Association of Microaneurysms on Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy With Surrounding Neuroretinal Pathology and Visual Function in Diabetes.

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the phagocytosis of extracellular matrix components by retinal pigment epithelial cells and to determine which receptors and signal transduction pathways are involved. METHODS:Fluorescent latex beads were coated with fibronectin (FN), collagen type I or IV, or thrombospondin and incubated with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhao MW,Jin ML,He S,Spee C,Ryan SJ,Hinton DR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous reports indicated that pregnancy and corneal injury (CI) trigger alterations of lacrimal gland (LG) growth factor expression and redistributions of lymphocytes from periductal foci to acini. The purpose of this study was to test our hypothesis that pregnancy would exacerbate the changes induced by CI. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ding C,Chang N,Fong YC,Wang Y,Trousdale MD,Mircheff AK,Schechter JE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether cultured retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells implanted in the subconjunctival space induce an immune response against autoantigens and whether an active downregulation is achieved by RPE grafts placed in the anterior chamber and within the subretinal space. METHODS:Cultured RPE cells fr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grisanti S,Ishioka M,Kosiewicz M,Jiang LQ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in visualizing laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the rodent retina. METHODS:Choroidal neovascularization was induced via laser photocoagulation in 2 male Brown Norway rats and 2 male C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Park JR,Choi W,Hong HK,Kim Y,Jun Park S,Hwang Y,Kim P,Joon Woo S,Hyung Park K,Oh WY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To assess the effect of serous retinal detachment (SRD) on functional and anatomical outcomes in ranibizumab-treated patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods:All consecutive ranibizumab-treated patients with SRD were included in this retrospective study. For each patient with SRD, a patient without ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Giocanti-Aurégan A,Hrarat L,Qu LM,Sarda V,Boubaya M,Levy V,Chaine G,Fajnkuchen F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uveal absorption of aqueous humor at two different intraocular pressures was measured in rhesus monkeys by sampling vortex vein blood during anterior chamber perfusion of Ringer's solution containing both fluorescein and 125I albumin. At 20 mm. Hg, an excess of fluorescein equivalent in amount to 0.45 microliter/m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pederson JE,Gaasterland DE,MacLellan HM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether human corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes synthesize both the soluble and membrane forms of the type II IL-1 receptor (IL-1RII). METHODS:Primary cell cultures of human corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes were established from human corneas. RT-PCR wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cubitt CL,Lausch RN,Oakes JE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of a standardized approach for quantitative measurements of fundus autofluorescence (AF) in images obtained with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO). METHODS:AF images (30°) were acquired in 34 normal subjects (age range, 20-55 years) with two different c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Delori F,Greenberg JP,Woods RL,Fischer J,Duncker T,Sparrow J,Smith RT

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the murine alphaA-crystallin promoter is the most commonly used promoter for achieving transgene expression in the developing lens, this promoter directs transgene expression efficiently only in lens fiber cells. The purpose of the present study was to generate promoters capable of directing transgene ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhao H,Yang Y,Rizo CM,Overbeek PA,Robinson ML

更新日期：2004-06-01 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:We investigated whether fundus autofluorescence (FAF) lifetimes in patients with retinitis pigmentosa display a disease-specific lifetime pattern. Methods:Fundus autofluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO) was performed in two spectral channels (498-560 and 560-720 nm) after excitation with a 473 n...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dysli C,Schuerch K,Escher P,Wolf S,Zinkernagel MS

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast sensitivity functions for sinusoidal gratings of different spatial frequencies and stimulus durations have been determined for both eyes of amblyopic subjects. For both long and short stimulus durations, the entire contrast sensitivity function of the amblyopic eyes is lower than that of the nonamblyopic eyes...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Levi DM,Harwerth RS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

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 epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) appears in astrocytes after neural injury. The authors' laboratory has reported the presence of EGFR in glaucomatous optic nerves. The activation of EGFR is often associated with induction of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. In this study, the induction of COX-2 pathway in rat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Neufeld AH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Estimates of the incidences of severe visual impairment and blindness (SVI/B) and their causes are key to good health service planning. Thus, the database of Germany's largest state's blind registry was used to estimate current incidence rates (IR) and to project rates for Germany in 2010 and 2030. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Finger RP,Fimmers R,Holz FG,Scholl HP

更新日期：2011-06-21 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:Müller glia have multiple functions in the retina, including synthesis of neurotrophic factors, uptake and metabolism of neurotransmitters, spatial buffering of ions, maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier, and response to injury. A population of Müller glia has some stem cell-like characteristics both in viv...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Otteson DC,Phillips MJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elimination of myofibroblasts after repair of corneal injury is essential for the maintenance of corneal transparency. In the current study, the role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in combination with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in corneal myofibroblast apoptosis was explored. METHODS:Porcine cornea...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： He J,Bazan HE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:CD40 antigen is a membrane receptor that plays a role in the regulation of immune reactions. The expressions of CD40 and CD40 ligand (CD40L) were investigated ex vivo and in vitro in conjunctival epithelial cells, in correlation with HLA DR class H antigen, previously shown to be upregulated in conjunctival inf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bourcier T,De Saint-Jean M,Brignole F,Goguel A,Baudouin C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the relationship between photopic open-loop accommodation and vergence and the effect of mental effort on these positions. METHODS:Twenty subjects (11 men and 9 women) viewed monocularly a photopic (25 cdm-2), high-contrast (90%) Maltese cross-target for 3 minutes, through a 0.5-mm pinhole drill...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gray LS,Winn B,Gilmartin B,Eadie AS

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is thought that large perimetric stimuli are insensitive for demonstrating visual field defects. To test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the total number of abnormal test locations with total deviation empiric probability plots in glaucoma patients, we compared results of glaucoma patients test...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wall M,Doyle CK,Eden T,Zamba KD,Johnson CA

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:meso-Zeaxanthin is a carotenoid that is rarely encountered in nature outside of the vertebrate eye. It is not a constituent of a normal human diet, yet this carotenoid comprises one-third of the primate macular pigment. In the current study, we undertook a systematic approach to biochemically characterize the p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gorusupudi A,Shyam R,Li B,Vachali P,Subhani YK,Nelson K,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the association between ocular dominance and spherical or astigmatic anisometropia, age, and sex. METHODS:Medical records of 10,264 myopic refractive surgery candidates were filtered. Ocular dominance was assessed with the hole-in-the-card test. Manifest refractive error was measured in each subje...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Linke SJ,Baviera J,Munzer G,Steinberg J,Richard G,Katz T

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrasonic pachometer was used to measure the central, mid-peripheral, and peripheral thickness in 17 locations across the corneas of 12 adult New Zealand Albino rabbit eyes. The mean thickness at each location was entered into a microcomputer to generate a three-dimensional plot of corneal thickness. The rabbit co...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chan T,Payor S,Holden BA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purposes:Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure for lowering intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients, in which excessive scarring leading to failure of the filtering bleb adversely affects the surgical outcome. Heightened Tenon's capsule fibroblast (TCF) proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition are imp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lei D,Dong C,Wu WK,Dong A,Li T,Chan MT,Zhou X,Yuan H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine if cytokine tear levels before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can help anticipate the occurrence of ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Methods:In this pilot study, 25 patients undergoing HSCT were followed prospectively for ≤43 months. After ocular examinations, tear...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cocho L,Fernández I,Calonge M,Sainz de la Maza M,Rovira M,Stern ME,Garcia-Vazquez C,Enríquez-de-Salamanca A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Our goal was to generate and characterize a new mouse model in which only angiogenesis- and glaucoma-relevant tissues would be naturally fluorescent. The Matrix Gla (MGP) gene is highly expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and trabecular meshwork (TM). We sought to direct our Mgp-Cre.KI mouse recomb...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Asokan P,Mitra RN,Periasamy R,Han Z,Borrás T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the role of polyphosphate kinase 1 (PPK1) in the ocular virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS:Using a mouse model of infection, P. aeruginosa strains PAO1, PAOM5 (an isogenic mutant of PAO1 deficient in PPK1), and PAOM5+PPK1 (the mutant complemented with PPK1 on plasmid pHEPAK11) were compa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parks QM,Hobden JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the role of manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) and copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) in cellular protection of the optic nerve against the oxidative injury that contributes to demyelination in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). METHODS:Immunocytochemistry for Mn-SOD and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Qi X,Guy J,Nick H,Valentine J,Rao N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inoculation of the neurotropic coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus strain JHM intravitreally or into the anterior chamber causes acute infection of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and neural retina. Weeks later, many retinas have foci of moderate to severe atrophy. The effect of coronavirus infection (after intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robbins SG,Wiggert B,Kutty G,Chader GJ,Detrick B,Hooks JJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00