Endocan Blockade Suppresses Experimental Ocular Neovascularization in Mice.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study focuses on the identification of regulatory elements that contribute to lens-specific expression of the human CP49 gene within the 5'-flanking DNA sequences. METHODS:The DNA sequence upstream of the human CP49 coding region was subcloned as a set of 5' and 3' deletion series. The constructs were tra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： DePianto DJ,Hess JF,Blankenship TN,FitzGerald PG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macrophages are thought to be the first line of defense in many infectious diseases and are present in high numbers in corneas with Acanthamoeba keratitis. Conjunctival macrophage depletion was performed in an animal model of Acanthamoeba infection to determine the importance of macrophages in this disease. ME...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van Klink F,Taylor WM,Alizadeh H,Jager MJ,van Rooijen N,Niederkorn JY

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To determine whether neural pathways for controlling goblet cell secretion are present in mouse and human conjunctiva. METHODS:Mouse conjunctiva was homogenized and subjected to electrophoresis and Western blotting to detect PGP 9.5 (indicates nerves), muscarinic receptor subtypes (indicates parasympathetic pa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Diebold Y,Ríos JD,Hodges RR,Rawe I,Dartt DA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We examined the pattern and extent of connective tissue distribution in the extraocular muscles (EOMs) and determined the ability of the interconnected connective tissues to disseminate force laterally. Methods:Human EOMs were examined for collagens I, III, IV, and VI; fibronectin; laminin; and elastin using i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McLoon LK,Vicente A,Fitzpatrick KR,Lindström M,Pedrosa Domellöf F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:TNFalpha is a strong modulator expression of trabecular meshwork (TM) matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and tissue inhibitor (TIMP). Laser trabeculoplasty appears to rely on this process to restore normal aqueous humor outflow facility. Thus, studies were conducted to determine whether the extracellular signal-reg...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Alexander JP,Acott TS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the roles of vitreal macrophages and circulating leukocytes in retinal vascular growth. METHODS:Bone marrow (BM) cells from green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic mice were transplanted into postnatal day (P)1 mice after irradiation. The mice were exposed to 76% to 78% oxygen (P7-P12), to initia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kataoka K,Nishiguchi KM,Kaneko H,van Rooijen N,Kachi S,Terasaki H

更新日期：2011-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the location of parasympathetic neurons that innervate the meibomian glands in rats. METHODS:The B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB), fast blue, and a retrograde transneuronal tracer, the Bartha strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV-Ba), were injected into the upper eyelids of adult Sprague-Dawley rats a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： LeDoux MS,Zhou Q,Murphy RB,Greene ML,Ryan P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Currently, there are no definitive immunomarkers for epithelial stem cells (corneal and conjunctival) or their poorly understood niche microenvironment. The H2B-GFP/K5tTA mouse enables visualization of label-retaining cells (LRCs), which exhibit the functional marker of stem cell quiescence. We used immunofluor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parfitt GJ,Kavianpour B,Wu KL,Xie Y,Brown DJ,Jester JV

更新日期：2015-11-01 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:To test the hypothesis that subnormal retinal oxygenation response (DeltaPo2) found at 3 months of experimental diabetes is associated with cellular swelling and increased retinal thickness. METHODS:Two groups of animals were studied: control rats injected intraperitoneally with either 15% body weight of salin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Luan H,Roberts R,Sniegowski M,Goebel DJ,Berkowitz BA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD) have been associated with the progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD). To determine whether SDD in eyes in normal macular health increases risk for early AMD, this study examined the association between presence of SDD at baseline in a cohort of older adult...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huisingh C,McGwin G Jr,Neely D,Zarubina A,Clark M,Zhang Y,Curcio CA,Owsley C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To make the first quantitative assessment of the rate of oxygen consumption in high oxygen-consuming layers of both the outer and inner retina of the rat in vivo. METHODS:Oxygen-sensitive microelectrodes were used to measure the oxygen tension as a function of depth through the retina in anesthetized rats. Ind...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cringle SJ,Yu DY,Yu PK,Su EN

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the usefulness of polytetrafluoroethylene/polylactide-co-glycolide (PTFE/PLGA) laminate containing dexamethasone in delayed adjustable strabismus surgery. METHODS:A prospective, masked-observer, controlled study was performed in rabbits. Fifty-two rabbit eyes were divided into three groups. After ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jee JP,Choung HK,Kim CK,Hwang JM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic blepharitis has been a difficult disease to define either microbiologically or biochemically. Sterols from meibomian secretions of normal subjects and patients were analyzed, and important differences were observed. Based on analyses of these secretions, two significantly different (P less than 0.001) types of...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shine WE,McCulley JP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Human brain generates miniature eye movements, such as microsaccades, to counteract image fading due to visual adaptation. Generation of microsaccade relies on the amount of retinal error or acuity demand for a desired visual task. The goal of this study was to assess the influence of visual blur, induced by un...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ghasia FF,Shaikh AG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the nature and reversibility of biochemical and functional changes in the retina encountered over a single generation of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deficiency in guinea pigs. METHODS:Dunkin-Hartley guinea pigs were fed for 16 weeks after weaning with diets supplemented with safflower...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weisinger HS,Vingrys AJ,Bui BV,Sinclair AJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) released by ciliary smooth muscle cells in vitro and to determine whether MMP release is altered by exposure to prostaglandins (PGs). METHODS:Human ciliary smooth muscle cells were grown to confluence in monolayer cultures and treated with PGF2 alpha, 11-deoxy-PGE1,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weinreb RN,Kashiwagi K,Kashiwagi F,Tsukahara S,Lindsey JD

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protein kinases C (PKCs) are key cell-signaling mediators in retinal physiology and pathophysiology. The cellular localization of PKC isoforms is important in defining their activity and specificity; the present study investigated the modulatory potential of the proinflammatory mediator platelet-activating fact...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Faghiri Z,Bazan NG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the effect of lateral tension as a survival factor for retinal explants in vitro. The central nervous system (CNS) resides in a highly mechanical milieu. However, the importance of biomechanical homeostasis for normal CNS function has not been extensively explored. Diseases in which normal mechanical...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor L,Moran D,Arnér K,Warrant E,Ghosh F

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the impact of diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) on visual acuity (VA), through the analysis of novel fluorescein angiography (FA) parameters. METHODS:Data were retrospectively collected over a 6-month period. DMI severity was graded using Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) protocol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sim DA,Keane PA,Zarranz-Ventura J,Fung S,Powner MB,Platteau E,Bunce CV,Fruttiger M,Patel PJ,Tufail A,Egan CA

更新日期：2013-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The unscarified corneas of rabbits were inoculated with 50 microliter of 2-4 X 10(6) PFU/ml of herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV-1), McKrae strain in 10 separate experiments over a 12-month period. Sixty of 104 (57.7%) rabbits survived to postinoculation (PI) day 20. These sixty rabbits were swabbed with dacron-tipped...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berman EJ,Hill JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope, it was found that some patients with relative central scotomas reliably used two different preferred retinal loci (PRLs) at different stimulus illuminances. This article describes adaptations in a patient's PRL for fixation when dimming the stimulus increased the relative ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lei H,Schuchard RA

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Cellular retinol binding protein (CRBP) was localized in the rat retina by means of light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry. The peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method employed at the light microscopic level showed that CRBP is sharply localized to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). None was detectable i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bok D,Ong DE,Chytil F

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Throughout adulthood, Bruch membrane (BrM) accumulates esterified cholesterol (EC) associated with abundant 60- to 80-nm-diameter lipoprotein-like particles (LLP), putative apolipoprotein B (apoB) lipoproteins secreted by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). In the present study, neutral lipid, phospholipids, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang L,Li CM,Rudolf M,Belyaeva OV,Chung BH,Messinger JD,Kedishvili NY,Curcio CA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Tregs) maintain self-tolerance and function to suppress overly exuberant immune responses. However, it is unclear whether innate immune cells modulate Treg function. Here the authors examined the role of innate immunity in lymphomyeloid homeostasis. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mott KR,Gate D,Zandian M,Allen SJ,Rajasagi NK,van Rooijen N,Chen S,Arditi M,Rouse BT,Flavell RA,Town T,Ghiasi H

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the distribution of anti-GQ1b, -GT1a, and -GD1b antibody binding in human extraocular muscles (EOMs), axial and limb muscles, and muscle spindles and thereby test the hypothesis that their distinctive ganglioside composition provides the molecular basis for selective involvement of EOMs and muscle sp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu JX,Willison HJ,Pedrosa-Domellöf F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the differential expression of intraocular inflammatory cytokines in eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and to assess their roles as prognostic determinants of BRVO. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 38 eyes with BRVO. Aqueous humor samples were collected just before the intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaneda S,Miyazaki D,Sasaki S,Yakura K,Terasaka Y,Miyake K,Ikeda Y,Funakoshi T,Baba T,Yamasaki A,Inoue Y

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We investigate morphologic and physiologic alterations of ganglion cells (GCs) in a streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mouse model. Methods:Experiments were conducted in flat-mount retinas of mice 3 months after the induction of diabetes. Changes in morphology of four subtypes of GCs (ON-type RGA2 [ON-RGA2], ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cui RZ,Wang L,Qiao SN,Wang YC,Wang X,Yuan F,Weng SJ,Yang XL,Zhong YM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00