Protein-related abnormalities in keratoconus.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety of a possible substitute treatment for intraocular steroid injections, intraocular injections of ketorolac tromethamine, one of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, were performed in rabbits. METHODS:Either 0.5% or 0.25% preservative-free ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution (0....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Margalit E,Kugler LJ,Brumm MV,Meza JL,Kompella UB,Escobar ER,Christensen GR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To relate the oxygen environment of the retina to photoreceptor stability, protection, and function in the P23H rat. METHODS:Heterozygote P23H-3 (Line 3) rats were studied. Photoreceptor death rates were assessed with the TUNEL technique for detection of fragmenting DNA, in a developmental series from postnata...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu DY,Cringle S,Valter K,Walsh N,Lee D,Stone J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define the retinal phenotype in patients with the Bardet-Biedl syndrome and mutations in the BBS1 gene. METHODS:Ten patients (age range, 16-48 years), representing eight pedigrees, with BBS1 gene mutations were studied clinically and with kinetic perimetry, chromatic static perimetry, electroretinography (E...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Azari AA,Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Schwartz SB,Windsor EA,Sumaroka A,Cheung AY,Steinberg JD,Roman AJ,Stone EM,Sheffield VC,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the refractive status and optical components in school age children born prematurely and to examine the risk factors associated with refractive errors. METHODS:The participants were a cohort of children aged 7 to 9 years with gestational age less than 35 weeks or birth weight less than 1500 g. The ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen TC,Tsai TH,Shih YF,Yeh PT,Yang CH,Hu FC,Lin LL,Yang CM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive disease with multifactorial etiology. There is a need to identify clinical features that are harbingers of advanced disease. We evaluated morphologic features of the retina and choroid on optical coherence tomography (OCT) to determine if they predict prog...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ferrara D,Silver RE,Louzada RN,Novais EA,Collins GK,Seddon JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our previous work indicated that a larger circumferential Young's modulus (E) of trabecular meshwork (TM) correlated with a higher outflow facility (C) in normal human donor eyes. The current study investigated the influence of glaucomatous TM stiffness and cellularity on C. METHODS:Eight left eyes from glauco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Camras LJ,Stamer WD,Epstein D,Gonzalez P,Yuan F

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effectiveness of upper punctal occlusion versus that of lower punctal occlusion in dry eye patients. METHODS:One eye's upper punctum and the contralateral eye's lower punctum were occluded with collagen plugs in 20 dry eye patients. The same procedure was performed in 20 normal subjects. The upp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen F,Wang J,Chen W,Shen M,Xu S,Lu F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the functional contribution of retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha in the developing murine neural retina, through a phenotypic analysis of the corresponding null mutants. METHODS:RARalpha mutant (Rara(-/-)) mice were compared with wild-type littermates at several stages of pre- and postnatal devel...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cammas L,Trensz F,Jellali A,Ghyselinck NB,Roux MJ,Dollé P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leukocytes play a critical role in ocular diseases such as uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, and choroidal neovascularization. Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 is essential for the migration of leukocytes. Control of ICAM-1 expression may lead to therapies for these diseases. Small-interfering ribonucleic ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hirano Y,Sakurai E,Matsubara A,Ogura Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to validate a recently described technique for measuring the rates of visual field (VF) decay in glaucoma. METHODS:A pointwise exponential regression (PER) model was used to calculate average rates of faster and slower deteriorating VF components, and that of the entire VF. Rapid progr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Azarbod P,Mock D,Bitrian E,Afifi AA,Yu F,Nouri-Mahdavi K,Coleman AL,Caprioli J

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the discrepancy between grating and optotype visual acuity in children with visual impairment due to brain and/or ocular abnormalities. METHODS:Better eye acuity at 114 cm was studied in 81 patients (ages, 5-24 years) attending special schools for the visually handicapped. Fourteen patients had ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stiers P,Vanderkelen R,Vandenbussche E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Determine which posterior uveal melanoma (PUM) size classification with three categories has the best prognostic discrimination. Methods:Single-institution study of 424 consecutive patients with PUM. The tumor's largest basal diameter (LBD), smallest basal diameter (SBD), and thickness (TH) were estimated by f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Skinner CC,Augsburger JJ,Augsburger BD,Correa ZM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model of chronic cicatrizing trachoma has been produced by repeated ocular inoculation with Chlamydia trachomatis serotype E, a genitally transmitted strain. We have now produced a chronic follicular conjunctivitis on cynomolgus monkeys by repeated inoculation with C. trachomatis serotype A, which has been i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor HR,Johnson SL,Prendergast RA,Schachter J,Dawson CR,Silverstein AM

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare two spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) devices for the identification of angle structures and the presence of angle closure. METHODS:This was a prospective comparative study. Consecutive patients underwent gonioscopy and anterior segment imaging using two SD-OCT devices (iVue and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Quek DT,Narayanaswamy AK,Tun TA,Htoon HM,Baskaran M,Perera SA,Aung T

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To correlate the morphologic characteristics of choroidal neovascular lesions (CNV) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using raster scanning high-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) and conventional fluorescein angiography (FA). METHODS:In this comparative clinical study, 37 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Malamos P,Sacu S,Georgopoulos M,Kiss C,Pruente C,Schmidt-Erfurth U

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the distribution and predominant orientations of fibrillar collagen at different depths throughout the entire thickness of the human cornea. This information will form the basis of a full three-dimensional reconstruction of the preferred orientations of corneal lamellae. METHODS:Femtosecond laser tech...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abahussin M,Hayes S,Knox Cartwright NE,Kamma-Lorger CS,Khan Y,Marshall J,Meek KM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To localize and identify the gene and mutations causing autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in a Chinese Family. METHODS:Families were ascertained and patients underwent complete ophthalmic examinations. Blood samples were collected and DNA was extracted. A linkage scan of genomic regions containing known ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li N,Mei H,MacDonald IM,Jiao X,Hejtmancik JF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells play important roles in ophthalmologic diseases such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy, AMD, and diabetic retinopathy. MicroRNA-34a (miR-34a) has been reported to be important in the regulation of cell proliferation, migration, differentiation, and apoptosis. In this stud...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hou Q,Tang J,Wang Z,Wang C,Chen X,Hou L,Dong XD,Tu L

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was undertaken to examine the relationship between choroidal permeability and scleral glycosaminoglycan synthesis rates during the development of and recovery from form deprivation myopia. METHODS:Form deprivation myopia was induced in chicks for 10 days and was followed by a period of unrest...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rada JA,Palmer L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Visual field defects after vitrectomy can be seen after any surgery involving fluid-air exchange. To elucidate the effect during surgery of the infused air on the retina, the present study investigated the changes in the morphology of the rabbit retina induced by air infusion and the changes resulting from vary...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hasumura T,Yonemura N,Hirata A,Murata Y,Negi A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular luminal castings of rabbit eyes were microdissected and studied with the scanning electron microscope to delineate the anatomy of the ciliary body microvasculature. We found regional microvascular differences corresponding to well known gross topographical and ultrastructural differences that may indicate reg...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morrison JC,DeFrank MP,Van Buskirk EM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Noise field campimetry, performed according to Aulhorn and Köst, confronts patients with a large field of irregularly flickering dots, and many patients immediately perceive their visual field defects. The original method had a somewhat low specificity and sensitivity, especially for patients with visual field ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bachmann G,Fahle M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age-related cataract (ARC) is one of the most common causes of severe visual impairment among the elderly worldwide with four subtypes, such as cortical, nuclear, subcapsular, and mixed types. DNA damage and malfunction of DNA repair are believed to contribute to the pathogenesis of ARC. This study examined the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Su S,Yao Y,Zhu R,Liang C,Jiang S,Hu N,Zhou J,Yang M,Xing Q,Guan H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the neuroprotective effects of different glutamate modulation strategies, with a nonselective (MK801) and a selective (ifenprodil) NMDA receptor antagonist and a metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist (mGluR Group II, LY354740), in glaucoma-related in vivo rat models of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) ap...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guo L,Salt TE,Maass A,Luong V,Moss SE,Fitzke FW,Cordeiro MF

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healing of corneal alkali injuries remains a severe clinical challenge. The authors evaluated the effect of a new synthetic inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (GM6001 or N-[2(R)-2-(hydroxamido carbonylmethyl)-4-methylpentanoyl]-L-tryptophane methylamide) on preventing ulceration of rabbit corneas after alkali inju...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schultz GS,Strelow S,Stern GA,Chegini N,Grant MB,Galardy RE,Grobelny D,Rowsey JJ,Stonecipher K,Parmley V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of visual handicap in the pediatric population. To date, this disorder is thought to stem from deficient retinal vascularization. Intriguingly, functional electrophysiological studies in patients with mild or moderate ROP and in the oxygen-induced retinopathy (O...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shao Z,Dorfman AL,Seshadri S,Djavari M,Kermorvant-Duchemin E,Sennlaub F,Blais M,Polosa A,Varma DR,Joyal JS,Lachapelle P,Hardy P,Sitaras N,Picard E,Mancini J,Sapieha P,Chemtob S

更新日期：2011-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare structural properties from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and psychophysical measures from a subset of patients enrolled in a larger multicenter natural history study of X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS). METHODS:A subset of males (n = 24) participating in a larger natural history ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bennett LD,Wang YZ,Klein M,Pennesi ME,Jayasundera T,Birch DG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the mechanism of reattachment of harvested human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to RPE-derived extracellular matrix and Bruch's membrane. METHODS:Confluent first-to third-passage human RPE were harvested from tissue culture and plated onto RPE-derived extracellular matrix or human Bruch's membra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ho TC,Del Priore LV

更新日期：1997-05-01 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:How vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of the wet-surfaced phenotype at the ocular surface is not well understood. This study sought to identify vitamin A-responsive genes in ocular surface epithelia using gene microarray analysis of cultures of a human conjunctival epithelial (HCjE) cell line grown with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hori Y,Spurr-Michaud SJ,Russo CL,Argüeso P,Gipson IK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00