Removal of biofilm from contact lens storage cases.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the expression pattern and roles of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in healing corneal epithelium. METHODS:Immunofluorescent staining and Western blot analysis were used to detect Shh, patched 1 (Ptc 1) receptors, and Gli transcription factors in corneal epithelium of Wistar rats (n = 44) at various intervals ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saika S,Muragaki Y,Okada Y,Miyamoto T,Ohnishi Y,Ooshima A,Kao WW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate transepidermal water loss (TEWL) from the ocular area in dry eye disease (DED) and evaluate the correlation between ocular TEWL and other DED parameters. Methods:Transepidermal water loss from the ocular area in 56 eyes with DED and 38 healthy eyes was measured using a Tewameter TM300 that was e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jeon HS,Youn SW,Jeon HE,Kim JH,Hyon JY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Severe ocular allergic diseases are characterized by pronounced conjunctival inflammation triggered by T helper 2 (Th2) cells and corneal epithelial damage induced by eosinophils. To examine the role of alarmins released by damaged corneal epithelial cells in tissue eosinophilia, we investigated the effects of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fukuda K,Ishida W,Tanaka H,Harada Y,Matsuda A,Ebihara N,Fukushima A

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because of its role in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis, p53 may be involved in maintaining the post-mitotic state of the adult eye. To shed light on the role of p53 in retinal development and maintenance, this study investigated the pattern of expression of p53, its family members, and its regulators during...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vuong L,Brobst DE,Saadi A,Ivanovic I,Al-Ubaidi MR

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new technique for the separation and isolation of nonpigmented ciliary body epithelial cells from rabbit. Excised ciliary body is incubated in a medium buffered with EGTA to a free-Ca2+ concentration of 10(-8) M, and the nonpigmented cell layer is separated from the pigmented layer by microdissection und...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fain GL,Cilluffo MC,Fain MJ,Lee DA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the prophylactic effects of intravenous moxifloxacin and vancomycin for Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis in a rabbit model. METHODS:Albino rabbits (n = 60) were divided into three groups. Intravenous moxifloxacin was injected into 20 animals (group 1), and intravenous vancomycin was inject...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim JY,Kim SY

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To learn whether locally expressed and systemic mediators might modulate the cholinergically induced transepithelial Cl(-) fluxes that underlie lacrimal fluid production. METHODS:Reconstituted epithelial monolayers were exposed to a submaximal dose of the muscarinic agonist, carbachol (CCh), or to one of sever...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Selvam S,Mircheff AK,Yiu SC

更新日期：2013-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF beta-1) can modulate inflammation. Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) is characterized by acute ocular inflammation related to the release of cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-6. The authors investigated the effect of TGF beta-1 on EIU in mice. METHODS:Three independent ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Peng B,Li Q,Roberge FG,Chan CC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Geographic atrophy (GA) is the late stage of non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration. A lack of animal models for GA has hampered treatment efforts. Presented herein is a rat model for GA using subretinal injection of sodium iodate (NaIO3). Methods:Rats were given subretinal injections of NaIO3 (5 μg/...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bhutto IA,Ogura S,Baldeosingh R,McLeod DS,Lutty GA,Edwards MM

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lens epithelial cells transdifferentiate to myofibroblasts during the formation of anterior subcapsular cataracts and secondary cataracts. One of the defining characteristics of myofibroblasts is the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA). This study investigated some of the factors that influence ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nagamoto T,Eguchi G,Beebe DC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Regulatory CD4+ T cells (T regs) arise in the spleens of mice with anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID), an eye-derived tolerance evoked by injection of antigen into the ocular anterior chamber (AC). The current study was conducted to investigate the possibility that these T regs express CD25 an...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Keino H,Takeuchi M,Kezuka T,Hattori T,Usui M,Taguchi O,Streilein JW,Stein-Streilein J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of the oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the mudpuppy electroretinogram (ERG) were studied and compared with the properties of the b-wave of the ERG and the proximal negative response (PNR). Both transretinal and intraretinal ERGs were recorded in response to full-field as well as 200 and 500 microgram sp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wachtmeister L,Dowling JE

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the incidence of mutations in RPGR ORF15 in six families with X-linked progressive retinal degeneration (cone-rod dystrophy [XLCORD], macular or cone dystrophy) and to undertake a detailed phenotypic assessment of families in whom ORF15 mutations were identified. METHODS:To amplify and sequence ORF15 i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ebenezer ND,Michaelides M,Jenkins SA,Audo I,Webster AR,Cheetham ME,Stockman A,Maher ER,Ainsworth JR,Yates JR,Bradshaw K,Holder GE,Moore AT,Hardcastle AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare a multisampling suprathreshold strategy with conventional suprathreshold and full-threshold strategies in detecting localized visual field defects and in quantifying the area of loss. METHODS:Probability theory was applied to examine various suprathreshold pass criteria (i.e., the number of stimuli ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Artes PH,Henson DB,Harper R,McLeod D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since, to our knowledge, there are no reports on the prevalence of the blaNDM-1 gene among ocular isolates of Enterobacteriaceae, and only limited information on the prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) among ocular bacterial isolates are available, our study was undertaken. METHODS:A prospe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sowmiya M,Malathi J,Madhavan HN

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of intralysosomal redox-active iron in oxidative stress-induced damage in trabecular meshwork (TM) cells. METHODS:Chronic oxidative stress was applied using the hyperoxic model; acute oxidative stress was applied with H(2)O(2). Microarray analysis was performed using microarrays. mRNA a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lin Y,Epstein DL,Liton PB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to investigate antigenic expression and modulation during the cell cycle of Y-79 and WERI-Rb1 tissue cultured retinoblastoma cell lines using a polyclonal anti-Y-79 antibody and fluorescein conjugated lectins. Several Y-79 resting cell populations were identified by FCM analysis of antibo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Felberg NT,Augsburger JJ,Shields JA,Goldschmidt J,Pronesti G,Haimowitz A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Diabetes leads to the downregulation of the retinal Kir4.1 channels and Müller cell dysfunction. The insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) is a critical regulator of insulin signaling in Müller cells. Circadian rhythms play an integral role in normal physiology; however, diabetes leads to a circadian dysrhythmia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Luo Q,Xiao Y,Alex A,Cummins TR,Bhatwadekar AD

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study is to investigate the corneal anomaly caused by excess transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) during mouse development. Methods:Bitransgenic KeraRT/TGF-α mice, generated via cross-mating tetO-TGF-α and KeraRT mice, were induced to overexpress TGF-α by doxycycline commencing at embryonic day 0 or postn...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang L,Yuan Y,Yeh LK,Dong F,Zhang J,Okada Y,Kao WWY,Liu CY,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Excitotoxicity has been proposed to play a pivotal role in retinal damage, but the mechanisms that underlie retinal damage are not clearly understood. In this study, the role of matrix metalloproteinases in excitotoxin-mediated retinal damage was investigated. METHODS:KA, CNQX (6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3,-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Cheng M,Chintala SK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the effect of group B streptococcal (GBS) meningitis on retinal blood flow (RetBF) and choroidal blood flow (ChBF) autoregulation in sedated newborn piglets (1 to 5 days of age). METHODS:Fourteen study animals injected with 0.5 ml heat-killed GBS (10(9)) were compared to 10 control animals injected w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bottoli I,Beharry K,Modanlou HD,Norris K,Ling E,Noya F,Amato MM,Aranda JV

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An imaging fundus reflectometer has been used to study the distribution and regeneration of visual pigments in the retina of the adult living cat. Measurements were made over an area of tapetal retina extending 25 degrees nasal and 40 degrees temporal to the area centralis on the horizontal meridian and 5 degrees infe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kemp CM,Faulkner DJ,Jacobson SG

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual field of normal infants was assessed using a perimeter with LED stimuli and a forced-choice observation procedure. Central fixation was elicited by four central, pulsing LEDs and maintained with the aid of auditory stimuli. Field extent was derived from the four-alternative, forced-choice judgments of an ad...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mayer DL,Fulton AB,Cummings MF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the impact of zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) gene mutations associated with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 3 (PPCD3) and Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS:Thirteen of the 27 previously reported ZEB1 truncating mutations associated with PPCD3 and the six previ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chung DW,Frausto RF,Ann LB,Jang MS,Aldave AJ

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study was done to determine the role of lipocalin-2 (LCN2) in the pathogenesis of demyelinating optic neuritis using an experimental autoimmune optic neuritis (EAON) model. METHODS:The EAON was induced by subcutaneous immunization with an emulsified mixture of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (M...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chun BY,Kim JH,Nam Y,Huh MI,Han S,Suk K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We recently presented a transfemoral endovascular coiling technique for inducing experimental retinal ischemia in pigs. Substantial variation was seen in the degree of ischemia. It was hypothesized that the blood supply to the retina may originate from both the ipsilateral and contralateral ophthalmic arteries ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morén H,Gesslein B,Undrén P,Andreasson S,Malmsjö M

更新日期：2013-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine retinal function using the full-field electroretinogram (ERG) during and after acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in wild-type mice. METHODS:IOP was elevated by anterior chamber cannulation in wild-type C57/BL6 mice. The pressure-function relationship was determined by IOP elevation in steps...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kong YX,Crowston JG,Vingrys AJ,Trounce IA,Bui VB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To correlate retinal histopathology with functional changes caused by the rhodopsin Q64ter mutation. METHODS:A 50-year-old female heterozygote was evaluated clinically and with psychophysical and electroretinographic measurements of rod and cone function. The retinas obtained after death were examined microsco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Milam AH,Li ZY,Cideciyan AV,Jacobson SG

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Tregs) maintain self-tolerance and function to suppress overly exuberant immune responses. However, it is unclear whether innate immune cells modulate Treg function. Here the authors examined the role of innate immunity in lymphomyeloid homeostasis. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mott KR,Gate D,Zandian M,Allen SJ,Rajasagi NK,van Rooijen N,Chen S,Arditi M,Rouse BT,Flavell RA,Town T,Ghiasi H

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) treatment leads to long-term photoreceptor survival in hereditary retinal degeneration. METHODS:An autosomal dominant feline model of rod-cone dystrophy was used throughout the study with two normal animals. In ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chong NH,Alexander RA,Waters L,Barnett KC,Bird AC,Luthert PJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00