Tear film, contact lens, and patient factors associated with corneal staining.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of taxol and etoposide, hydrophobic drugs with antifibrosis activity, on the outcome of filtration surgery in glaucomatous monkeys. METHODS:Elevated intraocular pressure was produced bilaterally in eight cynomolgus monkeys by laser treatment of the trabecular meshwork. Four animals subc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jampel HD,Thibault D,Leong KW,Uppal P,Quigley HA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effect of topical epinephrine HCl 2% on macular capillary blood flow was studied in 18 healthy human volunteers using the blue-field simulation technique. This technique provides a method for quantifying the velocity of leukocytes flowing in macular capillaries. Subjects adjusted the velocity of simulated le...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robinson F,Chen S,Petrig BL,Grunwald JE,Riva CE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal crystallins are lost from resident cells of the corneal stroma during wound repair, and this is associated with a loss of cell transparency. The goal of this study was to identify factors inducing loss of the corneal crystallin transketolase (TKT). METHODS:A cell culture model of freshly isolated rabbi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stramer BM,Fini ME

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the role of small GTPase Rho and its relation with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in mediating corneal epithelial wound healing. METHODS:Rho activity in THCE cells, an SV40-immortalized human corneal epithelial cell (HCEC) line, and primary HCECs was assessed by pull-down assay followed b...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yin J,Lu J,Yu FS

更新日期：2008-03-01 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 investigate the foveal changes after repair of macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS:Prospective comparative case series. Twenty-four eyes of 24 patients with macula-off/fovea-on detachment (n = 9) and fovea-off detachment (n = 15) were studied. Serial optical coherence tomography (OCT...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： dell'Omo R,Viggiano D,Giorgio D,Filippelli M,Di Iorio R,Calo' R,Cardone M,Rinaldi M,dell'Omo E,Costagliola C

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicamycin (TM), a selective inhibitor of dolichylphosphate-dependent oligosaccharide biosynthesis, effectively blocks glycosylation, but not synthesis, of opsin, the rod visual pigment apoglycoprotein. In parallel with this inhibition, vesicular membrane material accumulates in the compartment between rod inner and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Defoe DM,Besharse JC,Fliesler SJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a comparative description of the acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activities and their molecular forms in primary cultures of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Acetylcholinesterase activity increases during differentiation of the cells. Sucrose sedimentation analysis of acetylcholine...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Salceda R,Sánchez G,León-Cázares JM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxidase-antiperoxidase method was used to study ten surgically obtained human optic nerve gliomas (pilocytic astrocytomas). All tissues were formalin fixed and paraffin embedded. Primary antisera included glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), HNK-1 (type 1 astrocyte precursor marker), A2B5 (type 2 astrocyte p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cutarelli PE,Roessmann UR,Miller RH,Specht CS,Grossniklaus HE

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This work examines the effects of cardiotrophin (CT)-1 on photoreceptor survival in transgenic rats that carry the rhodopsin mutation S334ter. METHODS:Recombinant CT-1 was injected intravitreally into eyes of heterozygous animals. Photoreceptor survival was analyzed by histology. Phosphorylation of signal tran...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Song Y,Zhao L,Tao W,Laties AM,Luo Z,Wen R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of bovine lactoferrin (BLF) on human corneal epithelial wound healing using an in vitro alkali-induced wound model and to understand its role in promoting wound healing. METHODS:Confluent human corneal limbal epithelial (HCLE) cells wounded using 0.5 micr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pattamatta U,Willcox M,Stapleton F,Cole N,Garrett Q

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate mechanical properties of the human posterior lens capsule. METHODS:Twenty-five human donor eyes were obtained from an eye bank. The age of the donors ranged from 1 to 94 years. Test specimens were prepared as tissue rings from posterior lens capsules by means of excimer laser. Capsular thickness...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Krag S,Andreassen TT

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an anisotonic medium the tendency of the lens to swell or shrink in response to the osmotic gradient is countered by a change in the content of lens solute, so that the change in the volume of lens water is minimal. This phenomenon is known as volume regulation. The rapid phase of volume regulation occurs in less t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patterson JW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the structure-function relationship between ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness at the macula and 10-2 standard automated perimetry (SAP) in glaucoma and to evaluate the relationship using a recently proposed linear model. METHODS:In a cross-sectional analysis, structure-function ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao HL,Qasim M,Hussain RS,Januwada M,Pillutla LN,Begum VU,Chaitanya A,Senthil S,Garudadri CS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the human disease due to CRB1 mutations and compare results with the Crb1-mutant rd8 mouse. METHODS:Twenty-two patients with CRB1 mutations were studied. Function was assessed with perimetry and electroretinography (ERG) and retinal structure with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Cortical str...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Aguirre GK,Huang WC,Mullins CL,Roman AJ,Sumaroka A,Olivares MB,Tsai FF,Schwartz SB,Vandenberghe LH,Limberis MP,Stone EM,Bell P,Wilson JM,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2011-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of methylcobalamin on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in the cultured retinal neurons. METHODS:Primary cultures obtained from the fetal rat retina (gestation days 16 to 19) were used for the experiment. The neurotoxicity was assessed quantitatively using the trypan blue exclusion method....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kikuchi M,Kashii S,Honda Y,Tamura Y,Kaneda K,Akaike A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study observed biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in contact lens cases and investigated the inhibitory effects of 2,2'-dipyridyl (2DP) and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-b-D-glucopyranose (PGG). METHODS:Biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 and S. aureus ATCC 25923 an...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cho P,Shi GS,Boost M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine the effects of narrowband light exposure on choroidal thickness and the pupil response in humans. Methods:Twenty subjects, ages 21 to 43 years, underwent 1 hour of exposure to broadband, short wavelength "blue," or long wavelength "red" light, or darkness. Choroidal thickness, imaged with spectral...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lou L,Ostrin LA

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the developmental sequences of two basic measures of pattern vision, Vernier acuity and grating acuity, using steady state visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) and an analysis designed to isolate pattern-specific responses from those due to motion in the Vernier stimulus. METHODS:The authors recorded VEP...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Skoczenski AM,Norcia AM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of overexpression of mutated BIGH3 in HeLa and human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. METHODS:Six mutations known to be responsible for autosomal dominant corneal dystrophies linked to chromosome 5 were generated in a BIGH3 expression vector and transfected in HeLa and HCE cells. The ex...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morand S,Buchillier V,Maurer F,Bonny C,Arsenijevic Y,Munier FL,Schorderet DF

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relative prevalence of ocular conditions among children who are unable to perform preschool vision screening tests and the impact on measures of screening test performance. METHODS:Trained nurse and lay screeners each administered a Lea Symbols visual acuity (VA) test (Good-Lite, Inc., Steamwood...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maguire MG,Vision in Preschoolers Study Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:To visualize changes in deep optic nerve head (ONH) structures following glaucoma surgery using (3-dimensional [3D]) swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and to determine the clinical and structural factors associated with postoperative lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar neural tissue (PLT) chang...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yoshikawa M,Akagi T,Hangai M,Ohashi-Ikeda H,Takayama K,Morooka S,Kimura Y,Nakano N,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the phagocytosis of extracellular matrix components by retinal pigment epithelial cells and to determine which receptors and signal transduction pathways are involved. METHODS:Fluorescent latex beads were coated with fibronectin (FN), collagen type I or IV, or thrombospondin and incubated with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhao MW,Jin ML,He S,Spee C,Ryan SJ,Hinton DR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

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 quantify the prevalence and effect on visual acuity of macular cysts in a large cohort of patients with retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS:In 316 patients with typical forms of retinitis pigmentosa, visual acuity was measured with Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) charts, macular cysts were dete...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sandberg MA,Brockhurst RJ,Gaudio AR,Berson EL

更新日期：2008-10-01 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:To determine associations between retinopathy status and detailed serum lipoprotein subclass profiles in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (DCCT/EDIC) cohort. METHODS:Persons with type 1 diabetes (440 women, 548 men) from the DCCT/EDIC c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lyons TJ,Jenkins AJ,Zheng D,Lackland DT,McGee D,Garvey WT,Klein RL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model of chronic cicatrizing trachoma has been produced by repeated ocular inoculation with Chlamydia trachomatis serotype E, a genitally transmitted strain. We have now produced a chronic follicular conjunctivitis on cynomolgus monkeys by repeated inoculation with C. trachomatis serotype A, which has been i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor HR,Johnson SL,Prendergast RA,Schachter J,Dawson CR,Silverstein AM

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine directional changes in peripheral corneal thickness and corneal astigmatism over a range of severity of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS:Eyes with FECD were categorized as mild, moderate, or advanced according to the area and confluence of guttae and the presence of clinical ed...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wacker K,McLaren JW,Patel SV

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00