Experimental induction and three-dimensional two-photon imaging of conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue.

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the differential expression of intraocular inflammatory cytokines in eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and to assess their roles as prognostic determinants of BRVO. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 38 eyes with BRVO. Aqueous humor samples were collected just before the intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaneda S,Miyazaki D,Sasaki S,Yakura K,Terasaka Y,Miyake K,Ikeda Y,Funakoshi T,Baba T,Yamasaki A,Inoue Y

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Endocannabinoids are important modulators of synaptic transmission and plasticity throughout the central nervous system. The cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R) is extensively expressed in the adult retina of rodents, while CB2R mRNA and protein expression have been only recently demonstrated in retinal tissue. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cécyre B,Zabouri N,Huppé-Gourgues F,Bouchard JF,Casanova C

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protein kinases C (PKCs) are key cell-signaling mediators in retinal physiology and pathophysiology. The cellular localization of PKC isoforms is important in defining their activity and specificity; the present study investigated the modulatory potential of the proinflammatory mediator platelet-activating fact...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Faghiri Z,Bazan NG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to identify target antigens of autoimmune keratitis with a disease-prone mouse model. METHODS:BALB/c nude mice grafted with embryonic rat thymi (TG nude mice) develop various organ-localized autoimmune lesions, including keratitis. A hybridoma producing a monoclonal antibody (OT-2...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hattori T,Takeuchi M,Ohno K,Ogawara M,Asatani T,Usui Y,Muramatsu R,Inagaki M,Usui M,Taguchi O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced quality of life and financial burden due to visual impairment and blindness begin to increase dramatically when individuals reach the age of 40. The major causes of age-related vision loss can be traced to changes to the structure and function of the lens, one of the tissues responsible for focusing light on t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Petrash JM

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tissues derived from immune-privileged sites sometimes possess special characteristics that promote their own survival when transplanted to a nonprivileged site. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) behaves as an immune-privileged tissue when transplanted extraocularly....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wenkel H,Streilein JW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a recently discovered, amidated 36 amino acid residue neuropeptide present in many but not all sympathetic noradrenergic neurons. In the guinea-pig eye, NPY immunoreactive fibers were found to have the same distribution as noradrenergic fibers except that there were fewer at the iris dilator, i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bruun A,Ehinger B,Sundler F,Tornqvist K,Uddman R

更新日期：1984-10-01 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:StarGen is an equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV)-based lentiviral vector that expresses the photoreceptor-specific adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter (ABCA4) protein that is mutated in Stargardt disease (STGD1), a juvenile macular dystrophy. EIAV vectors are able to efficiently transdu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Binley K,Widdowson P,Loader J,Kelleher M,Iqball S,Ferrige G,de Belin J,Carlucci M,Angell-Manning D,Hurst F,Ellis S,Miskin J,Fernandes A,Wong P,Allikmets R,Bergstrom C,Aaberg T,Yan J,Kong J,Gouras P,Prefontaine A,

更新日期：2013-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of heterozygous galactokinase deficiency in the development of presenile cataracts is presently undetermined. Erythrocyte galactokinase activity was measured from 95 normal Caucasian subjects and from 39 Caucasian patients who had developed idiopathic bilateral cataracts between ages 20 and 55. The diagnosis ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stambolian D,Scarpino-Myers V,Eagle RC Jr,Hodes B,Harris H

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Transgenic mice were developed that express tetracycline-controlled transactivator 1 (tTA1) specifically in photoreceptor cells. In these mice the transcription of the gene of interest can be easily inactivated in the retina in a short time frame. METHODS:A construct was prepared containing tTA1 under control ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Angeletti B,Löster J,Auricchio A,Gekeler F,Shinoda K,Ballabio A,Graw J,Marigo V

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop models for assessing the differential growth of the fetal face along its horizontal and vertical axes, as well as of the orbit and the eye. METHODS:Normal human fetuses (n = 205), whose gestational ages ranged from 15.5 to 41 weeks of amenorrhea, were examined. Orbitofacial parameters were as follow...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Denis D,Burguière O,Burillon C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relationship between circulating inflammatory markers, hemostatic factors, and age-related maculopathy (ARM). METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional case-control study drawn from the Blue Mountains Eye Study included 159 early and 38 late ARM cases, and 433 controls matched for age, gender,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu KH,Tan AG,Rochtchina E,Favaloro EJ,Williams A,Mitchell P,Wang JJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tendency-oriented perimetry (TOP) is a new strategy designed to estimate the sensitivity of the visual field quickly, by using linear interpolation between test locations. This study determined the spatial resolution characteristics of TOP. METHODS:A Monte-Carlo technique was used to simulate visual fields, an...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Anderson AJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recently, a segregation study in families with uveal and cutaneous melanoma identified 9q21 as a potential locus harboring a tumor-suppressor gene (TSG). One of the genes in this area, RASEF, was then analyzed as a candidate TSG, but lack of point mutations and copy number changes could not confirm this. In thi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maat W,Beiboer SH,Jager MJ,Luyten GP,Gruis NA,van der Velden PA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Air puff systems have been presented recently to measure corneal biomechanical properties in vivo. In our study we tested the influence of several factors on corneal deformation to an air puff: IOP, corneal rigidity, dehydration, presence of sclera, and in vivo versus in vitro conditions. METHODS:We used 14 fr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kling S,Marcos S

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical administration of biosynthetic human epidermal growth factor (h-EGF), given in combination with an antibiotic and synthetic steroid (Neodecadron) accelerated the rate of corneal epithelial regeneration and significantly increased the strength of full-thickness stromal incisions in primates. The regenerated epi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brightwell JR,Riddle SL,Eiferman RA,Valenzuela P,Barr PJ,Merryweather JP,Schultz GS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study describes the effects of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathway on the tight junctional barrier of the corneal endothelium, which plays a critical role in maintaining the corneal stroma in an underhydrated, transparent state. METHODS:Subcultured bovine corneal endothelial cells grown on f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Le Varlet B,Ducroc R,Dagonet FB,Pouliquen Y,Vandewalle A,Hirsch M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane electrical measurements were performed on the isolated rabbit iris-ciliary body (I-CB) to study the direct effects of halogenated inhalation anesthetic agents on the ciliary epithelium. Addition of either halothane, enflurane, or isoflurane to the control 95% O2:5% CO2 gas mixture resulted in a dose-depe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tang LQ,Krupin T,Milner M,Woods D,Miller K,Carré DA,Civan MM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of wide-band, phase-specific channels in the human visual system has been suggested in recent investigations. We used a number of adapting gratings to test for phase-specific adaptation effects. Observers were asked to discriminate between a simple 3 cpd sine-wave grating, (3), and a complex grating comp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sansbury RV,Distelhorst J,Moore S

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Super-selective intra-ophthalmic artery chemotherapy (SSIOAC) is an eye-targeted drug-delivery strategy to treat retinoblastoma, the most prevalent primary ocular malignancy in children. Unfortunately, recent clinical reports associate adverse vascular toxicities with SSIOAC using melphalan, the most commonly...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Steinle JJ,Zhang Q,Thompson KE,Toutounchian J,Yates CR,Soderland C,Wang F,Stewart CF,Haik BG,Williams JS,Jackson JS,Mandrell TD,Johnson D,Wilson MW

更新日期：2012-04-30 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:This study was designed to investigate the suppressive effects of antithrombin (AT)III on inflammatory reactions during endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in rats by studying leukocyte-endothelium interactions. METHODS:EIU was induced in Lewis rats by footpad injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). ATIII was admin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yamashiro K,Kiryu J,Tsujikawa A,Honjo M,Nonaka A,Miyamoto K,Honda Y,Tanihara H,Ogura Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Optic neuritis (ON) is a condition involving primary inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury in the optic nerve and leads to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, which contributes to the persistence of visual loss. Currently, ON has no effective treatment. The goal was to determine the effectiven...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Adamus G,Brown L,Andrew S,Meza-Romero R,Burrows GG,Vandenbark AA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateral heterophoria at distance often is cited as an index of tonic vergence, yet recent research has shown that vergence in darkness is more convergent than most measures of phoria. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the possible role of accommodation in this discrepancy. Experiment I compared measures of...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owens DA,Tyrrell RA

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the vasorelaxing effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and natriuretic peptides on isolated bovine retinal arteries (BRAs) and to evaluate the possibility of the unidentified retinal relaxing factor (RRF) being one of these peptides. METHODS:Retinal arteries were isolated from bovine eyes a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Boussery K,Delaey C,Van de Voorde J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether human retinal pigment epithelial (hRPE) cells produce activin, a growth factor in the transforming growth factor beta family, and to characterize growth regulatory effects of activin on retinal pigment epithelium. METHODS:mRNA expression was examined using polymerase chain reaction with pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jaffe GJ,Harrison CE,Lui GM,Roberts WL,Goldsmith PC,Mesiano S,Jaffe RB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanism of σ receptor 1 (σR1) neuroprotection in retinal neurons. METHODS:Oxidative stress, which is implicated in diabetic retinopathy, was induced in mouse primary ganglion cells (GCs) and RGC-5 cells, and the effect of the σR1 ligand (+)-pentazocine on pro- and anti-apoptotic and endopl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ha Y,Dun Y,Thangaraju M,Duplantier J,Dong Z,Liu K,Ganapathy V,Smith SB

更新日期：2011-01-25 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：:Accurate assessment of ocular alignment in monkeys is difficult because typical clinical methods require extensive cooperation by the subject or provide only a rough estimate of the misalignment. Recently, Brodie derived a geometrical model for determining the Hirschberg ratio in humans, and validated it photographica...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Quick MW,Boothe RG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00