Enzymatic breakdown of type II collagen in the human vitreous.

abstract：Purpose:Determine which posterior uveal melanoma (PUM) size classification with three categories has the best prognostic discrimination. Methods:Single-institution study of 424 consecutive patients with PUM. The tumor's largest basal diameter (LBD), smallest basal diameter (SBD), and thickness (TH) were estimated by f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Skinner CC,Augsburger JJ,Augsburger BD,Correa ZM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess RNA stability after death in a porcine model to simulate current human eye bank techniques. METHODS:Eye bank time interval data were collected from 191 donor specimens: death to refrigeration, enucleation, and tissue processing. A control porcine eye was enucleated, retina and RPE isolated, and speci...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Malik KJ,Chen CD,Olsen TW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision impairment and blindness worldwide in the working-age population, and the incidence is rising. Until now it has been difficult to define initiating events and disease progression at the molecular level, as available diabetic rodent models do not present the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ali Z,Zang J,Lagali N,Schmitner N,Salvenmoser W,Mukwaya A,Neuhauss SCF,Jensen LD,Kimmel RA

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that overexpression of genes coding for the anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 or Bcl-XL in photoreceptor cells may prevent or delay photoreceptor degenerations. METHODS:Transgenic mice were generated in which the bcl-2 or bcl-XL transgenes were expressed in photoreceptor cells under the tran...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Joseph RM,Li T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish mouse models for RPGR-associated diseases by generating and characterizing an Rpgr mutation (in-frame deletion of exon 4) in two different genetic backgrounds (BL/6 and BALB/c). METHODS:Gene targeting in embryonic stem (ES) cells was performed to introduce a in-frame deletion of exon 4 in the Rpgr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brunner S,Skosyrski S,Kirschner-Schwabe R,Knobeloch KP,Neidhardt J,Feil S,Glaus E,Luhmann UF,Rüther K,Berger W

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors of teleosts exhibit dramatic examples of cell motility (called retinomotor movements) in response to diurnal changes in lighting conditions. In darkness the pigment granules of the RPE migrate to the scleral base of the RPE cell and cone photoreceptors elongate. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Burnside B,Basinger S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To detect the expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), including beta integrins, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-2, E-cadherin, and CD44, in cultured lens epithelial cells (LECs) of human cataracts. To show that LEC...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishi O,Nishi K,Akaishi T,Shirasawa E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased vascular permeability, one of the characteristic features of immediate hypersensitivity (Type I), is mediated through a variety of compounds, including histamine and platelet-activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid inflammatory mediator. The effects on vascular permeability of histamine, PAF, and ethanol, th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stock EL,Roth SI,Kim ED,Walsh MK,Thamman R

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether complement-derived SC5b-9, the soluble nonlytic-fluid phase of the membrane attack complex, can be generated in normal human corneas when they are injured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), ribitol teichoic acid (RTA) immune complexes, acid, or alkali. METHODS:The experimental cornea of each d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mondino BJ,Chou HJ,Sumner HL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of the gap junction protein connexin43 (Cx43), which is predominantly expressed in lens epithelial cells in the control of lens development and organization. METHODS:Newborn mice in which the Cx43 gene was disrupted by homologous recombination were used. Lenses from Cx43 (-/-) mice and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gao Y,Spray DC

更新日期：1998-06-01 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:To determine how the different stages of retinal processing change after photoreceptor degeneration in rabbits carrying the Pro347Leu rhodopsin mutation (Tg rabbits). METHODS:Cone electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by 150-ms duration stimuli from 13 Tg rabbits at 12 and 24 weeks of age. The ERG recordings...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishimura T,Machida S,Kondo M,Terasaki H,Yokoyama D,Kurosaka D

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In their IOVS article "Rejuvenating Clinician-Scientist Training" (published March 28, 2014), Balamurali Ambati and Judd Cahoon rightly point out the dearth of new clinician-scientists in ophthalmology. Within the context of their suggestions for increasing the number of successful clinician-scientists, they claim tha...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Culican SM,Rupp JD,Margolis TP

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The betaB2-crystallin gene (Crybb2) is expressed at an increasing level in the postnatal lens cortex. It has been assumed that the gene functions as structural protein, although this has not been directly tested. Here the in vivo functions of betaB2-crystallin are examined via the generation of mice with a targ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang J,Li J,Huang C,Xue L,Peng Y,Fu Q,Gao L,Zhang J,Li W

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasminogen activator (PA) activity during epithelial wound healing in vitamin A-deficient rats was investigated to determine whether a relationship exists between corneal defect formation and PA activity. Uniform, central 3 mm diameter corneal epithelial wounds were made by scalpel debridement in vitamin A-deficient ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hayashi K,Frangieh G,Kenyon KR,Berman M,Wolf G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tenascin (TN) is a large hexameric extracellular matrix glycoprotein that is expressed in developing organs and tumors. It has also been reported that TN is expressed in the embryonic cornea and during corneal wound healing. However, the role of TN in the cornea is not fully known. In this study, the role of TN...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Matsuda A,Yoshiki A,Tagawa Y,Matsuda H,Kusakabe M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The RAS association domain family 1 (RASSF1) gene is a tumor-suppressor gene located on chromosome 3p21.3. The alternative transcript (RASSF1a) has been shown to be inactivated by hypermethylation in several human malignancies, including breast, prostate, and lung cancer, and in cutaneous melanoma. The purpose ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maat W,van der Velden PA,Out-Luiting C,Plug M,Dirks-Mulder A,Jager MJ,Gruis NA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of macrophage depletion on herpes simplex virus type (HAV)-1 replication in the eye and on the establishment of latency in trigeminal ganglia (TG) of immunized and ocularly infected mice. METHODS:BALB/c mice were immunized with five HSV-1 glycoprotein DNA genes or were sham immunized. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mott K,Brick DJ,van Rooijen N,Ghiasi H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Patients express their discomfort by subjective complaints, which may not clearly express the extent of their discomfort. This study noninvasively and objectively quantified ocular discomfort, a form of feeling, from the prefrontal cortex by functional near-infrared ray spectroscopy topography. Methods:This ca...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ono M,Takano Y,Haida M

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the psychometric characteristics of the Impact of Vision Impairment (IVI) Profile and evaluate its validity and reliability over time and between different forms of administration. METHODS:The IVI is a 32-item questionnaire developed to measure the impact of vision impairment on restriction of part...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weih LM,Hassell JB,Keeffe J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the waveform characteristics of 37 subjects with manifest latent nystagmus (MLN) and determine the manner in which visual feedback influences the nature of the waveform. METHODS:Binocular recordings of the eye movements of all subjects were undertaken using an infrared tracking system. Subjects view...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abadi RV,Scallan CJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healing of corneal alkali injuries remains a severe clinical challenge. The authors evaluated the effect of a new synthetic inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (GM6001 or N-[2(R)-2-(hydroxamido carbonylmethyl)-4-methylpentanoyl]-L-tryptophane methylamide) on preventing ulceration of rabbit corneas after alkali inju...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schultz GS,Strelow S,Stern GA,Chegini N,Grant MB,Galardy RE,Grobelny D,Rowsey JJ,Stonecipher K,Parmley V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct clinical and genetic studies in a European family with autosomal dominant Stargardt-like macular dystrophy (adSTGD-like MD) and to investigate the functional consequences of a novel ELOVL4 mutation. METHODS:Ophthalmic examination and mutation screening by direct sequencing of the ELOVL4 gene was per...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maugeri A,Meire F,Hoyng CB,Vink C,Van Regemorter N,Karan G,Yang Z,Cremers FP,Zhang K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a method for assessment and individualized compensation of anterior segment birefringence with scanning laser polarimetry. METHODS:A scanning laser polarimeter (GDx Nerve Fiber Analyzer; Laser Diagnostic Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA) was modified to accommodate a variable compensator. The magn...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou Q,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the repeatability and reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements obtained by combined scanning-slit/Placido-disc topography (Orbscan II; Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and to compare the results with another noncontact method, specular mic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maldonado MJ,López-Miguel A,Nieto JC,Cano-Parra J,Calvo B,Alió JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:The capacities of porcine choroidal fibroblasts, retinal glial cells, and retinal pigment epithelial cells to contract collagen gels in vitro were compared. Experiments with varied cell numbers indicated that glial cells are the most effective, followed by choroidal fibroblasts and retinal pigment epithelial cells. An...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guidry C,McFarland RJ,Morris R,Witherspoon CD,Hook M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) on vitreous oxygenation (pO2) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:Patients due to undergo PPV for either macular hole or epiretinal membrane were recruited. MRI scanning was performed 1 week before and at least 3 months after PPV. MRI T1 mapping wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Simpson AR,Dowell NG,Jackson TL,Tofts PS,Hughes EH

更新日期：2013-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore whether pointwise rates of visual field progression group together in patterns consistent with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) bundles. METHODS:Three hundred eighty-nine eyes of 309 patients from the Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study with ≥6 years of follow-up and ≥12 reliable visual field exams...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nouri-Mahdavi K,Mock D,Hosseini H,Bitrian E,Yu F,Afifi A,Coleman AL,Caprioli J

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the fate of donor epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cells after corneal transplantation in humans. METHODS:Fifty-two transplanted corneal buttons were explanted over a 2-year period from patients who required regrafting and had received corneas from donors of opposite sex. Fluorescence in situ ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lagali N,Stenevi U,Claesson M,Fagerholm P,Hanson C,Weijdegård B,Swedish Society of Corneal Surgeons.

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00