Higher expression of Toll-like receptors 2, 3, 4, and 8 in ocular Behcet's disease.

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the association between TCF4, a gene recently found to confer susceptibility to Fuchs' corneal dystrophy (FCD) in Caucasian populations, and Chinese patients with FCD. METHODS:Fifty-seven Chinese subjects with clinically diagnosed FCD and 121 normal control subjects were recruited. Genomic DNA was extr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Thalamuthu A,Khor CC,Venkataraman D,Koh LW,Tan DT,Aung T,Mehta JS,Vithana EN

更新日期：2011-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether glaucoma alters intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) function. METHODS:Forty-one patients (25 with glaucoma and 16 healthy age-matched control participants) were tested. Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell function was directly measured by the sustained...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Feigl B,Mattes D,Thomas R,Zele AJ

更新日期：2011-06-21 00:00:00

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:To evaluate the effects of unilateral, stereotactic, posteroventral pallidotomy on saccadic eye movements in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Eye movements of 31 patients with moderate to advanced PD were recorded with an infrared system 1 month before and 3 months after pallidotomy. Two kinds of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blekher T,Siemers E,Abel LA,Yee RD

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate regional differences in Ca(2+) mobilization kinetics in the intact human lens produced by exposure to agonists of tyrosine-kinase and G-protein-coupled receptors and to characterize the major receptor subtypes involved in Ca(2+) signaling in the different regions. METHODS:Whole human lenses were...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Collison DJ,Duncan G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate genotypic and macular morphologic correlations in patients with RPE65-, CEP290-, GUCY2D-, or AIPL1-related Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:SD-OCT macular scans were performed in 21 patients, including 10 with RPE65, 7 with CEP290...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pasadhika S,Fishman GA,Stone EM,Lindeman M,Zelkha R,Lopez I,Koenekoop RK,Shahidi M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of receptors for Fc portion (FcR) of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and for a C3b component of complement (C3bR) by herpes simplex virus (HSV) was studied in primary cultures of rabbit corneal cells. Monolayer cultures of epithelial, stromal and endothelial cells of the rabbit cornea were infected with three st...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hatano H,Oh JO,Ou KH,Minasi P

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the characteristics of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects associated with type II diabetes. METHODS:Forty nonglaucomatous eyes with type II diabetes and 54 eyes with early open angle glaucoma that exhibited a localized RNFL defect and 42 eyes from age- and sex-matched nondiabetic, nonglauc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jeon SJ,Kwon JW,La TY,Park CK,Choi JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The influences of diurnal rhythms involving a variety of ocular parameters are implicated in the development of myopia. The purpose of this study was to determine the expression of the melatonin receptor subtype proteins in chick ocular tissues and to examine the role of the circadian signaling molecule melaton...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rada JA,Wiechmann AF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The lysozyme 2 (Lyz2 or LysM) cre mouse is extensively used to achieve genetic manipulation in myeloid cells and it has been widely employed in retinal research. However, LysM has been recently described to be expressed in brain neurons and there is a debate on whether it is also expressed by resident microglia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fouda AY,Xu Z,Narayanan SP,Caldwell RW,Caldwell RB

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess the presence of binocular gain in macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) and its correlation to paracentral scotomas. Methods:Sixty-eight patients with MacTel were consecutively recruited for a cross-sectional analysis. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), reading acuity, and reading speed were teste...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tzaridis S,Herrmann P,Charbel Issa P,Degli Esposti S,Wagner SK,Fruttiger M,Egan C,Rubin G,Holz FG,Heeren TFC

更新日期：2019-09-03 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 understand the pathophysiology of human retinal degenerations caused by mutations in the peripherin/RDS gene. METHODS:Three families with autosomal dominant retinal degeneration were found to have mutations in the peripherin/RDS gene. There were two frameshift mutations: a 1-base pair (bp) insertion at codo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jacobson SG,Cideciyan AV,Kemp CM,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One eye of each of eight subjects was exposed to gases containing oxygen concentrations of 1.0%, 2.5%, 4.9%, 7.5%, 10.1%, and 21.4% (oxygen partial pressures ranging from 8 to 158 mmHg) for 8 hr. The precorneal oxygen concentration required to avoid corneal edema for the group as a whole was 10.1% (an oxygen tension o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holden BA,Sweeney DF,Sanderson G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Best disease is a monogenic macular degeneration caused mainly by heterozygous mutations in the BEST1 gene. The objective was to characterize the molecular and clinical features of patients with the classical form of Best disease that is inherited in an autosomal recessive mode. METHODS:Clinical evaluation inc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bitner H,Mizrahi-Meissonnier L,Griefner G,Erdinest I,Sharon D,Banin E

更新日期：2011-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors recently showed that the retinal circulation can be accessed by transfemoral endovascular catheterization. The purpose of this study was to examine whether endovascular coiling can be used to induce different degrees of ischemic injury. The possibility of creating occlusions at different sites in th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morén H,Gesslein B,Undrén P,Andreasson S,Malmsjö M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Optic neuritis (ON) is a condition involving primary inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury in the optic nerve and leads to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, which contributes to the persistence of visual loss. Currently, ON has no effective treatment. The goal was to determine the effectiven...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Adamus G,Brown L,Andrew S,Meza-Romero R,Burrows GG,Vandenbark AA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare accommodative facility in eyes with myopia to that in eyes with emmetropia or hyperopia and to determine whether accommodative facility can be used to predict an association with myopia. METHODS:In the Sydney Myopia Study, year-1 school children (6.7 +/- 0.4 years) were assessed for accommodative fa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pandian A,Sankaridurg PR,Naduvilath T,O'Leary D,Sweeney DF,Rose K,Mitchell P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of retinal eccentricity on the phenomenon of dichoptic suppression of the mfVEP amplitude and to examine the relationship between the degree of simulated unilateral visual impairment and the possible release of dichoptic suppression in the contralateral eye. METHOD:Eight subjects with...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Leaney J,Klistorner A,Arvind H,Graham SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the disease course of retinal dystrophy caused by recessive variants in the DRAM2 (damage-regulated autophagy modulator 2) gene. METHODS:Sixteen individuals with DRAM2-retinopathy were examined (six families; age range, 19-56 years, includes one pre-symptomatic case). The change in visual acuity o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sergouniotis PI,McKibbin M,Robson AG,Bolz HJ,De Baere E,Müller PL,Heller R,El-Asrag ME,Van Schil K,Plagnol V,Toomes C,Uk Inherited Retinal Disease Consortium.,Ali M,Holder GE,Charbel Issa P,Leroy BP,Inglehearn CF,Webste

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human and rabbit ocular tissues to degrade prostaglandins (PGs) was compared by following the metabolic fate of PGF2 alpha. No metabolism was observed in vitro after 5.0 hr incubation with human cornea, iris/ciliary body, or sclera, as indicated by the absence of a decrease in [3H]-PGF2 alpha concentrat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cheng-Bennett A,Poyer J,Weinkam RJ,Woodward DF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a method for quantitative mapping of metamorphopsia and abnormalities of oculocentric direction in subjects with epiretinal membranes. METHODS:Binocular correspondence perimetry was performed using red and green dichoptic stimuli applied in a rectangular grid pattern. The study included 9 healthy s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Krøyer K,Jensen OM,Larsen M

更新日期：2005-03-01 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:The purpose of the present study was to investigate metabolic changes in different compartments of the rat lens (anterior, nuclear, posterior, and equatorial) after exposure to an acute double threshold dose of ultraviolet-B radiation (UVR-B) by using high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) (1)H nuclear m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tessem MB,Bathen TF,Löfgren S,Saether O,Mody V,Meyer L,Dong X,Söderberg PG,Midelfart A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated suprathreshold contrast sensitivity and binocular interactions in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopes using a reaction time paradigm. For every spatial frequency, reaction time increased as the grating contrast decreased. At all spatial frequencies and contrast values the reaction times using t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Levi DM,Harwerth RS,Manny RE

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors have been used to express several different proteins in the eye. The purpose of this study was to determine whether AAV-mediated intraocular gene transfer of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) inhibits the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a murine m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mori K,Gehlbach P,Yamamoto S,Duh E,Zack DJ,Li Q,Berns KI,Raisler BJ,Hauswirth WW,Campochiaro PA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate how mitomycin C (MMC) modulates corneal fibroblast migration and its molecular mechanisms in the wound healing process. METHODS:After treatment with 0 and 0.2 mg · mL(-1) MMC for 5 minutes, effect of MMC on cell migration of human corneal fibroblasts (HCFs) was examined with a cell migration ass...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen TC,Lai CH,Chang JL,Chang SW

更新日期：2012-03-21 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：:Light reflected from 50 micrometer diameter spots on the fundi of two adult rhesus monkeys was measured as a function of wavelength in 10 nm jumps from 400 to 900 nm. The areas measured were a retinal artery and vein, areas of the disk, macula, and retina devoid of visible blood vessels, and the foveola. The eyes of t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flower RW,McLeod DS,Pitts SM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser densitometric analysis of immunoperoxidase stained tissue was used to quantitate class I HLA (HLA-A,B,C) antigen expression by human corneal epithelium. Frozen sections of human donor corneas stored in modified McCarey-Kaufman medium for less than 24 hr were evaluated for class I HLA antigen by an indirect immun...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dreizen NG,Whitsett CF,Austin GE,Stulting RD

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00