High-resolution imaging with adaptive optics in patients with inherited retinal degeneration.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the in vivo evolution of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in mice using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Laser photocoagulation was applied to the mouse fundus using a 532-nm diode laser (100, 150, and 200 mW; 100-μm diameter, 0.1-second duration). SD-O...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Giani A,Thanos A,Roh MI,Connolly E,Trichonas G,Kim I,Gragoudas E,Vavvas D,Miller JW

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tendon and cornea of 17-day-old chick embryos primarily synthesize type I collagen as the major collagenous component nd type V collagen as a minor collagenous component. Matrix-free cells isolated from cornea and tendon synthesize and secrete mainly type I procollagen. A short lag period for the secretion of collagen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kao WW,Mai SH,Chou KL

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify genes and molecular mechanisms associated with photoreceptor degeneration in a canine model of XLRP caused by an RPGR exon ORF15 microdeletion. Methods. Expression profiles of mutant and normal retinas were compared by using canine retinal custom cDNA microarrays. qRT-PCR, Western blot analysis, and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Genini S,Zangerl B,Slavik J,Acland GM,Beltran WA,Aguirre GD

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Na,K-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is essential for the regulation of cytoplasmic ion concentrations in lens cells. Earlier studies demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation by Lyn kinase, a Src-family member, inhibits Na,K-ATPase activity in porcine lens epithelium. In the present study, experiments were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bozulic LD,Dean WL,Delamere NA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of an imaginary and a visual target on torsional optokinetic nystagmus (tOKN) and directional symmetry of tOKN. METHODS:Torsional OKN was induced by a rotating random dot pattern (52 degrees in diameter, constant angular velocity: +/-30 deg/sec to +/-52 deg/sec) with an imaginary or ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki Y,Shinmei Y,Nara H,Ifukube T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unscarified corneas of rabbits were inoculated with 50 microliter of 2-4 X 10(6) PFU/ml of herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV-1), McKrae strain in 10 separate experiments over a 12-month period. Sixty of 104 (57.7%) rabbits survived to postinoculation (PI) day 20. These sixty rabbits were swabbed with dacron-tipped...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berman EJ,Hill JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine transforming growth factor (TGF) beta effects on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as a potential cause of the blood-retinal barrier breakdown at the onset of angiogenesis. Previously, glial cells were shown to play a role in the angiogenesis process and to express the angiogenic regulating factor T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Behzadian MA,Wang XL,Windsor LJ,Ghaly N,Caldwell RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the function of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a matricellular protein of the CCN (Cyr61/CTGF/Nov) family, in retinal vasculature during development and ischemia. METHODS:CTGF expression was determined using RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and transgenic mice carrying CTGF promoter-driven...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pi L,Xia H,Liu J,Shenoy AK,Hauswirth WW,Scott EW

更新日期：2011-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate corneal sensitivity to selective mechanical, chemical, heat, and cold stimulation in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS:Twenty patients with FM (18 women, 2 men; 51.9 +/- 2.3 years old) and 18 control subjects (16 women, 2 men; 51.7 +/- 2.4 years) participated voluntarily in the study. Sub...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gallar J,Morales C,Freire V,Acosta MC,Belmonte C,Duran JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of corneal penetration and efflux of phenylephrine (PE) and its metabolites were found to be limited by the epithelium. The rate constant for corneal penetration as measured in a lucite block perfusion system was 1.06 X 10(-3) hr-1 when the epithelium was present and 1.25 X 10(-2) hr-1 when the epithelium wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Antoine ME,Edelhauser HF,O'Brien WJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a freezing point depression method, requiring volumes of only 200 nanoliters, the osmolalities of 324 tear samples collected at consecutive 10-minute intervals throughout 8.5-hour periods from each of six healthy young adults were measured. The population mean was found to be 318 mOsm/kg, with a population media...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Benjamin WJ,Hill RM

更新日期：1983-12-01 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 identify the disease locus associated with autosomal dominant Fuchs corneal dystrophy (FCD) in a large family and to compare the progression of severity in families mapped to the FCD1 and FCD2 loci. METHODS:Seventeen individuals in a large family were examined by slit lamp biomicroscopy. Blood samples were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riazuddin SA,Eghrari AO,Al-Saif A,Davey L,Meadows DN,Katsanis N,Gottsch JD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cilostazol, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 3, has antiplatelet aggregation and peripheral vasodilation effects. We examined the effects of cilostazol on the retinal microvascular diameter to determine its dependence on the endothelium and/or smooth muscle to reveal the signaling mechanisms involved ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tanano I,Nagaoka T,Omae T,Ishibazawa A,Kamiya T,Ono S,Yoshida A

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the contribution of fixational saccades toward fixation instability in strabismic monkeys. Methods:Binocular eye movements were measured as six experimental monkeys (five strabismic monkeys and one monkey with downbeat nystagmus) and one normal monkey fixated targets of two shapes (Optotype, Disk) ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Upadhyaya S,Pullela M,Ramachandran S,Adade S,Joshi AC,Das VE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Under certain pathophysiologic conditions, the corneal endothelium can produce an abnormal posterior collagenous layer (PCL) that reduces light transmission. Previous studies suggest that formation of PCLs can result from transformation of endothelial cells to a proliferative myofibroblast phenotype. The purpos...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Petroll WM,Jester JV,Bean JJ,Cavanagh HD

更新日期：1998-10-01 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:To investigate the long-term effects of transient ligature of the ophthalmic vessels (LOV) on the inner and outer retina as well as on retinotectal projection, and whether brimonidine (BMD) has protective effects. METHODS:In adult rats, the left eye was subjected to 90 minutes of LOV. One hour before ischemia,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mayor-Torroglosa S,De la Villa P,Rodríguez ME,López-Herrera MP,Avilés-Trigueros M,García-Avilés A,de Imperial JM,Villegas-Pérez MP,Vidal-Sanz M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the specific role of very late antigen-1 (VLA-1; also known as integrin α1β1) in corneal inflammatory lymphangiogenesis in vivo and lymphatic endothelial cell functions in vitro. METHODS:A standard suture-induced corneal inflammatory lymphangiogenesis model was used in normal adult BALB/c mice t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grimaldo S,Yuen D,Ecoiffier T,Chen L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular sympathetic nerves were stimulated chronically in awake rabbits using electrodes unilaterally implanted on the cervical sympathetic trunk. IOP was measured by pneumatonometry and aqueous inflow was measured by fluorophotometry. In each animal, continuous trains of 1 msec pulses were delivered by means of a port...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Belmonte C,Bartels SP,Liu JH,Neufeld AH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen hundred and seventy-six immature human cataracts extracted intracapsularly were classified according to the Cooperative Cataract Research Group (CCRG) method of cataract classification. Data on cataract location and extent, nuclear color, preoperative visual acuity, age, and sex were organized and stored in t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chylack LT Jr,Ransil BJ,White O

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The influence of genetic and prenatal environmental factors on characteristics of saccadic performance were evaluated in young monozygotic (MZ) twins (8-19 years old) of known chorion type. METHODS:Saccadic eye movements were recorded using an infrared system. Saccadic latency, accuracy, and parameters of ampl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blekher T,Christian JC,Abel LA,Yee RD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a pro-allergic cytokine that initiates allergic inflammatory reaction between epithelial and dendritic cells (DCs). miR-19b was reported to suppress TSLP expression. The present study aimed to examine miR-19b expression, regulation, and function in allergic conjunctivitis ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guo C,Liu J,Hao P,Wang Y,Sui S,Li L,Ying M,Han R,Wang L,Li X

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of reducing connexin (Cx) diversity in the lens when the amount of connexin protein is nearly constant. METHODS:Lenses in which the Cx50 coding region was replaced by that of Cx46 (knockin [KI]), were compared with wild type (WT) and Cx50-knockout (KO) lenses. Gap junctional conducta...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Martinez-Wittinghan FJ,Sellitto C,White TW,Mathias RT,Paul D,Goodenough DA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess presbyopic spectacle coverage, willingness to pay, and the impact of correcting uncorrected presbyopia in individuals 40 years of age and older in Zanzibar and whether assessment of presbyopia can be incorporated into Rapid Assessment of Blindness (RAAB) surveys. METHODS:A cross-sectional, population...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Laviers HR,Omar F,Jecha H,Kassim G,Gilbert C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether signaling pathways that incorporate protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases regulate PKC-sensitive, volume-sensitive Cl(-) currents (I(Cl,vol)) in cultured rabbit nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells. METHODS:Activation of I(Cl,vol) in response to hyposmotic stimulation was recorded w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shi C,Barnes S,Coca-Prados M,Kelly ME

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuronal loss in both central nervous system and ophthalmic disorders, including glaucoma. This increase in glutamate may result from a failure of glutamate transporters (molecules that ordinarily regulate extracellular gl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vorwerk CK,Naskar R,Schuettauf F,Quinto K,Zurakowski D,Gochenauer G,Robinson MB,Mackler SA,Dreyer EB

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether changes in the retinal blood flow in light and darkness occur in humans. METHODS; The systolic and diastolic flow velocities were measured by color Doppler in the ophthalmic and the central retinal arteries in 12 healthy individuals in light and darkness. RESULTS:In the ophthalmic artery t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Havelius U,Hansen F,Hindfelt B,Krakau T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence suggests that altered metabolism of amyloid precursor protein (APP) may play a role in the pathophysiology of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in the etiology of glaucoma. The authors sought to determine the distribution of APP and amyloid-beta (Abeta) in DBA/2J glaucomatous mouse retinas. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Goldblum D,Kipfer-Kauer A,Sarra GM,Wolf S,Frueh BE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety of a possible substitute treatment for intraocular steroid injections, intraocular injections of ketorolac tromethamine, one of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, were performed in rabbits. METHODS:Either 0.5% or 0.25% preservative-free ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution (0....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Margalit E,Kugler LJ,Brumm MV,Meza JL,Kompella UB,Escobar ER,Christensen GR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00