confirm the efficacy in preclinical studies. In this study, we describe the discovery of retinitis pigmentosa in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) pedigree. Methods:First, sc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ikeda Y,Nishiguchi KM,Miya F,Shimozawa N,Funatsu J,Nakatake S,Fujiwara K,Tachibana T,Murakami Y,Hisatomi T,Yoshida S,Yasutomi Y,Tsunoda T,Nakazawa T,Ishibashi T,Sonoda KH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the features and possible mechanism of plus disease in the mouse oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model for retinopathy of prematurity. METHODS:Wild-type and Adam (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase) knockout mice were exposed to 75% oxygen from postnatal day 7 to 12 (P7 to P12) (hyperoxia), t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guaiquil VH,Hewing NJ,Chiang MF,Rosenblatt MI,Chan RV,Blobel CP

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neuropeptide essential for the development, survival, growth, and differentiation of corneal cells. Its effects are mediated by both TrkA and p75 receptors. Clinically relevant use of NGF was introduced to treat neurotrophic ulcerations in patients. Herein, we examine the mechanis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blanco-Mezquita T,Martinez-Garcia C,Proença R,Zieske JD,Bonini S,Lambiase A,Merayo-Lloves J

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether messenger RNA coding for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), HGF receptor (MET), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), KGF receptor, and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor-2 were produced in primary cultures of human corneal epithelial, stromal fibroblast, and end...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wilson SE,Walker JW,Chwang EL,He YG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols for light microscopy of frog lenses that result in good visibility of cell structure from the lens surface to its nucleus are presented. The lenses are fixed in 10% neutral formalin in 0.06 M phosphate buffer and are embedded in Epon 812. Following staining of the thick sections with selected Procion dyes, e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rae JL,Truitt KD,Kuszak JR

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study and therapy of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness worldwide, have taken great strides over the past decade. During the same time, a central role for RNA in many human diseases has been discovered. We have identified anti-angiogenic functions for synthetic double stranded RNA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ambati J

更新日期：2011-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal crystallins are lost from resident cells of the corneal stroma during wound repair, and this is associated with a loss of cell transparency. The goal of this study was to identify factors inducing loss of the corneal crystallin transketolase (TKT). METHODS:A cell culture model of freshly isolated rabbi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stramer BM,Fini ME

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate a novel objective perimetry using multifocal chromatic pupil light reflex in normal participants and patients with photoreceptor dysfunction, and to relate this new technique with subjective dark-adapted chromatic Goldmann perimetry. METHODS:Thirty-two eyes of 17 retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or cone-r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Skaat A,Sher I,Kolker A,Elyasiv S,Rosenfeld E,Mhajna M,Melamed S,Belkin M,Rotenstreich Y

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Basement membrane degradation and macrophage aggregation at the optic fissure margins are crucial to optic fissure closure during normal murine eye development. Basement membrane degradation is also an essential step in cancer development, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role. In this stu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsuji N,Matsuura T,Narama I,Yoshiki A,Ozaki K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between systemic blood pressure (BP) and long posterior ciliary arterial (LPCA) blood flow (BF) in response to autonomic drugs, and to determine the types of receptors involved. LPCA BF was measured in anesthetized rabbits at the retrobulbar region u...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Okubo H,Gherezhiher T,Koss MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the glaucoma progression in patients with a history of refractive corneal surgery (RCS). METHODS:A total of 313 eyes of 313 glaucoma patients (RCS group, 34 eyes; non-RCS group, 279 eyes) with a mean follow-up period of 2.7 years were included. Glaucoma progression was determined either by experts'...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim YJ,Yun SC,Na JH,Tchah HW,Jung JJ,Sung KR

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Orbital eye position and vestibular sensitivity have both been postulated to influence vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) axis direction. The interaction of these factors in unilateral vestibular deafferentation (UVD) was examined. METHODS:Initial VOR direction and magnitude were examined in six normal human subjec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Crane BT,Tian J,Ishiyama A,Demer JL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the application of anterior corneal and ocular aberrations in detecting mildly ectatic corneas. METHODS:This study retrospectively reviewed the data of 220 eyes separated into three groups by the NIDEK Corneal Navigator System automated corneal classification software: normal (N) (n = 123); form...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saad A,Gatinel D

更新日期：2012-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To enumerate the ocular surface fungal microbiome of healthy human eyes by using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Methods:Tarsal and fornix conjunctiva from the lower and upper lids of both eyes of healthy individuals were swabbed in duplicate separately. A total of 34 samples were collected from both the eye...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shivaji S,Jayasudha R,Sai Prashanthi G,Kalyana Chakravarthy S,Sharma S

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The free epsilon-amino groups and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) contents were determined in soluble and insoluble proteins of clear human lenses and diabetic and nondiabetic senile cataractous lenses. The free epsilon-amino group content of soluble proteins in diabetic cataracts was decreased by 37% (P less than 0.0...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao GN,Cotlier E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) in combination with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on corneal nerve regeneration in a rabbit model after PRK and correlate the findings with functional tear test. METHODS:Unilateral PRK was performed on 21 New Zealand albino rabbits. Three groups, each consist...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Esquenazi S,Bazan HE,Bui V,He J,Kim DB,Bazan NG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of PalB and PacC, two components of a pH-responsive signal-transduction pathway of Aspergillus nidulans, during the pathogenesis of fungal infection of the cornea. METHODS:Fungal strains included an A. nidulans wild-type isolate (A83), loss-of-function A. nidulans mutants of the palB (B...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hua X,Yuan X,Wilhelmus KR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study pathologic changes in the photoreceptors in eyes with idiopathic macular telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2 using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO). METHODS:Thirteen eyes with nonproliferative MacTel type 2 and 10 normal eyes underwent a full ophthalmologic examination, spectral-domai...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ooto S,Hangai M,Takayama K,Arakawa N,Tsujikawa A,Koizumi H,Oshima S,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2011-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal injuries that affect the photoreceptors and/or the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) may result in the leakage of retinal proteins into the systemic circulation. This study was designed to determine whether an immune response is elicited after an acute retinal injury resulting in circulating anti-retinal...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Scott SE,Bouhenni RA,Chomyk AM,Dunmire JJ,Patil J,Nakamura H,Deepak P

更新日期：2012-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the prognostic relevance of expression of the chemokine receptors CCR7 and CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 in uveal melanoma in nonmetastatic and metastatic patients with correlation to liver metastasis and overall survival. METHODS:Primary uveal melanoma specimens from 19 patients with correlating live...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van den Bosch T,Koopmans AE,Vaarwater J,van den Berg M,de Klein A,Verdijk RM

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to explore the association of autophagy-related genes (ATGs) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with Behçet's disease (BD) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in a Chinese Han population. METHODS:A two-stage association study was carried out in 940 BD, 1061 VKH, and 2007 health...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zheng M,Yu H,Zhang L,Li H,Liu Y,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A human biovar of Chlamydia trachomatis was used to develop a murine model of ocular chlamydial infection. The inbred mouse model will allow detailed immunologic studies during ocular infection, and use of a human biovar for infection may aid in identification of appropriate vaccine strategies against chlamydia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Whittum-Hudson JA,O'Brien TP,Prendergast RA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Folic acid is essential for DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis, and deficiencies in folate can lead to nutritional amblyopia and optic neuropathy. The transport of folate from the choroidal blood supply to the retina is only now beginning to be understood. The reduced-folate transporter was reported recently to be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Smith SB,Kekuda R,Gu X,Chancy C,Conway SJ,Ganapathy V

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In many individuals with pattern strabismus, the vertical misalignment varies with horizontal eye position. It has been proposed that these cross-axis effects result from abnormal cross-talk between brainstem structures that would normally encode horizontal and vertical eye position and velocity. The nucleus pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pallus A,Walton MMG

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the molecular properties, cellular distribution, and subcellular distribution of bovine rom-1 and its interaction with peripherin/rds in photoreceptor cells as an important step toward elucidating the role of rom-1 in photoreceptor outer segment structure-function relationships and in inherited ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moritz OL,Molday RS

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study investigated the expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in basal tears of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to nondiabetic controls; and correlated tear levels of IGFBP-3 with morphologic changes in the subbasal nerve plexus and density of basal corneal epi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stuard WL,Titone R,Robertson DM

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：PURPOSE:Angiotensin II (AII) has been shown to play a role in many vascular diseases. In the study described, the effect of AII on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and related intracellular signaling mechanism was investigated in bovine retinal microcapillary pericytes. METHODS:Cultured bovine reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Otani A,Takagi H,Oh H,Suzuma K,Matsumura M,Ikeda E,Honda Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinitis pigmentosa is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder. It is characterized by progressive degeneration of the peripheral retina, leading to night blindness and loss of the peripheral visual field. PRPF31 is one of four pre-mRNA splicing factors identified as causing autosomal dominant reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Waseem NH,Vaclavik V,Webster A,Jenkins SA,Bird AC,Bhattacharya SS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the potential for neuropeptide Y (NPY) signaling in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) by identifying the NPY receptor subtypes present, determining the effect of NPY on second-messenger production and membrane conductance, and establishing the neural retina as a site of NPY gene expression. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ammar DA,Hughes BA,Thompson DA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00