Effect of eye pigmentation on transscleral drug delivery.

abstract：:Q-switched neodymium-YAG (infrared) laser lesions at energies up to and including retinal hemorrhages were placed under visual control in the parafovea and the fovea of anesthetized monkeys. Visual-evoked potential (VEP) data were obtained by parallel analog (vector voltmeter) techniques from scalp electrodes in respo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schmeisser ET

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of intraocular pressure (IOP) and cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) on optic disc movement and lamina cribrosa displacement using confocal scanning laser tomography (CSLT). METHODS:The anterior chamber and lateral ventricles were cannulated in mixed-breed dogs (n = 8) to allow modulat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morgan WH,Chauhan BC,Yu DY,Cringle SJ,Alder VA,House PH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a major cause of serosanguinous maculopathy in Chinese patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Variants in the CFH and HTRA1/LOC387715 genes are strongly associated with AMD in Caucasians and Chinese. Variants in the C2 and BF genes have been found to con...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee KY,Vithana EN,Mathur R,Yong VH,Yeo IY,Thalamuthu A,Lee MW,Koh AH,Lim MC,How AC,Wong DW,Aung T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. Mitochondrial function and the presence of somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) defects were investigated in extraocular muscles (EOMs) collected from individuals covering a wide age range, to document the changes seen with normal aging. METHODS. Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) histo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu-Wai-Man P,Lai-Cheong J,Borthwick GM,He L,Taylor GA,Greaves LC,Taylor RW,Griffiths PG,Turnbull DM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was undertaken to examine the relationship between choroidal permeability and scleral glycosaminoglycan synthesis rates during the development of and recovery from form deprivation myopia. METHODS:Form deprivation myopia was induced in chicks for 10 days and was followed by a period of unrest...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rada JA,Palmer L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the efficacy of the M1-selective muscarinic antagonist, pirenzepine, in preventing experimentally induced myopia in a mammalian model, the tree shrew. METHODS:Tree shrews were monocularly deprived (MD) using translucent goggles or negative lenses for a period of 12 days. In two of the MD groups, t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cottriall CL,McBrien NA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the performance and potential clinical role of three-dimensional (3D) 1060-nm OCT by generating choroidal thickness (ChT) maps in patients of different ages with different degrees of ametropia and axial lengths and to investigate the effect of cataract grade on OCT retinal imaging quality. METHODS:...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Esmaeelpour M,Povazay B,Hermann B,Hofer B,Kajic V,Kapoor K,Sheen NJ,North RV,Drexler W

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study retinal microstructure in Usher Syndrome type 1B (USH1B) caused by MYO7A mutations as a prelude to treatment initiatives. METHODS:Patients with MYO7A-USH1B (n=17; ages 5-61) were studied with optical coherence tomography. Retinal laminae across horizontal and vertical meridians were measured. Colocali...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jacobson SG,Aleman TS,Sumaroka A,Cideciyan AV,Roman AJ,Windsor EA,Schwartz SB,Rehm HL,Kimberling WJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct patterns of delayed-onset, cell-mediated hypersensitivity have been induced in the guinea pig eye with the same soluble protein antigen and two different methods of immunization. The predominant histologic feature of these reactions was the large number of eosinophils which infiltrated the uveal tract and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Friedlaender MH,Howes EL Jr,Hall JM,Krasnobrod H,Wormstead MA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the interobserver agreement for the detection of optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of disease activity in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). METHODS:This was a cross-sectional agreement study in which grading of OCT line scans from patients with nAMD was...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patel PJ,Browning AC,Chen FK,Da Cruz L,Tufail A

更新日期：2009-11-01 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 determine the prevalence, incidence, and progression of myopia of Chinese children in Hong Kong. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was initially conducted. A longitudinal follow-up study was then conducted 12 months later. RESULTS:A total of 7560 children of mean age 9.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 9.1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fan DS,Lam DS,Lam RF,Lau JT,Chong KS,Cheung EY,Lai RY,Chew SJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is used to ameliorate retinopathy of prematurity, but little is known about baseline vitamin E levels in retinas of premature infants or the effect of vitamin E supplementation on these levels. Vitamin E and C levels were measured in mature retinas (1 month to 73 years) and in retinas of premature infants (2...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nielsen JC,Naash MI,Anderson RE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:There is evidence that choroidal blood flow (ChBF) is regulated in a complex way during changes in ocular perfusion pressure (OPP). We hypothesized that ChBF regulates better in response to changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) than in intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods:Eighteen volunteers (mean age, 26 yea...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Popa-Cherecheanu A,Schmidl D,Werkmeister RM,Chua J,Garhöfer G,Schmetterer L

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal injury induces Müller cell dedifferentiation by activating extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling. Stimulation of α2-adrenergic receptors protects against injury but also activates ERK in Müller cells. The purpose of this work was to study the effect of α2-adrenergic signaling on injury-i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Harun-Or-Rashid M,Díaz-DelCastillo M,Galindo-Romero C,Hallböök F

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the functions of a specific subtype of thyroid hormone receptor (TR), TRbeta2, and photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor (PNR) in the development of cone photoreceptors. METHODS:The expression of short (S)- and medium (M)-wavelength cone opsins was analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yanagi Y,Takezawa S,Kato S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study was done to determine the role of lipocalin-2 (LCN2) in the pathogenesis of demyelinating optic neuritis using an experimental autoimmune optic neuritis (EAON) model. METHODS:The EAON was induced by subcutaneous immunization with an emulsified mixture of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (M...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chun BY,Kim JH,Nam Y,Huh MI,Han S,Suk K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Estimates of the incidences of severe visual impairment and blindness (SVI/B) and their causes are key to good health service planning. Thus, the database of Germany's largest state's blind registry was used to estimate current incidence rates (IR) and to project rates for Germany in 2010 and 2030. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Finger RP,Fimmers R,Holz FG,Scholl HP

更新日期：2011-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is a rare corneal dystrophy that is characterized by abnormal deposits in the corneal stroma, keratocytes, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium, accompanied by progressive clouding. It has been classified into three immunophenotypes--MCD types I, IA, and II--according to the seru...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： El-Ashry MF,Abd El-Aziz MM,Wilkins S,Cheetham ME,Wilkie SE,Hardcastle AJ,Halford S,Bayoumi AY,Ficker LA,Tuft S,Bhattacharya SS,Ebenezer ND

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In patients diagnosed with Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD), quantitative fundus autofluorescence (qAF), near-infrared fundus autofluorescence (NIR-AF), and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) were used to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms. Methods:Fourteen patients heterozygous for BE...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lima de Carvalho JR Jr,Paavo M,Chen L,Chiang J,Tsang SH,Sparrow JR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Conventional full-field flash electroretinography (ERG) yields a single response waveform that can be useful in the early detection and diagnosis of many diseases affecting the retina. It is an objective measurement that probes the entire retina. However, localized areas of dysfunction have relatively small inf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Derafshi Z,Kunzer BE,Mugler EM,Rokhmanova N,Park DW,Tajalli H,Shetty K,Ma Z,Williams JC,Hetling JR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the variability in choroidal laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). METHODS:Five measurements of choroidal blood flow were obtained on 5 days in both eyes of 10 subjects. Reliability, sensitivity, and sample size calculations were performed. Yield, the intensity of the returning light (direct current [DC]) d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gugleta K,Orgül S,Flammer I,Gherghel D,Flammer J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cigarette smoking is the most consistent risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), especially the choroidal neovascularization (CNV)-mediated exudative type. Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds have various effects on living organisms and are also contained in cigarette smoke. However, the effects o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Takeuchi A,Takeuchi M,Oikawa K,Sonoda KH,Usui Y,Okunuki Y,Takeda A,Oshima Y,Yoshida K,Usui M,Goto H,Kuroda M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of a standardized approach for quantitative measurements of fundus autofluorescence (AF) in images obtained with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO). METHODS:AF images (30°) were acquired in 34 normal subjects (age range, 20-55 years) with two different c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Delori F,Greenberg JP,Woods RL,Fischer J,Duncker T,Sparrow J,Smith RT

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A and placental growth factor (PlGF) are members of a large group of homologous peptides identified as the VEGF family. Although VEGF-A is known to act as a potent angiogenic peptide in the retina, the vasoactive function of PlGF in this tissue is less well defined. Thi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Feeney SA,Simpson DA,Gardiner TA,Boyle C,Jamison P,Stitt AW

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 3, 4, and 8 in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD). METHODS:Sixteen patients with active ocular BD and 16 healthy volunteers were included in this study. Total RNA was isolated from PBMCs to determine mRNA levels of TLRs, including TLR2, TLR3, TLR4...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu X,Wang C,Ye Z,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We recently reported that the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA), which promotes inflammatory angiogenesis in other vascular beds, is an abundant component of the limbal extracellular matrix. Consequently, we have explored the possibility that HA contributes to lymphangiogenesis in the inflamed cornea. Methods:...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sun M,Puri S,Mutoji KN,Coulson-Thomas YM,Hascall VC,Jackson DG,Gesteira TF,Coulson-Thomas VJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particulate fractions from fresh bovine corneal endothelium exhibited high affinity, specific binding by a potent muscarinic cholinergic radioligand, [3H]QNB. Particulate fraction binding sites exhibited half maximal binding at approximately 0.3 nM [3H]QNB and reached a maximal binding capacity of 820 fmoles/mg of pro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Walkenbach RJ,Ye GS

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of Mg(2+)-dependent and Na(+)-K(+)-stimulated ATPase in homogenates of rat retina were measured in the presence of increasing concentrations of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). The Mg(2+)-ATPase was not inhibited by GSSG at any of the concentrations tested. The Na(+)-K(+)-stimulated ATPase was not inhibited...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Winkler BS,Solomon FJ,Orselli SM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To optimize fixation, sectioning, and immunolabeling protocols to map the morphology of the human lens with confocal microscopy. METHODS:Transparent human lenses were fixed in 0.75% paraformaldehyde for 24 hours, cut in half, and fixed for another 24 hours. Lenses were cryoprotected, sectioned, and labeled wit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lim JC,Walker KL,Sherwin T,Schey KL,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00