Vascular Interstitial Cells in Retinal Arteriolar Annuli Are Altered During Hypertension.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the expression pattern and roles of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in healing corneal epithelium. METHODS:Immunofluorescent staining and Western blot analysis were used to detect Shh, patched 1 (Ptc 1) receptors, and Gli transcription factors in corneal epithelium of Wistar rats (n = 44) at various intervals ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saika S,Muragaki Y,Okada Y,Miyamoto T,Ohnishi Y,Ooshima A,Kao WW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanadate, an inhibitor of (Na+ + K+)ATPase, also inhibits active transepithelial Na+ and Cl- transport (measured as short-circuit current) in the isolated cornea in concentrations of 10(-4)M to 10(-3)M. The disulfonic stilbene, DIDS, does not affect the short-circuit current per se, but it prevents the inhibitory effe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Candia OA,Podos SM

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate morphological characteristics of optic nerve head and peripapillary region with myopia and glaucoma. METHODS:Ten normal and 17 glaucomatous myopic participants were imaged with a custom 1060-nm swept-source optical coherence tomography system. The three-dimensional images were processed and segm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee S,Han SX,Young M,Beg MF,Sarunic MV,Mackenzie PJ

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the pharmacologic effect of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on human Tenon's fibroblasts (HTFs), the cells implicated in scarring after filtration surgery. METHODS:Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) was used to stimulate a fibrotic phenotype in primary HTFs, and the influence of TMP on the fibroti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cai X,Yang Y,Chen P,Ye Y,Liu X,Wu K,Yu M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate macular preganglionic function and to verify its relationship with retinal and choroidal morphology in patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) patients. Methods:All included patients performed multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) for investig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parisi V,Ziccardi L,Costanzo E,Tedeschi M,Barbano L,Manca D,Di Renzo A,Giorno P,Varano M,Parravano M

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), an analog of adenosine monophosphate (AMP), in endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU). METHODS. EIU was induced by subcutaneous injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (200 μg) in Lewis rats. AICAR (50 mg/kg, intraperiton...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki J,Manola A,Murakami Y,Morizane Y,Takeuchi K,Kayama M,Miller JW,Sobrin L,Vavvas DG

更新日期：2011-08-22 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：:Application of devices that degrade the retinal image has been reported to produce enlargement of the ocular globe in young domestic chicks. Two such device types (domes and arches) were applied to 3-day-old chicks. The domes affected the entire visual field whereas the arches affected only the lateral field. A third ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hodos W,Fitzke FW,Hayes BP,Holden AL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To better understand the cellular contributions to the human multifocal ERG (mfERG), rhesus monkey and human mfERGs were recorded using the same stimulus conditions. The monkey mfERGs were recorded before and after injections of pharmacologic agents known to selectively block activity of particular cells and ci...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hood DC,Frishman LJ,Saszik S,Viswanathan S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with AMD. METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional study using a nationwide, systemic-stratified, multistage-clustered sampling method involved a total of 17,045 subjects older than 40 years who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Ex...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim EC,Han K,Jee D

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the atmospheric pressure (ATM) change experienced during diving can induce changes in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of eyes in a normal population. METHODS:The IOP of 27 healthy volunteers (ages, 23.8 +/- 4.9 years; range, 18-44) was measured with a Perkins applanation tonometer by two in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Van de Veire S,Germonpre P,Renier C,Stalmans I,Zeyen T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is an important stimulatory factor for proliferative retinopathies. Expression of PDGF-B in the retinas of transgenic mice (hemizygous rho/PDGF-B mice) results in rapid-onset retinal detachment caused by proliferation of glial cells, endothelial cells, and pericytes, wherea...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saishin Y,Saishin Y,Takahashi K,Seo MS,Melia M,Campochiaro PA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method to quantify different glaucomatous visual field defects is presented. Three visual field indices are calculated: the short-term fluctuation, the mean defect, and the corrected loss variation. The method was applied to visual fields tested with program JO on the Octopus automated perimeter. The indices of 130 ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flammer J,Drance SM,Augustiny L,Funkhouser A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The three-dimensional configurations of rod and cone bipolar cell (BC) dendrites and horizontal cell (HC) processes outside rod and cone synaptic terminals have not been fully elucidated. We reveal how these neurites are mutually arranged to coordinate formation and maintenance of the postsynaptic complex of ri...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsukamoto Y,Iseki K,Omi N

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the relationship between percentage of body fat and macular pigment (MP) optical density. METHODS:One hundred healthy subjects of ages between 22 and 60 years volunteered to participate in this study. MP optical density was measured psychophysically, serum lutein and zeaxanthin were quantified b...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nolan J,O'Donovan O,Kavanagh H,Stack J,Harrison M,Muldoon A,Mellerio J,Beatty S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method for the culture of human retinal capillary endothelial cells in vitro is described in this report. Through a process of gentle mechanical disruption and sieving, a sufficient yield of retinal microvessels was obtained from one or two human eyes to allow the culture of endothelial cells in abundance. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Su T,Gillies MC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the impact of amblyopia, strabismus and glasses on subjective visual and psychological function among amblyopes. METHODS:Questionnaires were administered to 120 teenagers with amblyopia (cases), with residual amblyopia after treatment, or with or without strabismus and 120 control subjects (controls)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sabri K,Knapp CM,Thompson JR,Gottlob I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The influence of genetic and prenatal environmental factors on characteristics of saccadic performance were evaluated in young monozygotic (MZ) twins (8-19 years old) of known chorion type. METHODS:Saccadic eye movements were recorded using an infrared system. Saccadic latency, accuracy, and parameters of ampl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blekher T,Christian JC,Abel LA,Yee RD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used primary cultures of conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells from rabbit, monkey and humans to investigate the infection process and host interactions of chlamydia. The epithelial cells were isolated from bulbar and palpebral conjunctivae and the cornea following incubation with EDTA or dispase and mi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patton DL,Chan KY,Kuo CC,Cosgrove YT,Langley L

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a freezing point depression method, requiring volumes of only 200 nanoliters, the osmolalities of 324 tear samples collected at consecutive 10-minute intervals throughout 8.5-hour periods from each of six healthy young adults were measured. The population mean was found to be 318 mOsm/kg, with a population media...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Benjamin WJ,Hill RM

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify proteins secreted by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and to analyze their cellular distribution in normal and pathologic rat retinas at various stages of eye development. METHODS:A cDNA library was constructed with RNA isolated from porcine RPE sheets and screened by using the yeast signal seq...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Van Den Berghe L,Sainton K,Gogat K,Marchant D,Dufour E,Bonnel S,Gadin S,Menasche M,Abitbol M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct clinical and genetic studies in a European family with autosomal dominant Stargardt-like macular dystrophy (adSTGD-like MD) and to investigate the functional consequences of a novel ELOVL4 mutation. METHODS:Ophthalmic examination and mutation screening by direct sequencing of the ELOVL4 gene was per...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maugeri A,Meire F,Hoyng CB,Vink C,Van Regemorter N,Karan G,Yang Z,Cremers FP,Zhang K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the consequences of the expression of a mutant mouse opsin gene on rod- and cone-mediated function. Experimental conditions were chosen to provide a basis of comparison to the results reported for patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) in whom the proline at position 23 has bee...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Goto Y,Peachey NS,Ripps H,Naash MI

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Current understanding of the genetic risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is not sufficiently predictive of the clinical course. The VEGF pathway is a key therapeutic target for treatment of neovascular AMD; however, risk attributable to genetic variation within pathway genes is unclear. We s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owen LA,Morrison MA,Ahn J,Woo SJ,Sato H,Robinson R,Morgan DJ,Zacharaki F,Simeonova M,Uehara H,Chakravarthy U,Hogg RE,Ambati BK,Kotoula M,Baehr W,Haider NB,Silvestri G,Miller JW,Tsironi EE,Farrer LA,Kim IK,Park K

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of beta-adrenergic receptors on cultured human trabecular cells and trabecular meshwork from human autopsy eyes was carried out by radioligand binding utilizing (125I)-iodopindolol. In cultured cells, the observed binding of (125I)-iodopindolol was of high affinity (Kd = 43 pM) and saturable. Scat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wax MB,Molinoff PB,Alvarado J,Polansky J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of macular pigment (MP) in age-related maculopathy (ARM) is still not clearly understood. Recent studies have reported on variations in the spatial distribution of MP optical density (MPOD) including a secondary peak ("ring") in the slope of the MPOD profile. The authors investigated in a cross-section...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dietzel M,Zeimer M,Heimes B,Pauleikhoff D,Hense HW

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate changes in macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and visual performance following supplementation with different macular carotenoid formulations. METHODS:Thirty-six subjects (19 male, 17 female; mean SD, age 51 13 years) were recruited into this single-masked placebo-controlled study, and were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Loughman J,Nolan JM,Howard AN,Connolly E,Meagher K,Beatty S

更新日期：2012-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The flavonoids have potent antioxidant and free-radical scavenging properties and are beneficial in the prevention and treatment of ocular diseases including glaucoma. The authors have previously reported that antiglaucoma agents could transcriptionally activate the antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin (PRDX)2. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miyamoto N,Izumi H,Miyamoto R,Kondo H,Tawara A,Sasaguri Y,Kohno K

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether a novel peroxynitrite-based photosensitizer S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) can produce specific in vitro light-induced cell death of both standard animal lung and human Tenon's capsule (TC) fibroblasts and to compare this effect with that produced by the established photodynamic porphyrin prec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tannous M,Hutnik CM,Tingey DP,Mutus B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the corneal endothelial characteristics across the primary angle closure (PAC) disease spectrum amongst patients diagnosed as PAC suspects (PACS), PAC, PAC glaucoma (PACG), and previous acute PAC (APAC). Methods:We analyzed a total of 529 subjects (51 PACS, 170 PAC, 234 PACG, and 74 with previous A...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verma S,Nongpiur ME,Husain R,Wong TT,Boey PY,Quek D,Perera SA,Aung T

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00