MyD88 Deficiency Protects Against Dry Eye-Induced Damage.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the function of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a matricellular protein of the CCN (Cyr61/CTGF/Nov) family, in retinal vasculature during development and ischemia. METHODS:CTGF expression was determined using RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and transgenic mice carrying CTGF promoter-driven...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pi L,Xia H,Liu J,Shenoy AK,Hauswirth WW,Scott EW

更新日期：2011-11-07 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：:The authors investigated the mechanisms underlying the head shaking shown by some patients with congenital nystagmus (CN). In order to improve visual function by head shaking, a patient with CN must have some visual acuity loss due to retinal image motion created by the nystagmus; an abnormal vestibulo-ocular reflex (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Carl JR,Optican LM,Chu FC,Zee DS

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To reveal the effects of minocycline, an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective agent, on the viability and physiological properties of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and to compare the effects with those of triamcinolone acetonide. METHODS:The proliferation of human RPE cells in vitro was investigated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hollborn M,Wiedemann P,Bringmann A,Kohen L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) by using a point-to-point comparison of the reticular pattern on infrared reflectance (IR), autofluorescence (AF), and red-free (RF) images registered with en face sections of the choroid from spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) scans. METHODS:A cr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sohrab MA,Smith RT,Salehi-Had H,Sadda SR,Fawzi AA

更新日期：2011-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In addition to photoreceptor degeneration, excessive light causes degenerative alterations in the inner retina and ganglion cell death. A disturbance in osmohomeostasis may be one causative factor for the alterations in the inner retina. Because Müller cells mediate inner retinal osmohomeostasis (mainly through...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iandiev I,Wurm A,Hollborn M,Wiedemann P,Grimm C,Remé CE,Reichenbach A,Pannicke T,Bringmann A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate macular focal cone ERG (fERG) as a tool for reliable and early detection of central retinal function decay in cone-rod dystrophy (CRD). METHODS:A retrospective study of the time course of fERG amplitude and its relation to visual acuity alterations was performed in 47 CRD patients followed yearly f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Galli-Resta L,Piccardi M,Ziccardi L,Fadda A,Minnella A,Marangoni D,Placidi G,Resta G,Falsini B

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate changes of β-zone parapapillary atrophy (PPA) during axial elongation. Methods:Change of β-zone PPA was evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in myopic children for 2 years, prospectively. Using the infrared images acquired by a fixed scan circle in the glaucoma prog...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee KM,Choung HK,Kim M,Oh S,Kim SH

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 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:Adipogenesis contributes to the pathogenesis of thyroid eye disease (TED). Thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) transcripts are present in orbital fat. This study was conducted to determine whether they are expressed as functional protein, and if so, whether this is restricted to TED orbits or to a particular stage in a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Crisp M,Starkey KJ,Lane C,Ham J,Ludgate M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the impact of substratum compliance and latrunculin-B (Lat-B), both alone and together, on fundamental human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cell behavior. Lat-B is a reversible actin cytoskeleton disruptor that decreases resistance to aqueous humor outflow and decreases intraocular pressure. METHODS:HT...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wood JA,McKee CT,Thomasy SM,Fischer ME,Shah NM,Murphy CJ,Russell P

更新日期：2011-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Myopia is a common complex trait that affects up to 60% of some populations. Its development is influenced by multiple genes and environmental factors. PAX6 and SOX2 are genes with fundamental roles in ocular growth and development, and they have been linked with myopia in a recent linkage study. The authors in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Simpson CL,Hysi P,Bhattacharya SS,Hammond CJ,Webster A,Peckham CS,Sham PC,Rahi JS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Modalities for inhibiting neovascularization may be one avenue to the development of effective therapies for retinopathy. The effect of squalamine, an antiangiogenic amino sterol, on oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) was assessed in a mouse model. METHODS:OIR was induced in C57BL6 mice by a 5-day exposure to 75...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Higgins RD,Sanders RJ,Yan Y,Zasloff M,Williams JI

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine changes in spherical equivalent over a 5-year period in persons 43 to 84 years of age. METHODS:All people 43 to 84 years of age and living in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, in 1988 were invited for a baseline examination (1988-1990) and a 5-year follow-up examination (1993-1995). Refractions were determined...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee KE,Klein BE,Klein R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to use Raman spectra of tears to differentiate between infectious and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis. METHODS:Raman microspectroscopy was applied using the drop-coating deposition method on Ti/Au-coated glass slides to obtain sample spectra from different human tear groups, includ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kuo MT,Lin CC,Liu HY,Yang MY,Chang HC

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the evolution of retinal thickness in eyes affected with acute anterior uveitis (AAU) in the course of follow-up and to assess its correlation with severity of inflammatory activity in the anterior chamber. METHODS:72 eyes (affected and fellow eyes) of 36 patients presenting with HLA-B27-related ac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Balaskas K,Ballabeni P,Guex-Crosier Y

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recovery of photoreceptor cells after light damage is thought to involve the physiologic process of disk renewal. However, only indirect evidence is available to support this hypothesis. The present study sought to examine more directly the mechanisms of photoreceptor cell recovery by quantitatively assessing t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rapp LM,Fisher PL,Dhindsa HS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cause of anterior and posterior subcapsular cataracts. Central to EMT is the formation of actin stress fibers. Selective targeting of actin stress fiber-associated tropomyosin (Tpm) in epithelial cells may be a means to prevent stress fiber formation and repress l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parreno J,Amadeo MB,Kwon EH,Fowler VM

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular and subcellular distribution of S-100 protein was investigated at the ultrastructural level in the rat retina by the immunocytochemical PAP method. S-100 appeared to be localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus of Müller cells, offering conclusive evidence that in the mammalian retina, the protein is confine...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cocchia D,Polak JM,Terenghi G,Battaglia F,Stolfi V,Gangitano C,Michetti F

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In glaucoma, the optic nerve head (ONH) is the principal site of initial axonal injury, and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the predominant risk factor. However, the initial responses of the ONH to elevated IOP are unknown. Here the authors use a rat glaucoma model to characterize ONH gene expression cha...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Johnson EC,Doser TA,Cepurna WO,Dyck JA,Jia L,Guo Y,Lambert WS,Morrison JC

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure high-resolution eye-specific displacements and deformations induced within the human LC microstructure by an acute increase in IOP. METHODS:Six eyes from donors aged 23 to 82 were scanned using second harmonic-generated (SHG) imaging at various levels of IOP from 10 to 50 mm Hg. An image registratio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sigal IA,Grimm JL,Jan NJ,Reid K,Minckler DS,Brown DJ

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if lens epithelial lines can be established from cryopreserved whole rabbit lenses and from cryopreserved capsule-epithelial preparations (CEPs). METHODS:Lenses or freshly isolated CEPs were cryopreserved and subsequently thawed. Thawed whole lenses were cultured for 48 hours in growth medium and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Reddan JR,Misra IC,Dziedzic DC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A relationship has been reported between the presence of peripheral neuropathy and the density and shape of corneal nerve fibers. Peripheral neuropathy is a debilitating condition that arises from many common health problems, and its presence is often confirmed with an invasive clinical test called intramuscula...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holmes TJ,Pellegrini M,Miller C,Epplin-Zapf T,Larkin S,Luccarelli S,Staurenghi G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine the effects of narrowband light exposure on choroidal thickness and the pupil response in humans. Methods:Twenty subjects, ages 21 to 43 years, underwent 1 hour of exposure to broadband, short wavelength "blue," or long wavelength "red" light, or darkness. Choroidal thickness, imaged with spectral...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lou L,Ostrin LA

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the prevalence of subthreshold depression and anxiety, and major depressive, dysthymic, and anxiety disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and general anxiety disorder) in visually impaired older adults and compared these estimates with those of normally sighted peers. METHODS:Cross...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Aa HP,Comijs HC,Penninx BW,van Rens GH,van Nispen RM

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxidative stress plays an important role in health and aging. We have shown that oxidative stress impairs mitochondrial function and promotes RPE cell death in an age-dependent manner. This study investigates the role of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) in limiting oxidative stress-induced damage to RPE...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： He Y,Leung KW,Ren Y,Pei J,Ge J,Tombran-Tink J

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the diagnostic value of Bruch's membrane opening minimum rim width (BMO-MRW) and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) in patients with ocular hypertension, preperimetric, and perimetric glaucoma. METHODS:One hundred eighty-one eyes consisting of 40 healthy controls, 41 ocular hypertensive sub...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gmeiner JM,Schrems WA,Mardin CY,Laemmer R,Kruse FE,Schrems-Hoesl LM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pathology in the primary drainage pathway for aqueous humor in the eye is responsible for ocular hypertension, the only treatable risk factor in patients with glaucoma. Unfortunately, the mechanisms that regulate pressure-dependent drainage of aqueous humor and thus intraocular pressure (IOP) are unknown. To be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stamer WD,Lei Y,Boussommier-Calleja A,Overby DR,Ethier CR

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare in vitro, on the human reconstituted corneal epithelial SkinEthics model, and in vivo, using an acute rabbit toxicological model, the effects of a benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-preserved solution of latanoprost and a preservative-free (PF) latanoprost solution. METHODS:In vitro, the three-dimensional ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pauly A,Roubeix C,Liang H,Brignole-Baudouin F,Baudouin C

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00