Local and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers of Diabetic Retinopathy: An Integrative Approach.

abstract：:During the healing of a total corneal epithelial defect extending beyond the limbus, conjunctival transdifferentiation can be inhibited by corneal vascularization as evidenced by the lack of morphological transformation of the conjunctival epithelium into a cornea-like epithelium and the persistence of goblet cells on...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tseng SC,Hirst LW,Farazdaghi M,Green WR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in tumor burden and hypoxia in the LH(BETA)T(AG) retinal tumors after treatment with a focal, single-modality, and combination therapy using periocular carboplatin and 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG). METHODS:Seventeen-week-old LH(BETA)T(AG) transgenic mice (n = 25) w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Piña Y,Houston SK,Murray TG,Boutrid H,Celdran M,Feuer W,Shi W,Hernandez E,Lampidis TJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 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 whether tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) can prevent and/or reverse steroid-induced IOP elevation in an ovine model. METHODS:Three animal groups were subjected to bilateral steroid-induced IOP elevation using thrice daily topical ocular prednisolone administration. In the first group (N = 8), ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gerometta R,Kumar S,Shah S,Alvarez L,Candia O,Danias J

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the presence of IgG autoantibodies in the vitreous of spontaneous cases of equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) has been demonstrated, the potential role of IgM reactivities during ERU pathogenesis remains unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of IgM autoantibodies in vitreous spe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Swadzba ME,Hirmer S,Amann B,Hauck SM,Deeg CA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Interocular differences in apparent size (aniseikonia) are typically associated with interocular differences in refractive error (anisometropia). Aniseikonia is generally thought to reflect disparities in retinal image size that often accompany anisometropia. This assumption was examined with seven highly anisometropi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bradley A,Rabin J,Freeman RD

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine directional changes in peripheral corneal thickness and corneal astigmatism over a range of severity of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS:Eyes with FECD were categorized as mild, moderate, or advanced according to the area and confluence of guttae and the presence of clinical ed...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wacker K,McLaren JW,Patel SV

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the extent to which the two major determinants of refractive error, corneal curvature and axial length, are scaled relative to one another by shared genetic variants, along with their relationship to the genetic scaling of height. METHODS:Corneal curvature, axial length, and height were measured in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guggenheim JA,Zhou X,Evans DM,Timpson NJ,McMahon G,Kemp JP,St Pourcain B,Northstone K,Ring SM,Fan Q,Wong TY,Cheng CY,Khor CC,Aung T,Saw SM,Williams C

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cigarette smoking is the most consistent risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), especially the choroidal neovascularization (CNV)-mediated exudative type. Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds have various effects on living organisms and are also contained in cigarette smoke. However, the effects o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Takeuchi A,Takeuchi M,Oikawa K,Sonoda KH,Usui Y,Okunuki Y,Takeda A,Oshima Y,Yoshida K,Usui M,Goto H,Kuroda M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the fate of donor epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cells after corneal transplantation in humans. METHODS:Fifty-two transplanted corneal buttons were explanted over a 2-year period from patients who required regrafting and had received corneas from donors of opposite sex. Fluorescence in situ ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lagali N,Stenevi U,Claesson M,Fagerholm P,Hanson C,Weijdegård B,Swedish Society of Corneal Surgeons.

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The phenotype of specialized cells arises, in part, from their characteristic gene expression patterns. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are of wide interest in neuroscience and die in glaucoma and other optic neuropathies. In this study the genes expressed by RGCs were profiled by expressed sequence tag (EST) ana...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Farkas RH,Qian J,Goldberg JL,Quigley HA,Zack DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The majority of patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy (DOA) harbor pathogenic OPA1 mutations and certain missense mutations, mostly within the GTPase domain, have recently been shown to cause multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in skeletal muscle. This raises the possibility that the optic neu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu-Wai-Man P,Davies VJ,Piechota MJ,Cree LM,Votruba M,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of mitomycin C (MMC) on the number of keratocytes and the proliferation of fibroblasts after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and exposure to ultraviolet B (UV-B) irradiation. METHODS:The right eyes of New Zealand White rabbits in Groups 1, 2, and 3 (n = 18 each) underwent PRK to co...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim TI,Pak JH,Lee SY,Tchah H

更新日期：2004-09-01 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 screen polymorphisms in complement factor-H (CFH), toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and APOE genes as potential risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Indian patients. METHODS:One hundred patients with AMD and 120 normal control subjects were screened for the polymorphisms by restriction dig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaur I,Hussain A,Hussain N,Das T,Pathangay A,Mathai A,Hussain A,Nutheti R,Nirmalan PK,Chakrabarti S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical application of Prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) to the eye reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) in all mammalian species studied thus far, including humans. The L-isopropylester derivative is currently the one most commonly used in experimental and clinical studies. Dose-response relationships were determined...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Crawford KS,Kaufman PL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:By their control of membrane potential and intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)), K(+) currents are pivotal in the regulation of arterial smooth muscle tone. The goal of the present study was to identify and characterize the A-type K(+) current in retinal microvascular smooth muscle (MVSM) and to examine its ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McGahon MK,Dawicki JM,Scholfield CN,McGeown JG,Curtis TM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Connexin50 (Cx50) is absolutely essential for normal postnatal lens growth. Deletion of Cx50 or replacement with Cx46 by knockin resulted in smaller lenses containing fewer cells. To determine why Cx50-deficient lenses fail to grow normally, cell proliferation was assayed during the period of growth failure. M...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sellitto C,Li L,White TW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dietary supplementation with vitamin A is sometimes prescribed as a treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited retinal degenerations that cause progressive blindness. Loss-of-function mutations in the ABCA4 gene are responsible for a subset of recessive retinitis pigmentosa. Other mutant alleles o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Radu RA,Yuan Q,Hu J,Peng JH,Lloyd M,Nusinowitz S,Bok D,Travis GH

更新日期：2008-09-01 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:Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) binds and transports retinoids and fatty acids in the interphotoreceptor space (IPS). To understand the relationship between the protein structure and its functions requires bulk quantities of human IRBP. The authors sought to produce recombinant human IRBP (rh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lin ZY,Si JS,Nickerson JM

更新日期：1994-09-01 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 determine the effects of overexpression of mutated BIGH3 in HeLa and human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. METHODS:Six mutations known to be responsible for autosomal dominant corneal dystrophies linked to chromosome 5 were generated in a BIGH3 expression vector and transfected in HeLa and HCE cells. The ex...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morand S,Buchillier V,Maurer F,Bonny C,Arsenijevic Y,Munier FL,Schorderet DF

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fluorescein and rose bengal are dyes used routinely in the examination of the ocular surface. As part of an ongoing search for a superior ophthalmic dye with optimal specificity and sensitivity and a lack of interference with subsequent viral cultures, and as part of studies that use chemical dyes to understand...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chodosh J,Dix RD,Howell RC,Stroop WG,Tseng SC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Identification of causative mutations for retinal blinding disorders is often limited by restricted understanding of gene expression and underlying molecular mechanisms that trigger degenerative processes. This study was conducted to develop a catalog of canine retina-expressed genes that would provide a unique...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zangerl B,Sun Q,Pillardy J,Johnson JL,Schweitzer PA,Hernandez AG,Liu L,Acland GM,Aguirre GD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the RPE barrier function in retinal detachment was studied in vitro. The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid tissue was isolated from cynomolgus monkey eyes with acute (less than 1 hr), subacute (1-2 weeks), and chronic (8-20 months) retinal detachments, and clamped between Ussing-type chambers. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsuboi S,Pederson JE,Toris CB

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study describes the expression and distribution of arrestin, phosducin, and recoverin in the cone-dominant retina of the ground squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. METHODS:mRNA expression was studied by blot hybridization of ground squirrel retinal RNA, with human and murine RNA as controls. The distr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： von Schantz M,Szél A,van Veen T,Farber DB

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neuropeptide essential for the development, survival, growth, and differentiation of corneal cells. Its effects are mediated by both TrkA and p75 receptors. Clinically relevant use of NGF was introduced to treat neurotrophic ulcerations in patients. Herein, we examine the mechanis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blanco-Mezquita T,Martinez-Garcia C,Proença R,Zieske JD,Bonini S,Lambiase A,Merayo-Lloves J

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Evidence from animals and blind humans suggests that early visual experience influences the developmental calibration of auditory localization. Hypothesizing that unilateral amblyopia may involve cross-modal deficits in spatial hearing, we measured the precision and accuracy of sound localization in humans with...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Richards MD,Goltz HC,Wong AMF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a type of ocular surface neoplasia, is primarily treated by surgical resection and topical immuno- or chemotherapy. Metastatic disease may be treated with systemic chemo- or immunotherapy, albeit with variable response. The purpose of this study was to determine wheth...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nagarajan P,El-Hadad C,Gruschkus SK,Ning J,Hudgens CW,Sagiv O,Gross N,Tetzlaff MT,Esmaeli B

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00