Ocular Delivery of PACAP1-27 Protects the Retina From Ischemic Damage in Rodents.

abstract：PURPOSE:To elucidate the role of signals mediated by EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase and its transmembrane ephrinB2 ligand in corneal lymphatic capillaries. METHODS:To detect expression of ephrinB2 and EphB4 in mouse corneas, immunohistochemistry of flat-mount corneas from 6- to 10-week-old wild-type, Efnb2-lacZ, and E...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Katsuta H,Fukushima Y,Maruyama K,Hirashima M,Nishida K,Nishikawa S,Uemura A

更新日期：2013-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess changes in Schlemm's canal (SC), intraocular pressure (IOP), and autonomic nervous system activity in healthy individuals after performing the water-drinking test (WDT). Methods:The SC area (SCAR), trabecular meshwork (TM) thickness, IOP, high frequency (HF) of heart rate variability (HRV), heart rat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen W,Chen L,Chen Z,Xiang Y,Liu S,Zhang H,Wang J

更新日期：2018-07-02 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

abstract：PURPOSE:The structure of collagen lamellae in the anterior stroma of the human cornea is thought to be an important determinant of corneal rigidity. The three-dimensional structure of such collagen lamellae in normal human corneas was examined. METHODS:The anterior portion of 27 normal human corneas was obtained from ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morishige N,Takagi Y,Chikama T,Takahara A,Nishida T

更新日期：2011-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the repeatability of manual measurements of choroidal thickness in healthy subjects imaged on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) using the enhanced depth imaging (EDI) technique. METHODS:Fifty consecutive, healthy, young, adult volunteers with no known e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rahman W,Chen FK,Yeoh J,Patel P,Tufail A,Da Cruz L

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess interocular delays in amblyopes with stereopsis and to evaluate the relationship between interocular delays and the clinical characteristics. Methods:Twenty amblyopes with stereopsis (median, 400 arcseconds) and 20 controls with normal or corrected to normal visual acuity (≤0 logMAR) and normal stere...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu Y,Reynaud A,Tao C,Mao Y,He Z,Zhou J,Hess RF

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the impact of the rates of change of anterior lamina cribrosa surface depth (ALCSD) and optic nerve head surface depth (ONHSD) on visual field (VF) progression in glaucoma. Methods:One hundred forty-six eyes of 95 glaucoma patients had optical coherence tomography ONH imaging and VF testing at a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu Z,Lin C,Crowther M,Mak H,Yu M,Leung CK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To quantify organelles impacting imaging in the cell body and intact apical processes of human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), including melanosomes, lipofuscin-melanolipofuscin (LM), mitochondria, and nuclei. Methods:A normal perifovea of a 21-year-old white male was preserved after rapid organ recovery. An...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pollreisz A,Neschi M,Sloan KR,Pircher M,Mittermueller T,Dacey DM,Schmidt-Erfurth U,Curcio CA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the correlation between optical coherence tomography (OCT) and stereoscopic fundus photographs (FP) for the assessment of retinal thickening (RT) in diabetic macular edema (DME) within a clinical trial. METHODS:OCT, FP, and best corrected visual acuity (VA) measurements were obtained in both eyes of...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Davis MD,Bressler SB,Aiello LP,Bressler NM,Browning DJ,Flaxel CJ,Fong DS,Foster WJ,Glassman AR,Hartnett ME,Kollman C,Li HK,Qin H,Scott IU,Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network Study Group.

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate cytokine production by leukocytes in aqueous humor (AH) during corneal graft rejection and nitric oxide (NO) production by macrophages as a potential mediator of graft damage. METHODS:Rats received corneal allotransplants and were killed during acute rejection. Leukocytes in AH that expressed tu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nicholls SM,Dick AD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The angiopoietin (Ang) system plays an important role in vascular stabilization and pathologic neovascularization. The hypothesis for the study was that, in addition to modulating endothelial cell behavior, the angiopoietin/Tie-2 system also regulates the pericyte apoptosis and/or the vessel maturation associat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cai J,Kehoe O,Smith GM,Hykin P,Boulton ME

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To increase knowledge of the biochemical composition of lenticular exfoliation material (XFM) by using proteomic approaches. METHODS:Anterior lens capsules from patients with and without exfoliation syndrome (XFS) were homogenized in formic acid and subjected to cyanogen bromide (CNBr) cleavage, and the patter...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ovodenko B,Rostagno A,Neubert TA,Shetty V,Thomas S,Yang A,Liebmann J,Ghiso J,Ritch R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entoptic phenomenon by which one can observe leukocytes flowing in one's own parafoveal capillaries has been used to study the effect of changes in perfusion pressure on blood flow. Our measurements in humans with normal ocular fundi indicate that the retinal circulation of the parafovea is autoregulated in relati...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riva CE,Loebl M

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the Gbeta5(-/-) mouse, the electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave is absent, and the R7 subfamily of regulators of G protein signaling (RGS), which includes RGS6, -7, -9, and -11, is downregulated. Mutant mouse strains deficient in RGS7 or -11 were characterized, and the SG711 strain which is deficient in both prote...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen FS,Shim H,Morhardt D,Dallman R,Krahn E,McWhinney L,Rao A,Gold SJ,Chen CK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the importance of lens epithelial cell death in age-related cataract. To determine whether the large percentage of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive lens epithelial cells previously reported in human capsulotomy specimens results from apopto...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Harocopos GJ,Alvares KM,Kolker AE,Beebe DC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To evaluate the shape of the posterior corneal surface in eyes with normal myopia or myopic astigmatism and the changes after LASIK and epi-LASIK. METHODS. A total of 152 eyes were included in the study. The posterior corneal elevation was measured with Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam; Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang L,Wang Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether complement-derived SC5b-9, the soluble nonlytic-fluid phase of the membrane attack complex, can be generated in normal human corneas when they are injured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), ribitol teichoic acid (RTA) immune complexes, acid, or alkali. METHODS:The experimental cornea of each d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mondino BJ,Chou HJ,Sumner HL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A recent study identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the IL-1 gene cluster at chromosomal locus 2q13 that were associated with reduced risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in whites. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between IL-1 SNPs and glaucoma in Chinese ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： How AC,Aung T,Chew X,Yong VH,Lim MC,Lee KY,Toh JY,Li Y,Liu J,Vithana EN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:High myopia (HM) is defined as a refractive error worse than -6.00 diopter (D). This study aims to update the phenotypic and genotypic landscape of nonsyndromic HM and to establish a biological link between the phenotypic traits and genetic deficiencies. Methods:A cross-sectional study involving 731 participan...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cai XB,Zheng YH,Chen DF,Zhou FY,Xia LQ,Wen XR,Yuan YM,Han F,Piao SY,Zhuang W,Lu F,Qu J,Yu AY,Jin ZB

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Reports of lymphatics in the posterior human uvea are contradictory. We systematically analyzed the choroid by combining various lymphatic markers, following recently established guidelines for the immunohistochemical detection of ocular lymphatics. METHODS:Human choroids were prepared for flat mount serial cr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schrödl F,Kaser-Eichberger A,Trost A,Strohmaier C,Bogner B,Runge C,Motloch K,Bruckner D,Laimer M,Heindl LM,Reitsamer HA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To link psychophysical thresholds for blind spot awareness and filling-in with early neural components that underpin these perceptions. METHODS:Blind spot dimensions were quantified, after which an intrinsic stimulus (i.e., a rectangular bar of varying length centered within the blind spot) was used to determi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abadi RV,Jeffery G,Murphy JS

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the slow phase in latent/manifest latent nystagmus (LMLN) by producing long eye-drift intervals devoid of fast phases (extended slow phases [ESPs]) and to relate ESP metrics to clinical findings. METHODS:Ten patients with LMLN had eye movements recorded while attending to paired visual and audit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gradstein L,Goldstein HP,Wizov SS,Reinecke RD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To localize and identify the gene and mutations causing autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa in three consanguineous Pakistani families. METHODS:Blood samples were collected and DNA was extracted. A genome-wide scan was performed by using 382 polymorphic microsatellite markers on genomic DNA from affected ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riazuddin SA,Zulfiqar F,Zhang Q,Sergeev YV,Qazi ZA,Husnain T,Caruso R,Riazuddin S,Sieving PA,Hejtmancik JF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the rabbit iris sphincter muscle, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, inhibits cholinergic contraction but does not affect tachykinergic contraction in vitro. The objectives of the current study were to clarify the mechanism for the different responsiveness to NO in cholinergic and tachyki...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chuman H,Chuman T,Nao-i N,Sawada A,Yamamoto R,Kobayashi H,Wada A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes of levels of erythropoietin (EPO) and VEGF in aqueous humor before and after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB) and determine the underlying correlation between them. METHODS:This prospective study involved 21 eyes of 21 patients with surgery-required advanced neovascular glauco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou M,Chen S,Wang W,Huang W,Cheng B,Ding X,Zhang X

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies suggest that photoreceptor cells regulate local inflammation in the retina in diabetes. The purpose of this study was to determine if photoreceptor cells themselves produce inflammatory proteins in diabetes and if soluble factors released by photoreceptors in elevated glucose induce inflammatory ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tonade D,Liu H,Kern TS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A number of protocols have been published to induce retinal determination from human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Although all these studies have shown some degree of expression of markers of retinal cells, fewer than 30 markers are typically used to characterize the ES...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lamba DA,Reh TA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used a psychophysical method to measure lens transmission of young, type I diabetic patients and normal controls. The results from normal controls agreed with previously published reports of decreasing lens transmission with age, and those from diabetic subjects suggested that lenses of young, type I diabe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lutze M,Bresnick GH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine and compare gene expression patterns in the whole retina and retinal ganglion cell layer (RGCL) in a rodent glaucoma model. METHODS:IOP was unilaterally elevated in Brown Norway rats (N = 26) by injection of hypertonic saline and monitored for 5 weeks. A cDNA microarray was used on whole retinas f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guo Y,Cepurna WO,Dyck JA,Doser TA,Johnson EC,Morrison JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols for light microscopy of frog lenses that result in good visibility of cell structure from the lens surface to its nucleus are presented. The lenses are fixed in 10% neutral formalin in 0.06 M phosphate buffer and are embedded in Epon 812. Following staining of the thick sections with selected Procion dyes, e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rae JL,Truitt KD,Kuszak JR

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00