Isolation and characterization of mesenchymal progenitor cells from human orbital adipose tissue.

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure interspecies thickness differences in the central anterior and posterior capsules of postmortem crystalline lenses, by a technique that maintains the anatomic integrity of the lens. METHODS:Central capsule thickness was measured with a custom-built, noncontact optical system, using a focus detection...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ziebarth NM,Manns F,Uhlhorn SR,Venkatraman AS,Parel JM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the human retinal oxygenation response (deltaPO2) to a hyperoxic provocation is abnormal in patients with type I diabetes. METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to measure deltaPO2 during 100% oxygen breathing in patients with type I diabetes who had either no clinically detect...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Trick GL,Edwards P,Desai U,Berkowitz BA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether human retinal pigment epithelial (hRPE) cells produce activin, a growth factor in the transforming growth factor beta family, and to characterize growth regulatory effects of activin on retinal pigment epithelium. METHODS:mRNA expression was examined using polymerase chain reaction with pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jaffe GJ,Harrison CE,Lui GM,Roberts WL,Goldsmith PC,Mesiano S,Jaffe RB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the difference in intraocular vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentration between pachychoroid neovasculopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and its associations with responses to three monthly anti-VEGF injections as an initial treatment for the two conditio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hata M,Yamashiro K,Ooto S,Oishi A,Tamura H,Miyata M,Ueda-Arakawa N,Takahashi A,Tsujikawa A,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:Classically, acute and chronic inflammations are characterized by fibrin deposition and a dynamic influx of leukocytes. This leukocyte recruitment, and associated activation, is thought to be dependent on the generation of leukocyte chemotactic factors (LCF). Although the functional existence of LCF in ocular t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ramsby ML,Kreutzer DL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated alterations of the metabolic state in vitamin A-deficient (A-) corneas using phosphorus-31 (31P) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Comparing to the control, A- corneas showed a prominent rise of phosphocreatine (PCr) as well as a total loss of glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC). Further, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hayashi K,Cheng HM,Xiong J,Xiong H,Kenyon KR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Endogenous anterior uveitis (AU), when untreated, may lead to vision loss. This study compared the safety and efficacy of difluprednate versus prednisolone acetate for the treatment of this condition. METHODS:This phase III, double-masked, noninferiority study randomized patients with mild to moderate endogeno...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sheppard JD,Toyos MM,Kempen JH,Kaur P,Foster CS

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine how the different stages of retinal processing change after photoreceptor degeneration in rabbits carrying the Pro347Leu rhodopsin mutation (Tg rabbits). METHODS:Cone electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by 150-ms duration stimuli from 13 Tg rabbits at 12 and 24 weeks of age. The ERG recordings...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishimura T,Machida S,Kondo M,Terasaki H,Yokoyama D,Kurosaka D

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpetic stromal disease often is treated with combinations of antiviral agents and corticosteroids. The addition of steroids to the antiviral treatment regimen frequently increases the efficacy of therapy in patients; however, many complications may arise as a result of corticosteroid therapy. Using a rabbit model, t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： O'Brien WJ,Taylor JL

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles played by toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) in cultured human corneal endothelial (HCEn) cells after herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection and to characterize the TLR9-mediated antiviral responses. METHOD:Immortalized HCEn cells were examined for TLR expression. The upregulation of inf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Takeda S,Miyazaki D,Sasaki S,Yamamoto Y,Terasaka Y,Yakura K,Yamagami S,Ebihara N,Inoue Y

更新日期：2011-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vaccinia virus keratitis leading to blindness is a severe complication of smallpox vaccination. The clinical manifestations of vaccinia virus keratitis are similar to those of herpes simplex virus keratitis, a well-studied immunopathologic disease. Vaccinia virus keratitis is likely to involve an immunopatholog...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Altmann S,Toomey M,Nesbit B,McIntyre K,Covert J,Dubielzig RR,Leatherberry G,Adkins E,Murphy CJ,Brandt CR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To quantify the effect of induced stray light on halo size, luminance threshold, and contrast sensitivity. Methods:Retinal stray light was induced in five healthy subjects using different photographic filters. The stray light induced ranged from levels observed in intraocular lenses (IOLs) with glistenings (lo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Mooren M,Rosén R,Franssen L,Lundström L,Piers P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (A2) is a vasoconstrictor generated by the renin-angiotensin system. A2 appears to act also as an angiogenic factor. Recent evidence suggests that renin is synthesized at many tissue sites and may generate A2 locally. Local A2 may have important functions in the normal and diseased eye. We examined eigh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sramek SJ,Wallow IH,Day RP,Ehrlich EN

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because several polypeptide growth factors are known to influence capillary endothelial cell mitogenesis, the authors investigated the presence of some of these molecules in choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) removed surgically from human subjects with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Amin R,Puklin JE,Frank RN

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to identify the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptor mRNA and of estrogen and progesterone receptor protein in the conjunctiva of healthy women. METHODS:Specimens of conjunctival tissue of 10 premenopausal women (age range, 13-38 years) were obtained during opht...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fuchsjäger-Mayrl G,Nepp J,Schneeberger C,Sator M,Dietrich W,Wedrich A,Huber J,Tschugguel W

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cilostazol, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 3, has antiplatelet aggregation and peripheral vasodilation effects. We examined the effects of cilostazol on the retinal microvascular diameter to determine its dependence on the endothelium and/or smooth muscle to reveal the signaling mechanisms involved ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tanano I,Nagaoka T,Omae T,Ishibazawa A,Kamiya T,Ono S,Yoshida A

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataracts were produced in cultured rat lenses by either 10 microM calcium ionophore A23187, 25 microM sodium selenite, or 30 mM xylose. E64, an inhibitor of cysteine proteases, such as calpain (EC, 3.4.22.17), reduced severity of cataract and proteolysis of crystallins when included at a 500 microM concentration in t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shearer TR,Azuma M,David LL,Murachi T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare self-assessed driving habits and skills of licensed drivers with central visual loss who use bioptic telescopes to those of age-matched normally sighted drivers, and to examine the association between bioptic drivers' impressions of the quality of their driving and ratings by a "backseat" evaluator. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owsley C,McGwin G Jr,Elgin J,Wood JM

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To isolate and characterize bovine lens endopeptidase activity that cleaves the Phe-Ser bond in peptide substrates. METHODS:The protease activity in young bovine lens homogenate was measured using the Mca-(Ala(7),Lys(Dnp)(9))-bradykinin substrate. Degradation of bradykinin and other unlabeled peptide substrate...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chaerkady R,Sharma KK

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether blur adaptation influences blur sensitivity and blur discrimination thresholds in young adult myopes and emmetropes. In addition, to determine whether there is a differential effect of blur adaptation on blur sensitivity and discrimination between refractive error groups. METHODS:Proximal ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cufflin MP,Mankowska A,Mallen EA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a freezing point depression method, requiring volumes of only 200 nanoliters, the osmolalities of 324 tear samples collected at consecutive 10-minute intervals throughout 8.5-hour periods from each of six healthy young adults were measured. The population mean was found to be 318 mOsm/kg, with a population media...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Benjamin WJ,Hill RM

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enhance drug uptake in RPE cells, improve efficacy for choroidal neovascularization (CNV), and reduce drug toxicity, an EphA2-targeted nanocarrier loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) was developed by conjugation with a homing peptide YSA. METHODS:The YSA was coupled to PEGylated lipid. Then, YSA-modified DOX stea...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang JL,Liu YL,Li Y,Dai WB,Guo ZM,Wang ZH,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the order and components of the signaling pathway utilized by epidermal growth factor (EGF) to stimulate conjunctival goblet cell proliferation. METHODS:Goblet cells from rat bulbar and forniceal conjunctiva and human bulbar conjunctiva were grown in organ culture. Goblet cells (GCs) were serum st...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li D,Shatos MA,Hodges RR,Dartt DA

更新日期：2013-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The virulence of any given strain of herpes simplex virus (HSV) is probably due to the effects of the constellation of genes in that strain and how they act in concert to promote disease. The goal of this work was to develop a system to identify and study the role of multiple genes in HSV disease. METHODS:Mixe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brandt CR,Kolb AW,Shah DD,Pumfery AM,Kintner RL,Jaehnig E,Van Gompel JJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:People with limited literacy are at increased risks of chronic systemic conditions. The authors therefore investigated the independent contribution of limited literacy on visual impairment and visual function in a large eye survey in Singapore. METHODS:The authors undertook a population-based, cross-sectional ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zheng Y,Lamoureux EL,Chiang PP,Cheng CY,Anuar AR,Saw SM,Aung T,Wong TY

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prepare binary transgenic mouse lines that overexpress reporter genes in a corneal-epithelium-specific manner when induced by doxycycline. METHODS:A gene-targeting construct containing an internal ribosomal entry site-reverse tetracycline transcription activator (IRES-rtTA) cassette was inserted into the Kr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chikama T,Hayashi Y,Liu CY,Terai N,Terai K,Kao CW,Wang L,Hayashi M,Nishida T,Sanford P,Doestchman T,Kao WW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy commonly associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), leading to optic nerve head (ONH) cupping, axon loss, and apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), which could ultimately result in blindness. Brn3b is a class-4 POU domain transcription factor that plays a key role...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stankowska DL,Minton AZ,Rutledge MA,Mueller BH 2nd,Phatak NR,He S,Ma HY,Forster MJ,Yorio T,Krishnamoorthy RR

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of TNF-alpha on leukocyte adhesion, vascular leakage, and apoptotic cell death in endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in the rat. METHODS:EIU was induced in Long-Evans rats by a single footpad injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 350 microg/kg) from Salmonella typhimurium. A single injec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Koizumi K,Poulaki V,Doehmen S,Welsandt G,Radetzky S,Lappas A,Kociok N,Kirchhof B,Joussen AM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The flavonoids have potent antioxidant and free-radical scavenging properties and are beneficial in the prevention and treatment of ocular diseases including glaucoma. The authors have previously reported that antiglaucoma agents could transcriptionally activate the antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin (PRDX)2. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miyamoto N,Izumi H,Miyamoto R,Kondo H,Tawara A,Sasaguri Y,Kohno K

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00