Lack of prostaglandin F2 alpha metabolism by human ocular tissues.

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:There is a correlation between cell volume changes and changes in the rate of aqueous humor outflow; agents that decrease trabecular meshwork (TM) cell volume increase the rate of aqueous humor outflow. This study investigated the effects of the nitric oxide (NO)-independent activators of soluble guanylate cycl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dismuke WM,Sharif NA,Ellis DZ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that subnormal retinal oxygenation response (DeltaPo2) found at 3 months of experimental diabetes is associated with cellular swelling and increased retinal thickness. METHODS:Two groups of animals were studied: control rats injected intraperitoneally with either 15% body weight of salin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Luan H,Roberts R,Sniegowski M,Goebel DJ,Berkowitz BA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the epithelial cells of cultured rabbit lenses. METHODS:Lenses were cultured in minimum essential medium containing a single dose of 0.03, 0.1, or 0.2 mM H2O2. Three hours later the medium was replaced with peroxide-free minimum essential medium. Lenses were al...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Reddan JR,Giblin FJ,Dziedzic DC,Wirebaugh BM,Peters JL

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to use an in vivo model of retinal excitotoxicity to investigate the neuroprotective effect of somatostatin (SRIF)-ergic agents. METHODS:Adult Sprague-Dawley rats (weight range, 250-300 g) intravitreally received (RS)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid hyd...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kiagiadaki F,Thermos K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors during the development of retinal neovascularization (NV) in a mouse model. METHODS:A well-characterized murine model of retinal NV was used to study the expression of specific MMPs (MMP-2, MMP-9, and MT1-MMP) and tissue inhibit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Majka S,McGuire P,Colombo S,Das A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Light and electron microscopic studies were done on 11 cynomolgus monkey eyes which had undergone total iris removal followed by surgical disinsertion of the ciliary muscle from the scleral spur 4.7 to 14.4 months earlier. Anterior chamber perfusion to measure gross outflow facility had been performed one to nine time...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lütjen-Drecoll E,Kaufman PL,Bárány EH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of introducing exogenous genes and phosphorothioate oligonucleotides into the anterior chamber tissues of rats and monkeys using the authors' fusogenic liposomes. METHODS:Hemagglutinating virus of Japan liposomes containing LacZ DNA-high-mobility group 1 complexes or fluorescein iso...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hangai M,Tanihara H,Honda Y,Kaneda Y

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in visualizing laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the rodent retina. METHODS:Choroidal neovascularization was induced via laser photocoagulation in 2 male Brown Norway rats and 2 male C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Park JR,Choi W,Hong HK,Kim Y,Jun Park S,Hwang Y,Kim P,Joon Woo S,Hyung Park K,Oh WY

更新日期：2016-07-01 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:To determine the cell-killing activity of varying doses of carboplatin, graded hyperthermia, and the combination of carboplatin and hyperthermia in the treatment of a transgenic murine retinoblastoma cell line. METHODS:Replicate cell wells (more than six wells per dose point) from an established transgenic mur...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Murray TG,Cicciarelli N,McCabe CM,Ksander B,Feuer W,Schiffman J,Mieler WF,O'Brien JM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the association between intraocular pressure (IOP) and the prevalence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) in high myopia. Methods:The hospital-based observational study consisted of patients treated in the Tokyo High Myopia Clinics and for whom fundus photographs and IOP readings were available. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jonas JB,Nagaoka N,Fang YX,Weber P,Ohno-Matsui K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Transforming growth factor beta-induced protein (TGFBIp; 68 kDa) is a secreted extracellular matrix (ECM) protein that has been demonstrated to regulate cell attachment in a variety of cell types. The sclera synthesizes and secretes TGFBIp, which may function to facilitate scleral ECM remodeling events associat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shelton L,Rada JA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To elucidate the molecular events in solute carrier family 4 member 11 (SLC4A11)-deficient corneal endothelium that lead to the endothelial dysfunction that characterizes the dystrophies associated with SLC4A11 mutations, congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) and Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang W,Frausto R,Chung DD,Griffis CG,Kao L,Chen A,Azimov R,Sampath AP,Kurtz I,Aldave AJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscles (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, while all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. We sought evidence of potential independent act...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin A,Yoo L,Chaudhuri Z,Demer JL

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitrectomy has been shown to halt diabetic retinal neovascularization, but the mechanism of this process is unknown. We propose that vitrectomy improves the oxygen supply to ischemic inner retina by way of fluid currents in the vitreous cavity. In order to test this hypothesis, we induced branch retinal vein occlusion...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stefánsson E,Novack RL,Hatchell DL

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize age-related changes of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) function, IOP, and anatomical markers of axon/glia integrity in a transgenic mouse expressing Tyr437His mutant of human myocilin protein. METHODS:Retinal ganglion cell electrical responsiveness was tested with pattern electroretinogram (PERG) i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chou TH,Tomarev S,Porciatti V

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells from both human retinal microvessels (HME) and fetal bovine aortic endothelium (FBAE) were grown in aggregate cultures alone, or with either retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells or fibroblasts. The levels of plasminogen activator (PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) in the conditioned med...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moisseiev J,Jerdan JA,Dyer K,Maglione A,Glaser BM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albino rabbits were exposed to repeated microwave irradiations once daily for a month. Clinical examination was carried out for a period up to one year. No changes occurred below 300 mW./cm.2. At and above this level posterior subcapsular iridescence and posterior cortical cataracts were produced. The histologic findi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hirsch SE,Appleton B,Fine BS,Brown PV

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The values of Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) stereometric parameters depend on the reference plane (RP), the instability of which results in parameter variability. Identification of change depends on RP stability. This study was undertaken to evaluate the influen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Poli A,Strouthidis NG,Ho TA,Garway-Heath DF

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the chromatic characteristics and intensity-response function of light-induced reflex lacrimation and its correlation with the melanopsin-driven postillumination pupil response (PIPR). Methods:Eleven visually normal participants completed the experiment. Lacrimation was measured in one eye by pl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lei S,Goltz HC,Chen X,Zivcevska M,Wong AM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:StarGen is an equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV)-based lentiviral vector that expresses the photoreceptor-specific adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter (ABCA4) protein that is mutated in Stargardt disease (STGD1), a juvenile macular dystrophy. EIAV vectors are able to efficiently transdu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Binley K,Widdowson P,Loader J,Kelleher M,Iqball S,Ferrige G,de Belin J,Carlucci M,Angell-Manning D,Hurst F,Ellis S,Miskin J,Fernandes A,Wong P,Allikmets R,Bergstrom C,Aaberg T,Yan J,Kong J,Gouras P,Prefontaine A,

更新日期：2013-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Stereoscopic displays challenge the neural cross-coupling between accommodation and vergence by inducing a constant accommodative demand and a varying vergence demand. Stereoscopic viewing calls for a decrease in the gain of vergence accommodation, which is the accommodation caused by vergence, quantified by us...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Neveu P,Roumes C,Philippe M,Fuchs P,Priot AE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the expression patterns of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms in mouse extraocular muscles (EOMs) during postnatal development. METHODS:MyHC isoform expression in mouse EOMs from postnatal day (P)0 to 3 months was evaluated by quantitative polymerase chair reaction (qPCR) and immunohistochemist...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou Y,Liu D,Kaminski HJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To employ quantitative fundus autofluorescence (qAF) imaging in rhesus macaques to noninvasively assess retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) lipofuscin in nonhuman primates (NHPs) as a model of aging and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods:The qAF imaging was performed on eyes of 26 rhesus macaques (me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tran TM,Kim S,Lin KH,Chung SH,Park S,Sazhnyev Y,Wang Y,Cunefare D,Farsiu S,Thomasy SM,Moshiri A,Yiu G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed with a model of focal, thermal-induced ulceration to test the clinical impression that vascularization prevents ulceration of the corneal stroma. Slow-release polymers containing a vasoproliferase agent (tumor angiogenesis factor) were placed in corneal pockets 2 mm central to the limbus of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Conn H,Berman M,Kenyon K,Langer R,Gage J

更新日期：1980-04-01 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:The majority of patients with X chromosome-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XlRP) carry mutations in the RPGR gene. The authors studied whether patients with RPGR mutations show additional splice defects that may interfere with RPGR properties. METHODS:Patient-derived cell lines with RPGR mutations were raised in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schmid F,Glaus E,Cremers FP,Kloeckener-Gruissem B,Berger W,Neidhardt J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In patients diagnosed with Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD), quantitative fundus autofluorescence (qAF), near-infrared fundus autofluorescence (NIR-AF), and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) were used to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms. Methods:Fourteen patients heterozygous for BE...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lima de Carvalho JR Jr,Paavo M,Chen L,Chiang J,Tsang SH,Sparrow JR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00