Cone degeneration following rod ablation in a reversible model of retinal degeneration.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the influence of eye pigmentation on transscleral retinal delivery of celecoxib. METHODS:Melanin content in ocular tissues of both the strains was determined by sodium hydroxide solubilization METHOD:The affinity of celecoxib to synthetic and natural melanin was estimated by co-incubating celecox...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cheruvu NP,Amrite AC,Kompella UB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the functional treatment response 3 months and 12 months after monthly ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NAMD). METHODS:Twenty-six eyes showing treatment-naïve NAMD were examined with the Heidelberg Spectralis OCT (SD-OCT) and the Nidek MP-1 microperimeter (MP) at baselin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sulzbacher F,Kiss C,Kaider A,Roberts P,Munk M,Kroh ME,Sayegh R,Schmidt-Erfurth U

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demeclocycline, tetracycline and other tetracycline derivatives lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in rabbits following intravitreal injection, but the onset of this effect was not evident until 1 or more days after drug administration. Of the drugs tested, demeclocycline was the most active ocular hypotensive agent. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wallace I,Krupin T,Stone RA,Moolchandani J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study evaluates the associations of haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PARL-ABCC5-HTR3D-HTR3C region with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), with a view to identify the responsible SNP in this region. Methods:Thirty SNPs from the PARL-ABCC5-HTR3D-HTR3C region were genotype...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tang FY,Ma L,Tam POS,Pang CP,Tham CC,Chen LJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 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:Diabetes causes dysfunction in the retinal mitochondria and increases base mismatches in their DNA (mtDNA). The enzyme responsible for repairing the base mismatches, MutL homolog 1 (Mlh1), is compromised. Diabetes also favors many epigenetic modifications and activates DNA methylation machinery, and Mlh1 has a ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mohammad G,Radhakrishnan R,Kowluru RA

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the expression of lumican and decorin, the major proteoglycans of the adult corneal stroma, during the acquisition of corneal transparency in developing chick embryos. METHODS:mRNA levels of decorin and lumican were measured in total RNA extracted from corneas of days 9 to 18 of development by Nort...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cornuet PK,Blochberger TC,Hassell JR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the variation in ocular biometry and its association with refraction in adult Mongolians. METHODS:The study included 1800 subjects, aged 40 years or more, who were selected in two Mongolian provinces-Hövsgöl and Omnögobi-to participate in this population survey. Axial length (AL) and its componen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wickremasinghe S,Foster PJ,Uranchimeg D,Lee PS,Devereux JG,Alsbirk PH,Machin D,Johnson GJ,Baasanhu J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Injury to the adult optic nerve, caused mechanically or by diseases, is still not reparable because the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are not allowed to regrow their axons and die retrogradely, although they possess the intrinsic propensity to regenerate axons in experimental conditions. METHODS:In vitro propa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Charalambous P,Hurst LA,Thanos S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore factors affecting the glaucoma diagnostic capability of macular thickness and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cRNFL) thickness as determined by spectral domain-optical coherence tomography. METHODS:Area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) discriminating h...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Na JH,Sung KR,Baek S,Sun JH,Lee Y

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the action of atropine on global flash multifocal electroretinogram (gmfERG) responses to retinal defocus. Method:gmfERG recordings were made monocularly in 19 healthy adults under three lens-imposed defocus conditions (2 diopters myopic, 2 diopters hyperopic, and no defocus) before and 24 hours...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Khanal S,Turnbull PRK,Lee N,Phillips JR

更新日期：2019-01-02 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 determine transforming growth factor (TGF) beta effects on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as a potential cause of the blood-retinal barrier breakdown at the onset of angiogenesis. Previously, glial cells were shown to play a role in the angiogenesis process and to express the angiogenic regulating factor T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Behzadian MA,Wang XL,Windsor LJ,Ghaly N,Caldwell RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate diabetic optic neuropathy (DON) prevalence and risk factors in Chinese diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients. Methods:This retrospective study included 1067 eyes (550 patients) that underwent ocular imaging. The diabetes duration, systolic blood pressure (SBP), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and high-dens...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hua R,Qu L,Ma B,Yang P,Sun H,Liu L

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:A group of 32 patients with low vision who were considered clinically appropriate candidates for visual rehabilitation with telescopic spectacles were prospectively studied before the first attempted use of these visual aids. Laboratory measurements were made of: (1) rotational head stability in pitch and yaw during q...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Demer JL,Goldberg J,Porter FI,Schmidt K

更新日期：1991-09-01 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:Our study aimed to explore the heritability of retinal vascular caliber among Singapore Chinese families. METHODS:In the Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Refractive Error Study in Singaporean Chinese Preschoolers (STARS) family study conducted from 2008 to 2010, a total of 727 participants (304 parent-child pairs, 8...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li LJ,Liao J,Fan Q,Cheung CY,Ikram MK,Cheng CY,Saw SM,Wong TY

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because immune rejection is likely to be a major barrier to successful retinal transplantation, it is important to determine whether immune privilege for allogeneic retinal grafts is a feature of the subretinal space and vitreous cavity. METHODS:Newborn neural retinas of C57BL/6 mice were implanted into the su...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jiang LQ,Jorquera M,Streilein JW

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the molecular mechanism of Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitors Y-27632 and Y-39983 on corneal endothelial cell (CEC) proliferation and their wound-healing effect. METHODS:The expression of G1 proteins of the cell cycle and expression of phosphorylated Akt in monkey CECs (MCECs) treated with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Okumura N,Nakano S,Kay EP,Numata R,Ota A,Sowa Y,Sakai T,Ueno M,Kinoshita S,Koizumi N

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate concentrations of growth factors and inflammatory cytokines in eyes with central (CRVO) and branch (BRVO) retinal vein occlusion before and during therapy with bevacizumab and to identify associations with disease activity. METHODS:In a prospective clinical trial, 13 eyes of patients with CRVO (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Funk M,Kriechbaum K,Prager F,Benesch T,Georgopoulos M,Zlabinger GJ,Schmidt-Erfurth U

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The phenotype of specialized cells arises, in part, from their characteristic gene expression patterns. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are of wide interest in neuroscience and die in glaucoma and other optic neuropathies. In this study the genes expressed by RGCs were profiled by expressed sequence tag (EST) ana...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Farkas RH,Qian J,Goldberg JL,Quigley HA,Zack DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors recently reported that a severe inflammatory response resulting in substantial loss of acinar cells was induced by a single injection of interleukin-1alpha into the lacrimal gland and that this effect was reversible. The purpose of the present study was to determine the mechanisms involved in lacrim...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zoukhri D,Fix A,Alroy J,Kublin CL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuronal loss in both central nervous system and ophthalmic disorders, including glaucoma. This increase in glutamate may result from a failure of glutamate transporters, which are molecules that ordinarily regulate extrac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Naskar R,Vorwerk CK,Dreyer EB

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess photoreceptor structure in macular microholes by using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and compare with visual acuity. METHODS:Fourteen eyes from 12 patients with macular microholes underwent a full ophthalmologic examin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ooto S,Hangai M,Takayama K,Ueda-Arakawa N,Makiyama Y,Hanebuchi M,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the influence of a control group on the diagnostic accuracy of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in early glaucoma. METHODS:In a diagnostic, case-control study, 119 eyes of 60 normal subjects with no findings suspicious for glaucoma (control cohort 1); 76 eyes of 41 subjects ref...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao HL,Kumbar T,Addepalli UK,Bharti N,Senthil S,Choudhari NS,Garudadri CS

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a common cause of infectious uveitis associated with an intraocular inflammatory response involving virus-specific T cells. In the current study, the functional characteristics and the antigen specificity of VZV-reactive T cells recovered from intraocular fluid (IOF) samples of f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Milikan JC,Kinchington PR,Baarsma GS,Kuijpers RW,Osterhaus AD,Verjans GM

更新日期：2007-08-01 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:To examine the effect of combining angiostatin with photodynamic therapy (PDT) using Lutetium Texaphyrin (Lu-Tex; Alcon, Fort Worth, TX) as a photosensitizer in bovine retinal capillary endothelial (BRCE) and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and to determine the mode of PDT-induced cell death in these cel...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Renno RZ,Delori FC,Holzer RA,Gragoudas ES,Miller JW

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Our goal was to describe the clinical and molecular genetic findings in Thai patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Methods:Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed in eight unrelated patients. All genes responsible for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) based on RetNet were selected for analysis. Po...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jinda W,Taylor TD,Suzuki Y,Thongnoppakhun W,Limwongse C,Lertrit P,Trinavarat A,Atchaneeyasakul LO

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00