Diverse mediators modulate the chloride ion fluxes that drive lacrimal fluid production.

abstract：Purpose:To characterize inheritance, penetrance, and trinucleotide repeat expansion stability in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). Methods:One thousand unrelated and related subjects with and without FECD were prospectively recruited. CTG18.1 repeat length (CTG18.1L) was determined via short tandem repeat as...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu TT,Li YJ,Afshari NA,Aleff RA,Rinkoski TA,Patel SV,Maguire LJ,Edwards AO,Brown WL,Fautsch MP,Wieben ED,Baratz KH

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) has been shown to support the maintenance of experimental filtration blebs in animal models. This study was performed to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the bleb-maintaining effects of SAHA in modulating wound healing activities of conjunctival fibroblasts....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Futakuchi A,Inoue T,Fujimoto T,Kuroda U,Inoue-Mochita M,Takahashi E,Ohira S,Tanihara H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Aging affects a variety of visual functions. In this study, we aim to quantitatively investigate the temporal characteristics of visual processing in aging. Methods:Twelve younger (24.1 ± 1.6 years) and 12 older observers (58.4 ± 3.6 years) participated in the study. All participants had normal or corrected-to...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： He X,Shen M,Cui R,Zheng H,Ruan X,Lu ZL,Hou F

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the regulatory role of FGF-2 on type I collagen expression during endothelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT). METHODS:Corneal endothelial cells (CECs) treated with FGF-2 from the primary culture to the third passage were transformed and designated as fibroblastic CECs (fCECs). Steady state lev...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ko MK,Kay EP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Monkeys reared under conditions of alternating monocular occlusion during their first few months of life show large horizontal strabismus, "A" patterns, and dissociated vertical deviation. "A" patterns manifest as an inappropriate horizontal component in the deviated eye during vertical eye movements (cross-axi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Joshi AC,Das VE

更新日期：2011-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to describe the cellular architecture of normal human peripapillary sclera (PPS) and evaluate surface topography's role in fibroblast behavior. Methods:PPS cryosections from nonglaucomatous eyes were labelled for nuclei, fibrillar actin (FA), and alpha smooth muscle actin (αSMA) a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Szeto J,Chow A,McCrea L,Mozzer A,Nguyen TD,Quigley HA,Pitha I

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the impact of small pupils and light levels on reading performance of distance-corrected presbyopes. To determine whether small pupils would enable presbyopes to read at near even at low light levels. Methods:To establish the lower range of text luminances, we quantified the space-averaged luminance...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu R,Gil D,Dibas M,Hare W,Bradley A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the levels of free UV filters and selected amino acids in cataract lenses compared with normal lenses. METHODS:Indian cataract lenses (n=39) and normal lenses (n=6) were examined by HPLC to quantify levels of UV filter compounds, the UV filter precursor amino acid tryptophan (Trp), as well as tyro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Streete IM,Jamie JF,Truscott RJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine new referents, or cutoff levels for tear film hyperosmolarity in the diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) and to assess their effectiveness in independent patient groups. METHOD:A meta-analysis was performed on published data for tear osmolarity in samples of normal eyes and various subty...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tomlinson A,Khanal S,Ramaesh K,Diaper C,McFadyen A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To create a binocular statistical eye model based on previously measured ocular biometric data. METHODS:Thirty-nine parameters were determined for a group of 127 healthy subjects (37 male, 90 female; 96.8% Caucasian) with an average age of 39.9 ± 12.2 years and spherical equivalent refraction of -0.98 ± 1.77 D...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rozema JJ,Atchison DA,Tassignon MJ

更新日期：2011-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To quantify and evaluate macular superficial capillaries and large vessels separately using an optical coherence tomographic angiography (OCTA)-based automatic segmentation algorithm. Methods:In this cross-sectional study, all eyes were scanned using an OCTA device with 3 × 3 mm cube centered on the fovea. Ret...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lei J,Yi E,Suo Y,Chen C,Xu X,Ding W,Abdelfattah NS,Fan X,Lu H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare local functional measures, the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) and visual field sensitivity, with a local structural measure, spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT), of receptor damage in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS:MfERGs, visual fields, and SD-OCT scans w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wen Y,Klein M,Hood DC,Birch DG

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pterygia are a common, benign, fibrovascular, and infiltrative process of the corneal-conjunctival junction of unknown pathogenesis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic enzymes active against all components of the extracellular matrix, whose activity is specifically neutralized by tissu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Di Girolamo N,McCluskey P,Lloyd A,Coroneo MT,Wakefield D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To solve the shortage of donor corneas, a decellularizing method based on hypertonic saline treatment was introduced, and a favorable outcome was observed in pig-to-rabbit lamellar corneal transplantation. This study was an investigation of the efficacy of pig-to-nonhuman primate lamellar corneal transplantat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Choi HJ,Kim MK,Lee HJ,Ko JH,Jeong SH,Lee JI,Oh BC,Kang HJ,Wee WR

更新日期：2011-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors investigated the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) administration on the expression of Ca(2+)-binding proteins in the developing bdnf(-/-) mouse retina. METHODS:Intraocular injections of BDNF (0.5 microg) were applied on postnatal day (P) 11 bdnf(-/-) mice, and their effects were e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Arango-González B,Cellerino A,Kohler K

更新日期：2009-03-01 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 investigate, using multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), potential spatial associations between local neuroretinal function and local retinal thickness in patients with diabetes. METHODS:Forty-five patients without retinopathy (10 with Type 1 diabetes; 35 with Type 2...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dhamdhere KP,Bearse MA Jr,Harrison W,Barez S,Schneck ME,Adams AJ

更新日期：2012-09-12 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 investigate the relationship between long-term glycemic control and photopic negative response (PhNR) changes in the blue flash ERG in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) without diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS:After light adaptation, ERG responses to 1.60 cd·s/m(2) blue (420 nm) flashes (blue flash E...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McFarlane M,Wright T,Stephens D,Nilsson J,Westall CA

更新日期：2012-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ibuprofen and indomethacin are nonselective prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors that have been shown to improve oxygen-induced retinopathy in mice. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, and growth hormone (GH) are potent growth factors involved in retinal development. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Beharry KD,Modanlou HD,Hasan J,Gharraee Z,Abad-Santos P,Sills JH,Jan A,Nageotte S,Aranda JV

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure high-resolution eye-specific displacements and deformations induced within the human LC microstructure by an acute increase in IOP. METHODS:Six eyes from donors aged 23 to 82 were scanned using second harmonic-generated (SHG) imaging at various levels of IOP from 10 to 50 mm Hg. An image registratio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sigal IA,Grimm JL,Jan NJ,Reid K,Minckler DS,Brown DJ

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Ocular neovascularization (NV) is a pathologic process characterized by the proliferation and infiltration of various types of cells such as RPE, glial, and endothelial cells, which interact with proangiogenic factors and inflammatory cytokines. Endocan is known to be enriched in retinal endothelial tip cells u...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Su T,Zhong Y,Demetriades AM,Shen J,Sui A,Yao Y,Gao Y,Zhu Y,Shen X,Xie B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To report molecular genetic findings in six probands with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) variably associated with hearing loss (also known as Harboyan syndrome). Furthermore, we developed a cellular model to determine if disease-associated variants induce aberrant SLC4A11 pre-mRNA splicing. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brejchova K,Dudakova L,Skalicka P,Dobrovolny R,Masek P,Putzova M,Moosajee M,Tuft SJ,Davidson AE,Liskova P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore whether pointwise rates of visual field progression group together in patterns consistent with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) bundles. METHODS:Three hundred eighty-nine eyes of 309 patients from the Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study with ≥6 years of follow-up and ≥12 reliable visual field exams...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nouri-Mahdavi K,Mock D,Hosseini H,Bitrian E,Yu F,Afifi A,Coleman AL,Caprioli J

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The corneas of 12 eye donors with maturity-onset diabetes were obtained, and the corneal epithelial basement membranes were studied by transmission electron microscopy. Similar tissue was obtained from 12 nondiabetic eye donors who were matched for age (within 2 years) and race. The mean thickness of the corneal epith...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor HR,Kimsey RA

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intrastromal inlays for refractive correction of presbyopia are being adopted into clinical practice. An important concern is the effect of the inlay on the long-term health of the cornea due to disturbances in the concentration profiles of metabolic species. A three-dimensional metabolic model for the cornea i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pinsky PM

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Targeted drug delivery to the ocular tissues remains a challenge. Biodegradable intraocular implants allow prolonged controlled release of drugs directly into the eye. In this study, we evaluated an anterior suprachoroidal polyurethane implant containing dexamethasone polyurethane dispersions (DX-PUD) as a drug...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Barbosa Saliba J,Vieira L,Fernandes-Cunha GM,Rodrigues Da Silva G,Ligório Fialho S,Silva-Cunha A,Bousquet E,Naud MC,Ayres E,Oréfice RL,Tekaya M,Kowalczuk L,Zhao M,Behar-Cohen F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test (FM100) is a standardized measure of chromatic discrimination, based on colored cap-sorting, which has been widely used in both adults and children. Its dependence on seriation ability raises questions as to its universal suitability and accuracy in assessing purely sensory d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cranwell MB,Pearce B,Loveridge C,Hurlbert AC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) ocular shedding and recurrent corneal epithelial lesions were assessed following an intravenous injection of cyclophosphamide (75 mg/kg) and 24 hr later an intravenous injection of dexamethasone (4 mg/kg) in 24 eyes of 15 rabbits latently infected with HSV-1 strain McKrae. Sampling ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Haruta Y,Rootman DS,Xie LX,Kiritoshi A,Hill JM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of gravity acceleration on choroidal and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Methods:Thirteen healthy volunteers who planned to participate in human centrifuge training as part of the flight su...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim DY,Song J,Kim JY,Choi K,Hyung S,Chae JB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00