Repeatability of Spectralis OCT measurements of macular thickness and volume in diabetic macular edema.

abstract：:The scleral spur and trabecular mesh of the human eye contain approximately 5% elastic tissue. Elastic tissue forms less than 2% of the sclera. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moses RA,Grodzki WJ Jr,Starcher BC,Galione MJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanism of the neuroprotective effects of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1-R) blocker against retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat. METHODS:Retinal ischemia was induced by increasing intraocular pressure. Glutamate release from the rat retina and intravitreal PO(2) (partia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fujita T,Hirooka K,Nakamura T,Itano T,Nishiyama A,Nagai Y,Shiraga F

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) in aqueous humor were suggested to have a role in transcellular signaling and may serve as disease biomarkers. The authors adopted next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques to further characterize the miRNA profile in single samples of 60 to 80 μL human aqueous humor. METHODS...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wecker T,Hoffmeier K,Plötner A,Grüning BA,Horres R,Backofen R,Reinhard T,Schlunck G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Patients express their discomfort by subjective complaints, which may not clearly express the extent of their discomfort. This study noninvasively and objectively quantified ocular discomfort, a form of feeling, from the prefrontal cortex by functional near-infrared ray spectroscopy topography. Methods:This ca...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ono M,Takano Y,Haida M

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish the regulatory roles that pericytes have in coordinating retinal endothelial cell (EC) growth and angiogenic potential. METHODS:Pericytes were derived from donor diabetic (DHuRP) or normal (NHuRP) human retinae, and characterized using vascular markers, coculture, contraction, morphogenesis, and p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Durham JT,Dulmovits BM,Cronk SM,Sheets AR,Herman IM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether signaling pathways that incorporate protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases regulate PKC-sensitive, volume-sensitive Cl(-) currents (I(Cl,vol)) in cultured rabbit nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells. METHODS:Activation of I(Cl,vol) in response to hyposmotic stimulation was recorded w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shi C,Barnes S,Coca-Prados M,Kelly ME

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes of levels of erythropoietin (EPO) and VEGF in aqueous humor before and after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB) and determine the underlying correlation between them. METHODS:This prospective study involved 21 eyes of 21 patients with surgery-required advanced neovascular glauco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou M,Chen S,Wang W,Huang W,Cheng B,Ding X,Zhang X

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lacritin is a tear glycoprotein with prosecretory, prosurvival, and mitogenic properties. We examined lacritin levels in the tears of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) patients and explored the therapeutic potential of topical lacritin for the treatment of keratoconjunctivitis sicca. METHODS:Tears from healthy controls ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vijmasi T,Chen FY,Balasubbu S,Gallup M,McKown RL,Laurie GW,McNamara NA

更新日期：2014-07-17 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 determine the effect of age on the proportion of apoptotic cells in the RPE and cellular density in human eyes in situ. METHODS:RPE flatmounts prepared from 22 adult human cadaver eyes (11 pairs; ages 19-87) were stained for apoptotic cells by a TUNEL technique. The density of RPE cells was also measured. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Del Priore LV,Kuo YH,Tezel TH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To ablate retina and vitreous membranes using the 193-nm argon fluoride excimer laser in a fluid medium. METHODS:A special delivery system for the 193-nm excimer laser was developed that enabled the delivery of the laser into high-absorption liquid environments. The system was tested on the retina in an in vit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Palanker D,Hemo I,Turovets I,Zauberman H,Fish G,Lewis A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the relationships between the refractive power of the crystalline lens, overall refractive error of the eye, and degree of nuclear cataract. METHODS:All phakic participants of the population-based Central India Eye and Medical Study with an age of 50+ years were included. Calculation of the refractive...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iribarren R,Morgan IG,Nangia V,Jonas JB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy caused by the chronic and progressive death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), resulting in irreversible blindness. Ocular hypertension is a major risk factor, but RGC death often continues after ocular hypertension is normalized, and can take place with normal tension. Continuous...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bai Y,Sivori D,Woo SB,Neet KE,Lerner SF,Saragovi HU

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To unravel the molecular genetic background in families with congenital cataract in association with microcornea (CCMC, OMIM 116150). METHODS:CCMC families were recruited from a national database on hereditary eye diseases; DNA was procured from a national gene bank on hereditary eye diseases and by blood samp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hansen L,Yao W,Eiberg H,Kjaer KW,Baggesen K,Hejtmancik JF,Rosenberg T

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Checkerboard reversal stimuli were used to evoke transient pattern electroretinograms (P-ERGs) from the eyes of 14 patients with amblyopia and 14 normal subjects. In the control group, and in normal eyes of patients, pattern electroretinograms were obtained with monocular central fixation. Amblyopic eyes were examined...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gottlob I,Welge-Lüssen L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) in the Tunisian population and determine the presence of triallelism in the eight identified BBS genes. METHODS:DNA samples were collected from 19 consanguineous Tunisian families with BBS. Genome-wide scans were performed with microsatellite markers in 12 families, and two...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Smaoui N,Chaabouni M,Sergeev YV,Kallel H,Li S,Mahfoudh N,Maazoul F,Kammoun H,Gandoura N,Bouaziz A,Nouiri E,M'Rad R,Chaabouni H,Hejtmancik JF

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Weak eye muscles can cause ophthalmic disorders, and in particular, strabismus. Exogenous trophic factors such as cardiotrophin (CT)-1 and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) have been shown to increase the contractile force of adult heart and skeletal muscles, respectively. In the current study, the effects of en...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen J,von Bartheld CS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the cross-sectional relationship between blood pressure, perfusion pressure, and prevalence of open angle glaucoma (OAG) in an adult Latino population. METHODS:Participants aged 40 years and older (N = 6130) from the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES), a large, population-based study of self-ident...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Memarzadeh F,Ying-Lai M,Chung J,Azen SP,Varma R,Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As efforts to noninvasively measure intracranial pressure (ICP) increase, we thought it important to investigate the timing of retinal venous pulsation in relation to the intraocular and intracranial pressure pulses. METHODS:Neurosurgical patients undergoing continuous direct ICP monitoring had video recording...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morgan WH,Lind CR,Kain S,Fatehee N,Bala A,Yu DY

更新日期：2012-07-10 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:To study binding of retinoids to human tear lipocalin (TL) to assess factors influencing ligand affinity and delivery. Mechanistic features of retinoid interactions with TL were investigated, including the influence of the retinoid functional group on ligand affinity, the relative affinity of retinol versus fat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gasymov OK,Abduragimov AR,Yusifov TN,Glasgow BJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine if cytokine tear levels before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can help anticipate the occurrence of ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Methods:In this pilot study, 25 patients undergoing HSCT were followed prospectively for ≤43 months. After ocular examinations, tear...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cocho L,Fernández I,Calonge M,Sainz de la Maza M,Rovira M,Stern ME,Garcia-Vazquez C,Enríquez-de-Salamanca A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We investigate morphologic and physiologic alterations of ganglion cells (GCs) in a streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mouse model. Methods:Experiments were conducted in flat-mount retinas of mice 3 months after the induction of diabetes. Changes in morphology of four subtypes of GCs (ON-type RGA2 [ON-RGA2], ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cui RZ,Wang L,Qiao SN,Wang YC,Wang X,Yuan F,Weng SJ,Yang XL,Zhong YM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the possible role of transducin Gtβγ-complex in modulating the signaling properties of photoactivated rhodopsin and its lifetime in rod disc membranes and intact rods. METHODS:Rhodopsin photolysis was studied using UV-visible spectroscopy and rapid scanning spectroscopy in the presence of hydro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lomonosova E,Kolesnikov AV,Kefalov VJ,Kisselev OG

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The protein RPE65 plays a critical role in retinoid processing in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Previous studies have identified the RPE65 mRNA in salamander cones, but not in rods. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether RPE65 is expressed at the protein level in mammalian cones, as w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Znoiko SL,Crouch RK,Moiseyev G,Ma JX

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the underlying mechanisms for how the mouse Cx50-R205G point mutation, a homologue of the human Cx50-R198W mutation that is linked to cataract-microcornea syndrome, affects proper lens growth and fiber cell differentiation to lead to severe lens phenotypes. Methods:EdU labeling, immunostaining, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tjahjono N,Xia CH,Li R,Chu S,Wang J,Gong X

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:FGF-2 stimulates cell proliferation of rabbit corneal endothelial cells (rCECs) by degrading the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) (p27) through its phosphorylation mechanism. The authors investigated whether the cell proliferation of human CECs (hCECs) is also induced by FGF-2 stimulation through the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee JG,Song JS,Smith RE,Kay EP

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess the phenotypic variability and natural course of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) caused by EYS mutations. Methods:Multiethnic cohort study (N = 30) with biallelic EYS variants from a clinical IRD database (retinitis pigmentosa [RP], N = 27; cone-rod dystrophy [CRD], N = 1; and macular dystrophy, N ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pierrache LHM,Messchaert M,Thiadens AAHJ,Haer-Wigman L,de Jong-Hesse Y,van Zelst-Stams WAG,Collin RWJ,Klaver CCW,van den Born LI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the mechanisms underlying the head shaking shown by some patients with congenital nystagmus (CN). In order to improve visual function by head shaking, a patient with CN must have some visual acuity loss due to retinal image motion created by the nystagmus; an abnormal vestibulo-ocular reflex (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Carl JR,Optican LM,Chu FC,Zee DS

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00