Quantitative measurements of autofluorescence with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope.

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the reactions of retinal glial cells (astrocytes and Müller cells) to retinal injury in mice that lack glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin (GFAP-/-Vim-/-) and to determine the role of glial cells in retinal detachment (RD)-induced photoreceptor degeneration. METHODS:RD was induc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakazawa T,Takeda M,Lewis GP,Cho KS,Jiao J,Wilhelmsson U,Fisher SK,Pekny M,Chen DF,Miller JW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the spatial distribution of posterior pole choroidal thickness (CT) in healthy eyes using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Fifty-nine eyes from 30 subjects with no retinal or choroidal disease were examined with high-definition (HD) OCT using macular volume cube scanning ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ouyang Y,Heussen FM,Mokwa N,Walsh AC,Durbin MK,Keane PA,Sanchez PJ,Ruiz-Garcia H,Sadda SR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the early glial reactivity and neuron damage in response to short-term cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFp) reduction, as compared with intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. Methods:The experiment included 54 male Sprague-Dawley rats with elevated translaminar cribrosa pressure difference (TLPD), def...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li XX,Zhang Z,Zeng HY,Wu S,Liu L,Zhang JX,Liu Q,Yang DY,Wang NL

更新日期：2018-07-02 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:We investigated the phenotype of macrophages infiltrating rejected corneal allografts. METHODS:We performed allogeneic or syngeneic corneal transplantation in mice, and humanely killed animals at day 28 during allograft rejection when 60% of corneal allografts were rejected. We divided allografts into two grou...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Oh JY,Lee HJ,Ko AY,Ko JH,Kim MK,Wee WR

更新日期：2013-11-21 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:To determine the role of the small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein Rho in the migration of corneal epithelial cells. METHODS:The presence of the Rho target proteins Rho-associated coiled coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK)-1 and ROCK-2 in rabbit cornea was examined by immunohistochemical analysi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakamura M,Nagano T,Chikama T,Nishida T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The anterior surface of the eye is covered by several physically contiguous but histologically distinguishable epithelial overlying the cornea, limbus, bulbar conjunctiva, fornix conjunctiva, and palpebral conjunctiva. It is important to determine whether the different phenotypes of these epithelia are the resu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wei ZG,Wu RL,Lavker RM,Sun TT

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular pigment (MP) may protect against age-related macular degeneration. This study was conducted to determine the extent of changes in the macular pigment density as a consequence of oral supplementation with lutein. A second purpose was to compare two objective measurement techniques. METHODS:In the first ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berendschot TT,Goldbohm RA,Klöpping WA,van de Kraats J,van Norel J,van Norren D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Folic acid is essential for DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis, and deficiencies in folate can lead to nutritional amblyopia and optic neuropathy. The transport of folate from the choroidal blood supply to the retina is only now beginning to be understood. The reduced-folate transporter was reported recently to be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Smith SB,Kekuda R,Gu X,Chancy C,Conway SJ,Ganapathy V

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

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: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:To decide whether the transitory coexpression of cone visual pigments described in the developing rat and gerbil retina is a universal feature of dichromatic mammalian species. METHODS:The rabbit, a species widely used in eye research, was selected for the study and a search made for the presence of cones that...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Szepessy Z,Lukáts A,Fekete T,Barsi A,Röhlich P,Szél A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Scleral proteoglycans were characterized from human donor eyes aged 2 months to 94 years to identify age-related changes in the synthesis and/or accumulation of these extracellular matrix components. METHODS:Newly synthesized proteoglycans (previously radiolabeled with 35SO4) and total accumulated scleral prot...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rada JA,Achen VR,Penugonda S,Schmidt RW,Mount BA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the intergrader reproducibility for computer-assisted grading of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by using a standardized grading procedure. METHODS:Sixty OCT image sets (of six radial lines each) were independently analyzed...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Joeres S,Tsong JW,Updike PG,Collins AT,Dustin L,Walsh AC,Romano PW,Sadda SR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) transplantation is a promising strategy for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, previous attempts at subretinal RPE cell transplantation have experienced limited success due to poor adhesion, organization, and function on aged or diseased Bruch'...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McHugh KJ,Tao SL,Saint-Geniez M

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Rapid identification of pathogens causing endophthalmitis may improve treatment outcomes through early administration of species-specific medication. The current study reports a new molecular application of peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) with Staphylococcus-specific molecular...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patel N,Miller D,Relhan N,Flynn HW Jr

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Little is known regarding the therapeutic effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) in the management of cystic macular lesions in children with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) despite the fact that this disease often manifests during childhood. Therefore, our goal was to determine the efficacy of C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verbakel SK,van de Ven JP,Le Blanc LM,Groenewoud JM,de Jong EK,Klevering BJ,Hoyng CB

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To map the spatiotemporal decline in retinally driven activity in the superior colliculus (SC) of transgenic S334ter-line-3 rats that express a mutated rhodopsin, which causes photoreceptor degeneration. To determine whether transplantation of fetal retinal sheets into the subretinal space of these rats can rec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sagdullaev BT,Aramant RB,Seiler MJ,Woch G,McCall MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of reducing connexin (Cx) diversity in the lens when the amount of connexin protein is nearly constant. METHODS:Lenses in which the Cx50 coding region was replaced by that of Cx46 (knockin [KI]), were compared with wild type (WT) and Cx50-knockout (KO) lenses. Gap junctional conducta...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Martinez-Wittinghan FJ,Sellitto C,White TW,Mathias RT,Paul D,Goodenough DA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine the relationship between the sensitivity of the retina in the central 10° and the thickness of the retinal layers in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods:Fifty-two RP patients were studied. All of the patients had been examined by the Humphrey Field Analyzer 10-2 program (HFA10-2) and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sayo A,Ueno S,Kominami T,Okado S,Inooka D,Komori S,Terasaki H

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the signal transduction pathways involved in the activation of orbital fibroblast effector functions relevant to the pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). To determine, using antisense technology, whether the c-myc protooncogene is involved in cell proliferation and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) syn...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Heufelder AE,Bahn RS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to determine the in vivo effectiveness of low-frequency ultrasound in mediating the transport of macromolecules to the posterior segment of the eye via transscleral route. It investigates if damage is caused by ultrasound at the tested operation parameters on the posterior ocular tissues and vis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suen WL,Wong HS,Yu Y,Lau LC,Lo AC,Chau Y

更新日期：2013-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The basal laminae of capillaries, glomeruli, and nerves are thickened in diabetes. Previous studies have shown that diabetic tissues produce increased levels of basal lamina collagen and reduced levels of proteoglycans. Since heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are thought to act as anionic barriers ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Caldwell RB,Slapnick SM,McLaughlin BJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent hypothesis for the cellular mechanism of fluid secretion by lacrimal acini has been based, in part, on the results of subcellular fractionation analyses of lacrimal gland fragments which had been incubated for a brief period in vitro. An important assumption in those studies was that the ion transporters and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yiu SC,Wood RL,Mircheff AK

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a detailed phenotypic and molecular study of a series of 18 patients from 11 families with retinal dystrophies consequent on mutations in the cone-rod homeobox (CRX) gene and to report a novel phenotype. METHODS:Families were ascertained from a tertiary clinic in the United Kingdom and enrolled into...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hull S,Arno G,Plagnol V,Chamney S,Russell-Eggitt I,Thompson D,Ramsden SC,Black GC,Robson A,Holder GE,Moore AT,Webster AR

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In orbital exenteration specimens from 14 rats, 93% of the mast cells were found in the lids, the limbus, and the conjunctiva, 5% in the orbital tissues, and less than 1% in the globe. The density of mast cells was highest in lid (2843/mm3), limbus (2822/mm3), and orbit (2184/mm3) and lowest in bulbar conjunctiva (794...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Allansmith MR,Baird RS,Kashima K,Bloch KJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated whether UVA-riboflavin collagen cross-linking (CXL) increases transverse stromal shear moduli ex vivo, whether the shear moduli are greater in the anterior compared to the posterior stroma, and whether the shear moduli are affected by CXL. METHODS:The resistance to unidirectional transverse shear ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Søndergaard AP,Ivarsen A,Hjortdal J

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:During development, the corneal epithelium (CE) and the conjunctiva are derived from the surface ectoderm. Here we have examined how, during development, the cells of these two issues become isolated from each other. Methods:Epithelia from the anterior eyes of chicken embryos were labeled with the fluorescent,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kubilus JK,Zapater I Morales C,Linsenmayer TF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Migration of Müller glial cells is enhanced in proliferative retinopathies, but the mechanisms involved are ill defined. Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive sphingolipid synthesized by sphingosine kinase (SphK), which promotes proliferation, migration, and inflammation, acting as an intracellular media...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Simón MV,Prado Spalm FH,Politi LE,Rotstein NP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00