Muscarinic receptors and their regulation of cyclic GMP in corneal endothelial cells.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the utility of baseline Stratus optical coherence tomography (OCT; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) normative classification in the prediction of future visual field (VF) loss. METHODS:Eighty-eight eyes with suspected glaucoma with abnormal RNFL classification by Str...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sung KR,Kim S,Lee Y,Yun SC,Na JH

更新日期：2011-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test whether a diet supplemented with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) ameliorates glutamate excitotoxicity and oxidative stress-mediated retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration by preventing mitochondrial alterations in the retina of glaucomatous DBA/2J mice. METHODS:Preglaucomatous DBA/2J and age-matched control DBA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee D,Shim MS,Kim KY,Noh YH,Kim H,Kim SY,Weinreb RN,Ju WK

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Visual sensations in patients with blindness and retinal degenerations may be restored by electrical stimulation of retinal neurons with implantable microelectrode arrays. A prospective trial was initiated to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a wireless intraocular retinal implant (EPIRET3) in six volunteers ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Roessler G,Laube T,Brockmann C,Kirschkamp T,Mazinani B,Goertz M,Koch C,Krisch I,Sellhaus B,Trieu HK,Weis J,Bornfeld N,Röthgen H,Messner A,Mokwa W,Walter P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Current understanding of the genetic risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is not sufficiently predictive of the clinical course. The VEGF pathway is a key therapeutic target for treatment of neovascular AMD; however, risk attributable to genetic variation within pathway genes is unclear. We s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owen LA,Morrison MA,Ahn J,Woo SJ,Sato H,Robinson R,Morgan DJ,Zacharaki F,Simeonova M,Uehara H,Chakravarthy U,Hogg RE,Ambati BK,Kotoula M,Baehr W,Haider NB,Silvestri G,Miller JW,Tsironi EE,Farrer LA,Kim IK,Park K

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of Latrunculin (LAT)-A, a macrolide that binds to G-actin, which leads to the disassembly of actin filaments, on shape, junctions, and the cytoskeleton of cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) and on outflow facility in living monkeys. METHODS:Latrunculin-A dose-time-response...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Peterson JA,Tian B,Bershadsky AD,Volberg T,Gangnon RE,Spector I,Geiger B,Kaufman PL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To validate widefield autofluorescence (AF) in vivo imaging of the retina in mice expressing green fluorescent protein (gfp) in microglia, and to monitor retinal microglia reconstitution in vivo after lethal irradiation and bone marrow transplantation. Methods:Transgenic Cx3cr1gfp/gfp and wildtype Balb/c mice ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kokona D,Schneider N,Giannakaki-Zimmermann H,Jovanovic J,Ebneter A,Zinkernagel M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify genes and molecular mechanisms associated with photoreceptor degeneration in a canine model of XLRP caused by an RPGR exon ORF15 microdeletion. Methods. Expression profiles of mutant and normal retinas were compared by using canine retinal custom cDNA microarrays. qRT-PCR, Western blot analysis, and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Genini S,Zangerl B,Slavik J,Acland GM,Beltran WA,Aguirre GD

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The link between nasal-temporal motion asymmetries and anomalous binocular sensory function in infantile esotropia (ET) has led to the idea that visual evoked potential responses to horizontal motion (mVE) is an alternative measure of sensory binocularity to stereopsis. A second hypothesis is that the mVEP resp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fawcett SL,Birch EE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study transition zones from normal to abnormal retina in Usher syndrome IB (USH1B) caused by myosin 7A (MYO7A) mutations. METHODS:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scattering layers in outer retina were segmented in patients (n = 16, ages 2-42; eight patients had serial data, average interval 4.5 years) to...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sumaroka A,Matsui R,Cideciyan AV,McGuigan DB 3rd,Sheplock R,Schwartz SB,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Downregulation of melanoma-associated antigens (MAAs), against which natural cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs) exist in humans, is one of the mechanisms that aids in evasion of immune surveillance. In view of putative re-expression strategies for MAAs during immunotherapy, this study was conducted to investigate M...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van Dinten LC,Pul N,van Nieuwpoort AF,Out CJ,Jager MJ,van den Elsen PJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was performed to investigate motion perception in patients with glaucoma. METHODS:A random dot motion test was used to measure three aspects of central motion perception: minimum displacement threshold (Dmin), maximum displacement threshold (Dmax), and coherence threshold (signal to noise). Motion p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bullimore MA,Wood JM,Swenson K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The expression of the lens fiber cell integral membrane proteins MP20, the alpha 3 gap junction protein (connexin 46), and MP26 (MIP) was determined both during development of the bovine fetal lens and in different animal species. METHODS:The relative levels of the mRNA species coding for these proteins was de...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jarvis LJ,Kumar NM,Louis CF

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The temporal and spatial sequence of development of laminar vascular plexuses was determined qualitatively and quantitatively in monkey and human retina. METHODS:Histologic and cytochemical methods were used to study Macaca monkey eyes from fetal day 55 (F55d; birth = F168d) to 17 years, and human retina from ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gariano RF,Iruela-Arispe ML,Hendrickson AE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate whether rapamycin protects tear production and the ocular surface during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced dry eye syndrome in mice. Methods:Tunicamycin was injected intraperitoneally in BALB/c mice without or with rapamycin (TM or RM5 group). Peritoneal injection of PBS performed in veh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cho BJ,Hwang JS,Shin YJ,Kim JW,Chung TY,Hyon JY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biometry performed in patients with unilateral dense congenital cataracts and unilateral complete blepharoptosis did not show a consistent elongation of the involved eye. The antero-posterior axis of the visually deprived eye was longer than that in the normal fellow eye in some but shorter or unchanged in other patie...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： von Noorden GK,Lewis RA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the interaction of M3 muscarinic receptors (M3AChR) and P2X(7) receptors to increase intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) and stimulate protein secretion in rat lacrimal gland cells. METHODS:Exorbital lacrimal glands from male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into pieces or digested with collagenase to ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dartt DA,Hodges RR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Primates and rodents are used widely as animal models of glaucoma, but each has significant limitations. Researchers need additional animal models that closely resemble the relevant anatomy and pathologic features of the human disease to more quickly advance research. We validate a novel glaucoma animal model i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Samuels BC,Siegwart JT,Zhan W,Hethcox L,Chimento M,Whitley R,Downs JC,Girkin CA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To obtain quantitative data on the optic disc excavation in children affected by cerebral visual impairment (CVI) by using the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT)-II (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). METHODS:A total of 24 subjects affected by CVI (mean age, 7.28 years) were examined: 16 in alert co...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ruberto G,Salati R,Milano G,Bertone C,Tinelli C,Fazzi E,Guagliano R,Signorini S,Borgatti R,Bianchi A,Bianchi PE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To search for proprioceptive nerve terminals in human ciliary muscle. METHODS:In 48 human donor eyes, histologic and ultrathin sections cut in different planes and wholemounts of the ciliary muscle were studied. Immunohistochemical staining with antibodies against pan-neuronal antigens and antigens reported as...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flügel-Koch C,Neuhuber WL,Kaufman PL,Lütjen-Drecoll E

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chemokine signaling and monocytes/macrophages were implicated in the pathogenesis of AMD. We tested the association between chemokines involved in monocyte recruitment and AMD. METHODS:Immunophenotyping for white blood cell (WBC) populations including CD14++CD16- and CD14+CD16+ monocytes, CD19+, CD3+, and CD16...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grunin M,Burstyn-Cohen T,Hagbi-Levi S,Peled A,Chowers I

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to examine the roles of signaling pathways potentially activated by TGFbeta (i.e., Smad and p38 mitogen-activated kinase [MAPK]) in regulation of cell migration and proliferation of healing mouse corneal epithelium. METHODS:Activation of Smads or p38MAPK was evaluated by im...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saika S,Okada Y,Miyamoto T,Yamanaka O,Ohnishi Y,Ooshima A,Liu CY,Weng D,Kao WW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To investigate morphologic photoreceptor layer abnormalities and their correlation with visual function in occult macular dystrophy (OMD), by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS. This observational case series included 18 eyes of 9 patients with OMD. All patients underwent an ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Park SJ,Woo SJ,Park KH,Hwang JM,Chung H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate corneal sensitivity to selective mechanical, chemical, heat, and cold stimulation in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS:Twenty patients with FM (18 women, 2 men; 51.9 +/- 2.3 years old) and 18 control subjects (16 women, 2 men; 51.7 +/- 2.4 years) participated voluntarily in the study. Sub...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gallar J,Morales C,Freire V,Acosta MC,Belmonte C,Duran JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) resulting in decreased central vision severely impairs affected individuals. Current standard treatment is an intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy (ranibizumab), but responses to treatment show large variability. Genetic factors that influence AMD and that affect the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kloeckener-Gruissem B,Barthelmes D,Labs S,Schindler C,Kurz-Levin M,Michels S,Fleischhauer J,Berger W,Sutter F,Menghini M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nonsyndromic high myopia, defined by a refractive error greater than -6 diopters (D), is associated with an increased risk of macular choroidal neovascularization (CNV), a vision-threatening complication. The aim of this study was to investigate whether genetic factors associated with age-related macular degene...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Leveziel N,Yu Y,Reynolds R,Tai A,Meng W,Caillaux V,Calvas P,Rosner B,Malecaze F,Souied EH,Seddon JM

更新日期：2012-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With "standard" stimuli (white, Goldmann size III, 200 ms), the Nidek Microperimeter MP1 underestimates retinal light increment sensitivity (LIS). We thoroughly analyze this problem, suggest alternative settings to improve sensitivity to detect dysfunction, and provide true normal values. METHODS:LIS was teste...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bowl W,Lorenz B,Jäger M,Friedburg C

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cystinosis is caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal cystine transporter, cystinosin (CTNS gene), resulting in cystine crystal accumulation in tissues. In eyes, crystals accumulate in the cornea causing photophobia and eventually blindness. Hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) rescue the kidney in a mou...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rocca CJ,Kreymerman A,Ur SN,Frizzi KE,Naphade S,Lau A,Tran T,Calcutt NA,Goldberg JL,Cherqui S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To design a contact lens to treat and prevent fungal ocular infections. METHODS:Curved contact lenses were created by encapsulating econazole-impregnated poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) films in poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) by ultraviolet photopolymerization. Release studies were conducted in p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ciolino JB,Hudson SP,Mobbs AN,Hoare TR,Iwata NG,Fink GR,Kohane DS

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Dense deposit disease (DDD) is caused by dysregulation of the alternative pathway of the complement cascade and characterized by electron-dense deposits in the kidney glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and drusen in Bruch's membrane (BrM). Complement factor H (fH) and factor properdin (fP) regulate complement a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Song D,Mohammed I,Bhuyan R,Miwa T,Williams AL,Gullipalli D,Sato S,Song Y,Dunaief JL,Song WC

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of treatment with latanoprost on the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and -2 in cultured human ciliary muscle (HCM) cells. METHODS:Confluent serum-starved HCM cells were exposed to increasing concentrations of latanoprost acid (LA, 1 nM to 10 micro M) for 6, 18, and 24 ho...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Anthony TL,Lindsey JD,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00