A systematic review on zinc for the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration.

abstract：:Sections of the ciliary epithelium of adult sharks (Squalus acanthias) were mounted in Ussing-type chambers (area 0.2 cm2) for measurements of transepithelial potential difference (PD), short circuit current (SCC) and calculation of transepithelial resistance (R). In 15 preparations PD was aqueous side negative (-0.51...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wiederholt M,Zadunaisky JA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize photoreceptor cell apoptosis and cell loss in a mouse model of experimental retinal detachment (RD), and to use the technology of mouse genetics to study the molecular mechanisms underlying RD-associated photoreceptor degeneration. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in adult wild-type and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang L,Bula D,Arroyo JG,Chen DF

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined the treatment period necessary to restore retinal and visual stability following trauma to the optic nerve. METHODS:Cats received unilateral optic nerve crush and no treatment (NT), treatment of the injured eye with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), or treatment of the injured eye combined ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weber AJ,Harman CD

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of a computerized optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) test in detecting visual acuity (VA) of >20/200. METHODS:This was a combined retrospective and prospective, noninterventional study. In phase I of the study, data from 168 eyes of 154 subjects who underwent the computerized objective VA tes...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Han SB,Yang HK,Hyon JY,Seo JM,Lee JH,Lee IB,Hwang JM

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Alcohol produces changes in the electro-oculogram (EOG) similar to those caused by light, but indirect evidence indicates that alcohol directly affects the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). An investigation of the alcohol-induced increase (termed the alcohol rise in this study) in patients with disease of the p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Arden GB,Wolf JE

更新日期：2000-08-01 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:To determine the effect of dilute alcohol on human corneal epithelial cellular morphology and viability. Dilute alcohol is used for epithelial removal during photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK). METHODS:Corneal epithelial sheets harvested from human eyes after alcoh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen CC,Chang JH,Lee JB,Javier J,Azar DT

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop an imaging technique that maps the distribution of free cystine in the rat lens at subcellular resolution and enables cystine accumulation to be compared with the expression of the cystine-glutamate exchanger (Xc-). METHODS:Whole lenses were fixed, cryoprotected, and then cryosectioned in either an ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li L,Lim J,Jacobs MD,Kistler J,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate somatic mitochondrial (mt)DNA mutations in the macula during ageing. METHODS:Ten 30-microm cryostat sections from the macula (foveal and perifoveal regions) and peripheral retina of 14 donors (aged 14-94 years) were cut for cytochrome c oxidase cytochemistry. The photoreceptor layer was microdissec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Barron MJ,Johnson MA,Andrews RM,Clarke MP,Griffiths PG,Bristow E,He LP,Durham S,Turnbull DM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To apply tissue-engineered cell sheet transplantation after excimer laser keratectomy as a novel approach for the reduction of postoperative corneal haze. METHODS:Limbal biopsy specimens were obtained, and epithelial cells were cultured on temperature-responsive culture inserts without the use of feeder cells....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hayashida Y,Nishida K,Yamato M,Yang J,Sugiyama H,Watanabe K,Hori Y,Maeda N,Kikuchi A,Okano T,Tano Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During mammalian embryonic eyelid closure ADAM17 has been proposed to play a role as a transactivator of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling by shedding membrane bound EGFR ligands. However, ADAM17 also sheds numerous other ligands, thus implicating ADAM17 in additional molecular pathways. The goa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hassemer EL,Endres B,Toonen JA,Ronchetti A,Dubielzig R,Sidjanin DJ

更新日期：2013-01-07 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：Purpose:To investigate the molecular mechanisms of the antiangiogenic activity of UPARANT, an antagonist of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), on primary human retinal endothelial cells (HREC) as a model of in vitro angiogenesis. Methods:The antiangiogenic activity of UPARANT was evaluated on en...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Motta C,Lupo G,Rusciano D,Olivieri M,Lista L,De Rosa M,Pavone V,Anfuso CD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The presence of eosinophilic granulocytes in ocular tissue is a hallmark of the host response to environmental and parasite allergens. Using a mouse model of Onchocerca volvulus-mediated keratitis (river blindness), the present study examined the role of the cytokines interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 in regulating ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berger RB,Blackwell NM,Lass JH,Diaconu E,Pearlman E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To validate the Liverpool Uveal Melanoma Prognosticator Online (LUMPO) in a cohort of patients treated at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). Methods:A retrospective chart review was performed of 390 patients treated between 2002 and 2007 for choroidal melanoma at UCSF. Similar patients (n = 117...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： DeParis SW,Taktak A,Eleuteri A,Enanoria W,Heimann H,Coupland SE,Damato B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In severe ocular surface diseases, pathologic keratinization of the ordinarily nonkeratinized corneal and conjunctival mucosal epithelia results in severe visual loss. The expression in conjunctivalized corneas of various proteins known to play important roles in the physiological keratinization process in huma...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakamura T,Nishida K,Dota A,Matsuki M,Yamanishi K,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hypothesis in the study was that androgens control meibomian gland function, regulate the quality and/or quantity of lipids produced by this tissue, and promote the formation of the tear film's lipid layer. To test this hypothesis, a study was conducted to determine whether androgen receptor protein exists ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sullivan DA,Sullivan BD,Ullman MD,Rocha EM,Krenzer KL,Cermak JM,Toda I,Doane MG,Evans JE,Wickham LA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:It has been suggested that arteriolar annuli localized in retinal arterioles regulate retinal blood flow acting as sphincters. Here, the morphology and protein expression profile of arteriolar annuli have been analyzed under physiologic conditions in the retina of wild-type, β-actin-Egfp, and Nestin-gfp transge...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ramos D,Catita J,López-Luppo M,Valença A,Bonet A,Carretero A,Navarro M,Nacher V,Mendez-Ferrer S,Meseguer A,Casellas A,Mendes-Jorge L,Ruberte J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is used to ameliorate retinopathy of prematurity, but little is known about baseline vitamin E levels in retinas of premature infants or the effect of vitamin E supplementation on these levels. Vitamin E and C levels were measured in mature retinas (1 month to 73 years) and in retinas of premature infants (2...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nielsen JC,Naash MI,Anderson RE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols for light microscopy of frog lenses that result in good visibility of cell structure from the lens surface to its nucleus are presented. The lenses are fixed in 10% neutral formalin in 0.06 M phosphate buffer and are embedded in Epon 812. Following staining of the thick sections with selected Procion dyes, e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rae JL,Truitt KD,Kuszak JR

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to establish and analyze a cell model of Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), which is caused by mutations in the KCNJ13 gene encoding Kir7.1, an inward-rectifying potassium ion channel. Methods:The two guide RNAs specific to the target sites in the KCNJ13 gene were designe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kanzaki Y,Fujita H,Sato K,Hosokawa M,Matsumae H,Shiraga F,Morizane Y,Ohuchi H

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Point and null mutations in interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) cause retinal dystrophy in affected patients and IRBP-deficient mice with unknown mechanism. This study investigated whether IRBP protects cells from damages induced by all-trans-retinal (atRAL), which was increased in the Irbp(-/-) ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee M,Li S,Sato K,Jin M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of macrophage depletion on herpes simplex virus type (HAV)-1 replication in the eye and on the establishment of latency in trigeminal ganglia (TG) of immunized and ocularly infected mice. METHODS:BALB/c mice were immunized with five HSV-1 glycoprotein DNA genes or were sham immunized. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mott K,Brick DJ,van Rooijen N,Ghiasi H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether integrin-linked kinase (ILK) controls the organization of the actin cytoskeleton in the trabecular meshwork (TM) by regulating integrin co-signaling. METHODS:The cell binding domain and the Heparin II (Hep II) domain of fibronectin were used to activate α5β1 and α4β1 integrin signaling, re...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Faralli JA,Newman JR,Sheibani N,Dedhar S,Peters DM

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the response of cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells to lowered environmental oxygen. METHODS:The response of cultured RPE cells to lowered oxygen environments was compared to that of cell types of presumed high (Madin-Darby canine kidney [MDCK] cells, an epithelial cell line) ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nash RW,McKay BS,Burke JM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In addition to photoreceptor degeneration, excessive light causes degenerative alterations in the inner retina and ganglion cell death. A disturbance in osmohomeostasis may be one causative factor for the alterations in the inner retina. Because Müller cells mediate inner retinal osmohomeostasis (mainly through...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iandiev I,Wurm A,Hollborn M,Wiedemann P,Grimm C,Remé CE,Reichenbach A,Pannicke T,Bringmann A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscle (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, whereas all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. Mechanical independence between both types of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin A,Yoo L,Demer JL

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the concentration of group II phospholipase (PL) A(2), an antimicrobial molecule, in tears of normal subjects in different age and sex groups. METHODS:PLA(2) content of tears was measured in 122 healthy volunteers with ages ranging from 20 to 89 years (mean, 49.5 years) by a time-resolved fluoroim...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saari KM,Aho V,Paavilainen V,Nevalainen TJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vision restoration is a fast-approaching reality for some people with profound vision loss. In order to reliably determine treatment efficacy, accurate assessment of baseline residual visual function is critical. The purpose of this study was to compare residual function as detected on Goldman visual field (GVF...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ayton LN,Apollo NV,Varsamidis M,Dimitrov PN,Guymer RH,Luu CD

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To review the usefulness of local and systemic inflammatory biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy (DR) to implement a more personalized treatment. Methods:An integrated research (from ophthalmologist and diabetologist point of view) of most significant literature on serum, vitreous, and aqueous humor (AH) biochem...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vujosevic S,Simó R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00