Microvascular Density Is Associated With Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonal Volume in the Laminar Compartments of the Human Optic Nerve Head.

abstract：:The overall morphology of corneal fibroblasts in the rat was examined by scanning electron microscopy after removal of stromal connective tissue elements by tryptic digestion and HCl hydrolysis. Fibroblasts thus exposed were flattened and stellate cells with a diameter of about 10 micron and had a number of ramified c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishida T,Yasumoto K,Otori T,Desaki J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether messenger RNA coding for fibroblast growth factor receptor-1, interleukin-1 receptor, and glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA are produced in human lacrimal tissue. METHODS:Total cellular RNA was isolated from three specimens of normal human lacrimal tissue and complementary DNA was synt...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wilson SE,Lloyd SA,Kennedy RH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) represents a part of the immune system located at mucosal surfaces. Its presence in the human eye is the point in question in the current study. Its occurrence, components, topography, and probable functional significance in the human conjunctiva and lacrimal drainage sy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Knop N,Knop E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual effects of carbon disulfide exposure were studied in macaque monkeys with measurements of visual thresholds, fluorescein angiography and fundus photography. Five monkeys were exposed by inhalation for 6 hr a day, 5 days a week to 256 ppm carbon disulfide (CS2). The motor dysfunction observed in these monkey...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Merigan WH,Wood RW,Zehl D,Eskin TA

更新日期：1988-04-01 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:The purpose of this study was to determine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25(OH)D(3)) and/or its active metabolite, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3)), can enhance corneal epithelial barrier function. The authors also determined if corneas contain mRNA for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and 1α-hydroxy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yin Z,Pintea V,Lin Y,Hammock BD,Watsky MA

更新日期：2011-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Metabolism and transport of glutathione (GSH), the endogenous thiol antioxidant, in conjunctival tissue to date are poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to define transport characteristics of GSH in primary cultured rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells (RCECs). METHODS:RCECs were grown on me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gukasyan HJ,Lee VH,Kim KJ,Kannan R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Local first-order multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) implicit time (K1-IT) delays have proved to be important and predictive indicators of retinal function in diabetes. To better understand the nature of these delays, the authors examined the spatial association between K1-IT and second-order amplitudes (K2-S...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bronson-Castain KW,Bearse MA Jr,Han Y,Schneck ME,Barez S,Adams AJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) have gained importance due to their myriad potential clinical applications. We hypothesize that progenitor cells also exist besides those conventionally isolated from the stromal vascular fraction (SVF). METHOD:Central and medial orbital adipose tissues obtained from patients ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen SY,Mahabole M,Horesh E,Wester S,Goldberg JL,Tseng SC

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) molecules occur in all cells exposed to an oxygen-containing environment, including retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Previous studies of nonhuman RPE have either probed specifically for copper-zinc-containing SOD (CuZn-SOD) or have not distinguished between CuZn-SOD and the SOD molecu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Newsome DA,Dobard EP,Liles MR,Oliver PD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare the changes in human tear proteome and clinical effects following topical cyclosporine A (CsA) 0.05% or diquafosol tetrasodium (DQS) 3% treatment of dry eye disease (DED), and to identify biomarkers for determining disease severity and treatment effectiveness in DED. Methods:A total of 18 patients w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ji YW,Kim HM,Ryu SY,Oh JW,Yeo A,Choi CY,Kim MJ,Song JS,Kim HS,Seo KY,Kim KP,Lee HK

更新日期：2019-12-02 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:Candida remains the leading cause of fungal endophthalmitis. However, the pathobiology and innate immune responses in this disease are not well characterized. Here, we developed two murine models of candida endophthalmitis and evaluated their disease susceptibility and differential immune response. Methods:End...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rottmann BG,Singh PK,Singh S,Revankar SG,Chandrasekar PH,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The measurement of achromatic sensitivity has been an important tool for monitoring subtle changes in vision as the result of disease or response to therapy. In this study, we aimed to provide a normative data set for achromatic and chromatic contrast sensitivity functions within a common cone contrast space us...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim YJ,Reynaud A,Hess RF,Mullen KT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study quantified the thickness and depth of the lamina cribrosa (LC) and peripapillary scleral thickness in high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) fluorescent reconstructions of the optic nerve head (ONH) in eyes from donors of African (AD) and European descent (ED). Methods:A total of 64 eyes (45 ED, 19 ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Girkin CA,Fazio MA,Yang H,Reynaud J,Burgoyne CF,Smith B,Wang L,Downs JC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The association of age and blood pressure (BP) with retinal vessel change is widely reported, with inverse relationships between retinal arteriolar and venular diameter and increasing age and elevated BP. No previous studies have dissected the separate effects of age and BP on the diameter of retinal vessels. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaushik S,Kifley A,Mitchell P,Wang JJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This was a prospective case-control study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Tear Stability Analysis System (TSAS) for the assessment of patients with dry eye. METHODS:The TSAS can take 10 consecutive corneal topograms at one per second for 10 seconds. Examinations using the TSAS were conducted in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kojima T,Ishida R,Dogru M,Goto E,Takano Y,Matsumoto Y,Kaido M,Ohashi Y,Tsubota K

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Immune complexes from retinoblastoma sera were characterized with molecular sieve chromatography, affinity chromatography, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Retinoblastoma patients' sera had two well-defined peaks of immune complex activity after molecular sieve chromatography. These protein fractions had...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stein PC,Christensen M,Char DH

更新日期：1980-03-01 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 examine the effects of modification of immune effector cells, including macrophages, in the pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus retinitis in BALB/c mice. METHODS:Two intravitreal injections (2 microliters each) of anti-CD11b monoclonal antibody (mAb) [13 micrograms/microliters] were administered to the con...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berra A,Rodriguez A,Heiligenhaus A,Pazos B,Van Rooijen N,Foster CS

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To improve the transparency of the acellular dermal matrix (ADM) and investigate the optical, mechanical and histologic properties and biocompatibility of transparent ADM (TADM) in lamellar keratoplasty. Methods:A stepwise sectioning strategy was applied to determine the transparency distribution of the ADM, a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang Y,Ma J,Jiang X,Liu Z,Yang J,Li X

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine retinal function using the full-field electroretinogram (ERG) during and after acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in wild-type mice. METHODS:IOP was elevated by anterior chamber cannulation in wild-type C57/BL6 mice. The pressure-function relationship was determined by IOP elevation in steps...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kong YX,Crowston JG,Vingrys AJ,Trounce IA,Bui VB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In Program K, a new automated kinetic algorithm that we developed, the frequency distributions of the number of patients' response points were obtained for external angles to distinguish normal and abnormal isopters. We also assessed the agreement between the results of Program K and Goldmann manual kinetic per...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hashimoto S,Matsumoto C,Okuyama S,Takada S,Arimura-Koike E,Shimomura Y

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an inherited mitochondrial optic neuropathy characterized by bilateral, severe loss of central vision. In this study, the first formal assessment was conducted of visual disability in affected and unaffected individuals from molecularly confirmed LHON pedigrees. METH...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kirkman MA,Korsten A,Leonhardt M,Dimitriadis K,De Coo IF,Klopstock T,Griffiths PG,Hudson G,Chinnery PF,Yu-Wai-Man P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We recently reported that the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA), which promotes inflammatory angiogenesis in other vascular beds, is an abundant component of the limbal extracellular matrix. Consequently, we have explored the possibility that HA contributes to lymphangiogenesis in the inflamed cornea. Methods:...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sun M,Puri S,Mutoji KN,Coulson-Thomas YM,Hascall VC,Jackson DG,Gesteira TF,Coulson-Thomas VJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess self-reported difficulty in visual activities is common in patients with impaired vision. This study determines the visual and psychosocial factors influencing patients' responses to self-report measures, to aid in understanding what is being measured...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tabrett DR,Latham K

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the immunosuppressive and antiangiogenic activities of an intraocular rapamycin (RAPA) drug delivery system (DDS) in a rabbit model of high-risk penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS:Forty New Zealand White rabbits with corneal neovascularization underwent allograft cornea transplantation and were rand...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shi W,Gao H,Xie L,Wang S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of ABCA4 mutation status on lipofuscin-related quantitative autofluorescence (qAF) in humans and on bisretinoid accumulation in mice. METHODS:Genotyped parents (n = 26; age 37-64 years) of patients with biallelic ABCA4-related retinopathy underwent in-depth retinal phenotyping includi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Müller PL,Gliem M,Mangold E,Bolz HJ,Finger RP,McGuinness M,Betz C,Jiang Z,Weber BH,MacLaren RE,Holz FG,Radu RA,Charbel Issa P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the association between intraocular pressure (IOP) and the prevalence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) in high myopia. Methods:The hospital-based observational study consisted of patients treated in the Tokyo High Myopia Clinics and for whom fundus photographs and IOP readings were available. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jonas JB,Nagaoka N,Fang YX,Weber P,Ohno-Matsui K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00