Chemotactic and cytotoxic effects of minocycline on human retinal pigment epithelial cells.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) undergoing ranibizumab treatment. METHODS:This was an observational, longitudinal, prospective study. Treatment-naive patients with nAMD who met the inclusion and exclusion crite...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Campa C,Hagan R,Sahni JN,Brown MC,Beare NA,Heimann H,Harding SP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the mitochondrial dynamin-related GTPase OPA1 cause autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), but the pathophysiology of this disease is unknown. As a first step in functional studies, this study was conducted to evaluate the expression of Opa1 in whole retina and in isolated retinal ganglion cells ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kamei S,Chen-Kuo-Chang M,Cazevieille C,Lenaers G,Olichon A,Bélenguer P,Roussignol G,Renard N,Eybalin M,Michelin A,Delettre C,Brabet P,Hamel CP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To address the consequences of visual deprivation paradigms in rat (dark rearing) and monkey (monocular deprivation) on extraocular muscle (EOM) development using genome-wide expression profiling. METHODS:Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was used to determine alterations in the EOM transcriptome induc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cheng G,Mustari MJ,Khanna S,Porter JD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the size variation of the X-chromosomal human red and green visual pigment gene array in the general population using pulsed field gel electrophoresis and Southern blotting. METHODS:Peripheral blood lymphocytes were prepared from 67 anonymous males. The cells were embedded in agarose and the genom...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Macke JP,Nathans J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:It has been suggested that arteriolar annuli localized in retinal arterioles regulate retinal blood flow acting as sphincters. Here, the morphology and protein expression profile of arteriolar annuli have been analyzed under physiologic conditions in the retina of wild-type, β-actin-Egfp, and Nestin-gfp transge...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ramos D,Catita J,López-Luppo M,Valença A,Bonet A,Carretero A,Navarro M,Nacher V,Mendez-Ferrer S,Meseguer A,Casellas A,Mendes-Jorge L,Ruberte J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The inherited early-onset macular degenerative disease known as malattia leventinese (ML) and Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy (DHRD) have been linked to a missense mutation leading to production of a mutant fibulin-3 protein (R345W). R345W is poorly secreted and accumulates in the RPE of ML/DHRD retinas. Accu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Roybal CN,Marmorstein LY,Vander Jagt DL,Abcouwer SF

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In ischemic proliferative retinopathies, Müller glial cells (MGCs) acquire migratory abilities. However, the mechanisms that regulate this migration remain poorly understood. In addition, proliferative disorders associated with enhanced activities of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) also involve insulin-like gr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lorenc VE,Jaldín-Fincati JR,Luna JD,Chiabrando GA,Sánchez MC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Strabismus is a common eye disorder with a prevalence of 1% to 4%. Comitant strabismus accounts for approximately 75% of all strabismus, yet more is known about the less common incomitant disorders. Comitant strabismus is at least partly inherited, but only one recessive genetic susceptibility locus, on chromos...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rice A,Nsengimana J,Simmons IG,Toomes C,Hoole J,Willoughby CE,Cassidy F,Williams GA,George ND,Sheridan E,Young TL,Hunter TI,Barrett BT,Elliott DB,Bishop DT,Inglehearn CF

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite the high metabolic demands of the neural retina, its detachment from the retinal pigment epithelium does not lead to immediate death for most of the cells. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that intrinsic protective mechanisms are activated in the neural retina during early stages of reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zacks DN,Han Y,Zeng Y,Swaroop A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased saccadic latencies were measured in the amblyopic eyes of subjects having amblyopia without strabismus, constant strabismus amblyopia, and intermittent strabismus. The subjects tracked a small, bright spot of light moving with random, horizontal step displacements of 0.25 to 8.5 degrees over the central reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ciuffreda KJ,Kenyon RV,Stark L

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural cytochemistry was used to analyze the polarized distribution of alkaline phosphatase (AP) on the plasma membranes of normal and regenerating retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the ciliary body epithelium in rabbits. The AP activity was concentrated on the basolateral plasma membrane in normal RPE. In...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Korte GE,Rappa E,Andracchi S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The organization of scleral collagen helps to determine the eye's biomechanical response to intraocular pressure (IOP), and may therefore be important in glaucoma. This study provides a quantitative assessment of changes in scleral collagen fibril organization in bead-induced murine experimental glaucoma. METH...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pijanka JK,Kimball EC,Pease ME,Abass A,Sorensen T,Nguyen TD,Quigley HA,Boote C

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cornea confocal microscopy is emerging as a clinical tool to evaluate the development and progression of diabetic neuropathy. The purpose of these studies was to characterize the early changes in corneal sensitivity and innervation in a rat model of type 1 diabetes in relation to standard peripheral neuropathy ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Davidson EP,Coppey LJ,Yorek MA

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is upregulated in eyes following corneal alkali injury and contributes to corneal and also retinal damage. Prompt TNF-α inhibition by systemic infliximab ameliorates retinal damage and improves corneal wound healing. However, systemic administration of TNF-α inhibitors carries risk...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou C,Robert MC,Kapoulea V,Lei F,Stagner AM,Jakobiec FA,Dohlman CH,Paschalis EI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a new test of activities of daily living (ADLs) appropriate for the low-vision population: the Melbourne Low-Vision ADL Index (MLVAI). METHODS:The MLVAI was designed as a desk-based clinical assessment, comprising 18 observed items on complex ADLs in part (a) and 9 questions on broad self-care ADLs ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Haymes SA,Johnston AW,Heyes AD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) contains aneurismal morphologic and histopathologic feature and it is considered to be a possible distinct entity from neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, the association of identified risk variants for intracranial aneurysm on chromosome 9p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Wen F,Zuo C,Li M,Chen H,Wu K

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Purpose The role of endothelial Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP) in the pathogenesis of retinal angiogenesis and the astrocyte network in the mouse oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model is unknown. Methods:For in vivo studies, OIR was induced in conditional endothelial YAP knockout mice and their wild-type litt...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ai LQ,Zhu JY,Chen X,Li X,Luo LL,Hu QM,Lin S,Ye J

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines as well as the surface expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 by corneal fibroblasts contribute to corneal inflammation. The effects of triptolide on the expression of these proteins induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in human corneal f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lu Y,Liu Y,Fukuda K,Nakamura Y,Kumagai N,Nishida T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male albino rats, injected intravenously or intracerebroventricularly with delta 1-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), develop mudriasis. The median effective dose of the intravenous administration group was 5 mg/kg THC, whereas that for the intracerebroventricular route was 150 microgram/kg THC. Sympathectomy significantly d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Korczyn AD,Eshel Y

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of transcorneal electrical stimulation (TES) on retinal degeneration of light-exposed rats. METHODS:Thirty-three Sprague Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups: STIM (n = 15) received 60 minutes of TES, whereas SHAM (n = 15) received identical sham stimulation 2 hours before e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schatz A,Arango-Gonzalez B,Fischer D,Enderle H,Bolz S,Röck T,Naycheva L,Grimm C,Messias A,Zrenner E,Bartz-Schmidt KU,Willmann G,Gekeler F

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin in Müller cell reactivity. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in mice deficient for GFAP and vimentin (GFAP(-/-)vim(-/-)) and age-matched wild-type (wt) mice. The reactivity of the retina was studied by immunofluorescence and e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verardo MR,Lewis GP,Takeda M,Linberg KA,Byun J,Luna G,Wilhelmsson U,Pekny M,Chen DF,Fisher SK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory component (SC) was studied by indirect immunofluorescence of the ocular surface epithelium. We find that conjunctival epithelium produces this component, and that it is absent in the corneal epithelium. Conjunctival epithelium loses its SC staining within 1 to 2 days as it grows over a denuded corneal stroma...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu SH,Tagawa Y,Prendergast RA,Franklin RM,Silverstein AM

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Cone electroretinograms were elicited with a full-field red flash after-45 min of dark adaptation from 16 patients with retinitis pigmentosa and from 17 normal subjects. The average latency and implicit time of the cone a-waves recorded from the patients were each significantly delayed (p less than 0.005) compared wit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sandberg MA,Sullivan PL,Berson EL

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine global mRNA expression levels in corneal and conjunctival epithelia and identify transcripts that exhibit preferential tissue expression. METHODS:cDNA samples derived from human conjunctival and corneal epithelia were hybridized in three independent experiments to a commercial oligonucleotide arra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Turner HC,Budak MT,Akinci MA,Wolosin JM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to determine the relative roles of the sympathetic (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) in pupillary hippus. Methods:We used a paired-eye control study design with three cohorts receiving either 1.0% tropicamide (PNS antagonist) in light (TL), 1.0% tropicamide in dark (T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Turnbull PR,Irani N,Lim N,Phillips JR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Identification of causative mutations for retinal blinding disorders is often limited by restricted understanding of gene expression and underlying molecular mechanisms that trigger degenerative processes. This study was conducted to develop a catalog of canine retina-expressed genes that would provide a unique...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zangerl B,Sun Q,Pillardy J,Johnson JL,Schweitzer PA,Hernandez AG,Liu L,Acland GM,Aguirre GD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) appears in astrocytes after neural injury. The authors' laboratory has reported the presence of EGFR in glaucomatous optic nerves. The activation of EGFR is often associated with induction of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. In this study, the induction of COX-2 pathway in rat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Neufeld AH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Rd4/+ mouse inherits an autosomal dominant retinal degeneration that cosegregates with a large inversion spanning nearly all of mouse chromosome 4 (Chr 4). This inversion is homozygous lethal. The hypothesis for the study was that disruption of a gene at one of the two breakpoints in the Rd4 chromosome is r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kitamura E,Danciger M,Yamashita C,Rao NP,Nusinowitz S,Chang B,Farber DB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study and therapy of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness worldwide, have taken great strides over the past decade. During the same time, a central role for RNA in many human diseases has been discovered. We have identified anti-angiogenic functions for synthetic double stranded RNA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ambati J

更新日期：2011-04-06 00:00:00