Developmentally Regulated Production of meso-Zeaxanthin in Chicken Retinal Pigment Epithelium/Choroid and Retina.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relationship between short-wavelength-sensitive (SWS) resolution acuity and epidemiologically defined stages of early age-related maculopathy (ARM). METHODS:Subjects consisted of 88 adults aged 51 to 87 years. Psychophysical testing was undertaken in only one eye of each subject (the study eye)....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Beirne RO,Hogg RE,Stevenson MR,Zlatkova MB,Chakravarthy U,Anderson RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and neuroretinal rim (NRR) in a nonhuman primate experimental glaucoma model, and in a population of clinical patients. METHODS:For nonhuman primates, normative da...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patel NB,Sullivan-Mee M,Harwerth RS

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the relationship between changes in contrast sensitivity, if any, after glaucoma therapy and the test-retest reliability of the CSV-1000 contrast sensitivity test. METHODS:Patients with primary open angle glaucoma (N = 16) were retrospectively evaluated to determine changes in visual function, as ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pomerance GN,Evans DW

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshly enucleated monkey, calf, and human eyes were quantitatively perfused with mock aqueous humor through the anterior chamber by a constant pressure technique. After baseline perfusion at 15 mm Hg, intraocular pressure was raised to 45 mm Hg and later reduced back to 15 mm Hg. Calf and human (both adult and infant...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hashimoto JM,Epstein DL

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As part of a systematic elucidation of the pharmacology of prostaglandin's (PG) effects on intraocular pressure in the monkey, the prototypical selective prostanoid EP(4) receptor agonist (3,7-dithia PGE(1)) was examined. It was found to be highly efficacious in nonhuman primates, and its mechanism of ocular hy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Woodward DF,Nilsson SF,Toris CB,Kharlamb AB,Nieves AL,Krauss AH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the putative role of endogenous matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in retinal neovascularization, an established mouse model was used to compare the retinal neovascularization observed in wild-type mice with that in mice without the MMP-2 or -9 genes. METHODS:C57Bl/6 (MMP-2(+/+) and -9(+/+)), MMP-2-defi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ohno-Matsui K,Uetama T,Yoshida T,Hayano M,Itoh T,Morita I,Mochizuki M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A prior study showed that Toll-like receptor (TLR)-5 recognizes Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellin and triggers the production of proinflammatory cytokines in human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs). The present study was conducted to determine how the inflammatory response is modulated after TLR activation in HCE...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kumar A,Yin J,Zhang J,Yu FS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, stable, noncoding RNA molecules with regulatory function and marked tissue specificity that posttranscriptionally regulate gene expression. However, their role in fungal keratitis remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify the miRNA profile and its regulatory role i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Boomiraj H,Mohankumar V,Lalitha P,Devarajan B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intraocular pressure (IOP) is dynamic and can be influenced by the use of tonometers. The authors developed a technique to implant a telemetric pressure transducer to measure IOP continuously in unrestrained rabbits. METHODS:A commercial telemetric pressure transducer was implanted subcutaneously on the dorsal...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McLaren JW,Brubaker RF,FitzSimon JS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess changes in rod and cone visual functions in a mouse model of Fundus albipunctatus with disrupted 11-cis-retinol dehydrogenase (RDH) genes after pharmacologic treatment with an artificial retinal chromophore. METHODS:Retinoid levels and photoreceptor functions of Rdh5-/-Rdh11-/- mice at a variety of l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maeda A,Maeda T,Palczewski K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the patterns of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects in mean deviation-matched early glaucomatous eyes with either superior or inferior visual hemifield loss. METHODS:Seventy-five open-angle glaucoma patients with isolated parafoveal scotoma (PFS) within a central 10° of fixation, and 62 pat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Choi JA,Park HY,Jung KI,Hong KH,Park CK

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal adult rabbit corneas were digested with 5% pepsin and their collagens extracted with acetic acid. Collagen extracts were fractionated by differential salt precipitation. The 2.5 M NaCl fraction was then redissolved with tris buffer and precipitated with sodium acetate. The precipitate contained a high-molecular...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cintron C,Hong BS

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study determined whether adenovirus-mediated transfer of the murine interferon-beta (AdCMVIFN-beta) gene protects against liver metastases arising from intraocular melanomas in mice. METHODS:A replication-deficient adenovirus vector (AdCMVIFN-beta) was used for the in vivo transfer of the murine IFN-beta ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Alizadeh H,Howard K,Mellon J,Mayhew E,Rusciano D,Niederkorn JY

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The RAS association domain family 1 (RASSF1) gene is a tumor-suppressor gene located on chromosome 3p21.3. The alternative transcript (RASSF1a) has been shown to be inactivated by hypermethylation in several human malignancies, including breast, prostate, and lung cancer, and in cutaneous melanoma. The purpose ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maat W,van der Velden PA,Out-Luiting C,Plug M,Dirks-Mulder A,Jager MJ,Gruis NA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxidative stress in the human lens leads to a wide range of damage including DNA strand breaks, which are likely to contribute to cataract formation. The protein Ku80 is a fundamental component of the nonhomologous end-joining pathway that repairs DNA double strand breaks. This study investigates the putative i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Smith AJ,Ball SS,Manzar K,Bowater RP,Wormstone IM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Yap1 encodes an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional coactivator and functions as a down-stream effector of the Hippo signaling pathway that controls tissue size and cell growth. Yap1 contributes to lens epithelial development. However, the effect of Yap1 haplodeficiency on the lens epithelium and its role ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lu Q,Zhang Y,Kasetti RB,Gaddipati S,Cvm NK,Borchman D,Li Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To detect the expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), including beta integrins, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-2, E-cadherin, and CD44, in cultured lens epithelial cells (LECs) of human cataracts. To show that LEC...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishi O,Nishi K,Akaishi T,Shirasawa E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of denuded rabbit corneal stromal carriers for 24 hr at 37 degrees C to suspensions of rabbit corneal epithelial cells grown in tissue culture resulted in the establishment of a cell layer on the carriers. The cell layers persisted for at least 1 week of incubation and were one to three cells thick. They cons...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Friend J,Kinoshita S,Thoft RA,Eliason JA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The endothelium produces nitric oxide and endothelin (ET). This study was designed to investigate the endothelium-dependent regulation of the porcine ophthalmic microcirculation. METHODS:Isolated porcine eyes were perfused with a modified Langendorff setup (Hugo Sachs Elektronik KG, Freiburg, Germany) at a per...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyer P,Flammer J,Lüscher TF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the concentration of riboflavin in human donor corneas during corneal cross-linking using two-photon optical microscopy and spectrophotometry. METHODS:Eight corneal tissues were de-epithelialized and soaked with 20% dextran-enriched 0.1% riboflavin solution for 30 minutes. After stromal soaking...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lombardo G,Micali NL,Villari V,Serrao S,Lombardo M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the impact of small pupils and light levels on reading performance of distance-corrected presbyopes. To determine whether small pupils would enable presbyopes to read at near even at low light levels. Methods:To establish the lower range of text luminances, we quantified the space-averaged luminance...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu R,Gil D,Dibas M,Hare W,Bradley A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent angiogenic factor expressed as multiple RNA transcripts due to alternative splicing. During an investigation of the expression of VEGF mRNA in human Müller cells cultured under hypoxic conditions, a cDNA species was isolated whose size was incompatible with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jingjing L,Xue Y,Agarwal N,Roque RS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To investigate the characteristics of a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) image phenomenon known as the mirror artifact, calculate its prevalence, analyze potential risk factors, measure severity, and correlate it to spherical equivalent and central visual acuity (VA). METHODS. OCT macular...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ho J,Castro DP,Castro LC,Chen Y,Liu J,Mattox C,Krishnan C,Fujimoto JG,Schuman JS,Duker JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the effect of reducing high glucose (HG)-induced lysyl oxidase (LOX) overexpression and increased activity on retinal endothelial cell apoptosis. Methods:Rat retinal endothelial cells (RRECs) were grown in normal (N) or HG (30 mM glucose) medium for 7 days. In parallel, RRECs were grown in HG me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim D,Mecham RP,Trackman PC,Roy S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study age-related changes in the refractive index distribution of the human ocular lens. METHODS:Biometric data collected on 48 eyes in subjects ranging in age from 19 to 31 years and 48 eyes in subjects ranging in age from 49 to 61 years allowed estimation of a single parameter related to the refractive in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hemenger RP,Garner LF,Ooi CS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male albino rats, injected intravenously or intracerebroventricularly with delta 1-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), develop mudriasis. The median effective dose of the intravenous administration group was 5 mg/kg THC, whereas that for the intracerebroventricular route was 150 microgram/kg THC. Sympathectomy significantly d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Korczyn AD,Eshel Y

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In humans, mutations in the gene encoding myosin VIIa can cause Usher syndrome type 1b (USH1B), a disease characterized by deafness and retinitis pigmentosa. Myosin VIIa is also the gene responsible for the inner ear abnormalities at the shaker1 (sh1) locus in mice. To date, none of the sh1 alleles examined hav...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Libby RT,Steel KP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoreceptors can segregate inner segment proteins from outer segment proteins. It is uncertain whether such a sorting process occurs during disc morphogenesis in rods, thereby resulting in an outer segment plasma membrane which differs compositionally from the discs. In this study, the plasma membranes of intact, pu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Polans AS,Burton MD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared cytoskeletal elements of the in situ human trabecular-meshwork cell with in situ human corneal cells using indirect immunofluorescence staining for tubulin and intermediate filaments (vimentin, cytokeratin, and desmin) and NBD-phallacidin staining for f-actin using both fixed frozen and unfixed fr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weinreb RN,Ryder MI

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00