Memantine blocks mitochondrial OPA1 and cytochrome c release and subsequent apoptotic cell death in glaucomatous retina.

abstract：:To investigate the accumulation of tear proteins on disposable extended-wear contact lenses (42% Etafilcon A and 58% hydration), a technique involving sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide minigel electrophoresis combined with a sensitive silver-staining method was used. Besides the binding of large amounts of tear ly...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cheng KH,Kok JH,van Mil C,Kijlstra A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether β-zone parapapillary atrophy (PPA) is associated with the rate of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness change as assessed by trend-based analysis using time-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:This retrospective cohort study included 202 glaucomatous eyes that were obse...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee EJ,Kim TW,Weinreb RN,Park KH,Kim SH,Kim DM

更新日期：2011-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of retinoic acid, retinol, and 11-cis retinaldehyde on proliferation, differentiation, and survival of cultured embryonic chick neural retina cells; to describe the metabolic transformations of these retinoids by the cultured cells. METHODS:Retinoids were added to glia-free, low-dens...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stenkamp DL,Gregory JK,Adler R

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Refraction, as measured by spherical equivalent, is the need for an external lens to focus images on the retina. While genetic factors play an important role in the development of refractive errors, few susceptibility genes have been identified. However, several regions of linkage have been reported for myopia ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Klein AP,Duggal P,Lee KE,Cheng CY,Klein R,Bailey-Wilson JE,Klein BE

更新日期：2011-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the aggregation of bovine gamma-crystallins in aqueous solutions and the effect of gamma(s)-crystallin on the aggregation of other gamma-crystallins. METHODS:Aggregation in aqueous solutions of gamma(s)-, gammaII-, and gammaIVa-crystallin was monitored by quasielastic light scattering. Aggregation in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu C,Pande J,Lomakin A,Ogun O,Benedek GB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the impact of repetitive nonlethal oxidant injury with hydroquinone (HQ) on regulation of cell membrane blebbing and molecules, which are essential in extracellular matrix turnover (ECM) maintenance, especially matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, tissue inhibitor of MMP (TIMP)-2, and type IV collagen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Marin-Castaño ME,Striker GE,Alcazar O,Catanuto P,Espinosa-Heidmann DG,Cousins SW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the accommodative accuracy and amplitude in children with Down syndrome. Accommodation is usually assumed to be good in children and is rarely measured. METHODS:A dynamic retinoscopy technique was developed that allows rapid and reliable measures of accuracy and amplitude of accommodation in infants...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Woodhouse JM,Meades JS,Leat SJ,Saunders KJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dietary deficiency in the retinoid precursors of the visual pigment chromophore 11-cis retinal eventually results in selective degeneration of the photoreceptor cells of the vertebrate retina. An early effect of retinoid deficiency is depletion of chromophore from the photoreceptor outer segments. Experiments w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Katz ML,Stientjes HJ,Gao CL,Norberg M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We tested variants in genes related to lutein and zeaxanthin status for association with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS). METHODS:Of 2005 CAREDS participants, 1663 were graded for AMD from fundus photography and genotyped for 424 single nucleo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyers KJ,Mares JA,Igo RP Jr,Truitt B,Liu Z,Millen AE,Klein M,Johnson EJ,Engelman CD,Karki CK,Blodi B,Gehrs K,Tinker L,Wallace R,Robinson J,LeBlanc ES,Sarto G,Bernstein PS,SanGiovanni JP,Iyengar SK

更新日期：2014-01-29 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：:Adaptation of saccadic magnitude and vestibulo-ocular reflex gain (VOR) was examined in six monkeys that had undergone a tenectomy of the medial and lateral recti of one eye. After the tenectomy, when the normal eye was patched, a conjugate increase in saccadic magnitude and VOR was observed in both eyes. Subsequent u...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Snow R,Hore J,Vilis T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of human recombinant TIGR/myocilin (MYOC) protein on outflow resistance in the human anterior segment. METHODS:A cDNA for MYOC was inserted into a bacterial expression system and purified with nickel ion affinity chromatography. The anterior segments of 12 pairs of human eyes were place...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fautsch MP,Bahler CK,Jewison DJ,Johnson DH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To decipher the biological pathways involved in keratoconus pathophysiology by determining the patterns of differential gene expression between keratoconus and control corneas. METHODS:RNA was extracted from surgically removed corneas of 10 keratoconus patients and from normal corneas of 10 control patients wh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Macé M,Galiacy SD,Erraud A,Mejía JE,Etchevers H,Allouche M,Desjardins L,Calvas P,Malecaze F

更新日期：2011-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the efficacy of an endoscopic vitrectomy in Seoul-type keratoprosthesis (S-Kpro) exchange procedures. METHODS:Nine S-Kpro-implanted rabbit eyes were enrolled in the S-Kpro exchange. Six eyes underwent an antecedent vitrectomy by an endoscopic system and then the S-Kpro exchange (endoscopy group)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee SM,Kim MK,Oh JY,Heo JW,Shin MS,Lee MS,Wee WR,Lee JH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The anterior surface of the eye is covered by several physically contiguous but histologically distinguishable epithelial overlying the cornea, limbus, bulbar conjunctiva, fornix conjunctiva, and palpebral conjunctiva. It is important to determine whether the different phenotypes of these epithelia are the resu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wei ZG,Wu RL,Lavker RM,Sun TT

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P (SP)--like immunoreactivity has been localized to distinct retinal cell populations in the primate Macaca nemestrina by means of immunohistochemical techniques with a well-characterized monoclonal antiserum directed to SP. The specificity of the immunoreactive staining was established by absorption of the ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brecha N,Hendrickson A,Florén I,Karten HJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scleral spur and trabecular mesh of the human eye contain approximately 5% elastic tissue. Elastic tissue forms less than 2% of the sclera. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moses RA,Grodzki WJ Jr,Starcher BC,Galione MJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the thickness profile of the corneal epithelium and the Bowman's layer across the horizontal meridian. METHODS:Forty-four eyes of 22 healthy subjects were investigated in this study. Ultra-high resolution anterior segment spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was used to assess ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tao A,Wang J,Chen Q,Shen M,Lu F,Dubovy SR,Shousha MA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the extent to which the two major determinants of refractive error, corneal curvature and axial length, are scaled relative to one another by shared genetic variants, along with their relationship to the genetic scaling of height. METHODS:Corneal curvature, axial length, and height were measured in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guggenheim JA,Zhou X,Evans DM,Timpson NJ,McMahon G,Kemp JP,St Pourcain B,Northstone K,Ring SM,Fan Q,Wong TY,Cheng CY,Khor CC,Aung T,Saw SM,Williams C

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of cell populations in the cornea may be performed rapidly and accurately employing the technique of enzymatic disaggregation. To illustrate this method normal rat corneas and corneas infected 24 and 48 hours previously with Staphylococcus aureus were disaggregated in a solution containing pancreatin and coll...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Badenoch PR,Finlay-Jones JJ,Coster DJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age and advanced disease in the fellow eye are the two most important risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between these variables and the optical density of macular pigment (MP) in a group of subjects from a northern European populati...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Beatty S,Murray IJ,Henson DB,Carden D,Koh H,Boulton ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the consequences of the expression of a mutant mouse opsin gene on rod- and cone-mediated function. Experimental conditions were chosen to provide a basis of comparison to the results reported for patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) in whom the proline at position 23 has bee...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Goto Y,Peachey NS,Ripps H,Naash MI

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the accuracy and precision of threshold estimates returned by two Bayesian perimetric strategies, staircase-QUEST or SQ (a Swedish interactive threshold algorithm [SITA]-like strategy) and ZEST (zippy estimation by sequential testing), and to compare these measures with those of the full-threshol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Turpin A,McKendrick AM,Johnson CA,Vingrys AJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are two human 15-lipoxygenases (LOX), 15-LOX-1 and -2, which convert arachidonic acid to 15S-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15S-HETE). The presence of both 15-LOXs in the human cornea prompted this study to delineate their roles in the human corneal epithelium. METHODS:Human corneal epithelia from donor c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chang MS,Schneider C,Roberts RL,Shappell SB,Haselton FR,Boeglin WE,Brash AR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the short- and long-term changes of focal macular electroretinograms (fmERGs) after macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy. METHODS:This was a retrospective study. fmERGs were recorded in 19 eyes of 19 consecutive patients who underwent macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Terasaki H,Ishikawa K,Niwa Y,Piao CH,Niwa T,Kondo M,Ito Y,Miyake Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymphatic research has progressed rapidly in recent years. Lymphatic dysfunction has been found in myriad disorders from cancer metastasis to transplant rejection; however, effective treatment for lymphatic disorders is still limited. This study investigates the role of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in corneal inflamm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yuen D,Grimaldo S,Sessa R,Ecoiffier T,Truong T,Huang E,Bernas M,Daley S,Witte M,Chen L

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The pattern electroretinogram (PERG) is reduced in early glaucoma and in some eyes with ocular hypertension (OHT). This study was designed to test the ability of the PERG to predict the development of visual field loss in OHT eyes. METHODS:In 29 eyes of 18 patients with high-risk OHT, the visual fields were te...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pfeiffer N,Tillmon B,Bach M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the impact on visual function of community glaucoma screening in an African American population using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Using a Monte Carlo microsimulation model with a 10-year time horizon, we analyzed the efficacy of SD-OCT screening on visual field outc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blumberg DM,Vaswani R,Nong E,Al-Aswad L,Cioffi GA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that a decrease of regulatory T (Treg) cells may contribute to the activity of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A number of immunogenetic factors including IL2RA, miR-27a, miR-182, and FoxO1 are associated with Treg cell function. In this study, we investig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu H,Liu Y,Zhang L,Wu L,Zheng M,Cheng L,Luo L,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We tested the hypothesis that retinal blood flow has a postocclusive reactive hyperemia response modulated by occlusion duration and metabolic activity, and that choroidal blood flow does not. METHODS:Anesthetized and paralyzed rats (n = 34) were studied. Retinal and choroidal blood flow was measured by laser ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li G,Kiel JW,Cardenas DP,De La Garza BH,Duong TQ

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00