Heterogeneity of collagens in rabbit cornea: type VI collagen.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether a better IOP reduction can be observed in conscious, normotensive monkeys treated with ONO-9054, a novel dual EP3 and FP receptor agonist, compared with prostaglandin F2α analogs. METHODS:The binding affinities and agonistic activities of ONO-AG-367, a carboxy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yamane S,Karakawa T,Nakayama S,Nagai K,Moriyuki K,Neki S,Suto F,Kambe T,Hirota Y,Kawabata K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the relative amounts of mucin mRNA in the conjunctival epithelium and mucin protein in the tears are altered in patients with Sjögren syndrome compared with healthy individuals. METHODS:Tear fluid was collected from the inferior fornix of normal subjects (n = 17) and patients with Sjögren ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Argüeso P,Balaram M,Spurr-Michaud S,Keutmann HT,Dana MR,Gipson IK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the presence of IgG autoantibodies in the vitreous of spontaneous cases of equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) has been demonstrated, the potential role of IgM reactivities during ERU pathogenesis remains unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of IgM autoantibodies in vitreous spe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Swadzba ME,Hirmer S,Amann B,Hauck SM,Deeg CA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of second-harmonic imaging to identify differences in corneal stromal collagen organization between normal human and keratoconus corneas. METHODS:Six normal corneas from eye bank donors and 13 corneas of patients with keratoconus, obtained after penetrating...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Morishige N,Wahlert AJ,Kenney MC,Brown DJ,Kawamoto K,Chikama T,Nishida T,Jester JV

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Reading a text requires vergence angle adjustments, so that the images in the two eyes fall on corresponding retinal areas. Vergence adjustments bring the two retinal images into Panum's fusional area and therefore, small remaining errors or regulations do not lead to double vision. The present study evaluated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jainta S,Dehnert A,Heinrich SP,Jaschinski W

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the consequences of altering retinal sterol metabolism and composition on the development, histologic organization, and electrophysiological function of the retina, under conditions that mimic the biochemical hallmarks of the Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) syndrome. METHODS:Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats we...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fliesler SJ,Richards MJ,Miller C,Peachey NS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Ocular structural and functional changes, collectively termed spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), have been described in astronauts undergoing long-duration missions in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. We tested the hypothesis that retinal vascular remodeling, pa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vyas RJ,Young M,Murray MC,Predovic M,Lim S,Jacobs NM,Mason SS,Zanello SB,Taibbi G,Vizzeri G,Parsons-Wingerter P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Antiangiogenic treatment is a promising new therapy for angiogenesis-dependent diseases. In the current study, the biologic effects on pathologic and physiological angiogenesis in the retina of angiostatin, a very potent angiogenesis inhibitor were determined. In addition, the effects of angiostatin on the grow...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Drixler TA,Borel Rinkes IH,Ritchie ED,Treffers FW,van Vroonhoven TJ,Gebbink MF,Voest EE

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The phenoxyacetic acid, ethacrynic acid (ECA), has potential use in glaucoma therapy because it acts to increase aqueous outflow in vivo and in vitro. In human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cell culture, ECA acts to change cell shape and attachment, effects that have been correlated with microtubule (MT) alteration...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Epstein DL,Roberts BC,Skinner LL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) plays a key role in VEGF-induced angiogenesis. The goal of this project was to test the hypothesis that editing genomic VEGFR2 loci using the technology of clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated DNA endonuclease (Cas)9 in St...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huang X,Zhou G,Wu W,Ma G,D'Amore PA,Mukai S,Lei H

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are two human 15-lipoxygenases (LOX), 15-LOX-1 and -2, which convert arachidonic acid to 15S-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15S-HETE). The presence of both 15-LOXs in the human cornea prompted this study to delineate their roles in the human corneal epithelium. METHODS:Human corneal epithelia from donor c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chang MS,Schneider C,Roberts RL,Shappell SB,Haselton FR,Boeglin WE,Brash AR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Growing evidence suggests the involvement of the macula even in early stages of glaucoma. However, little is known about the impact of glaucomatous macular damage on central pattern vision. Here we examine the contrast requirement for letter recognition and its relationship with retinal thickness in the macular...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chien L,Liu R,Girkin C,Kwon M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure changes in nuclear gene expression resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal pigment epithelial cells. METHODS:ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelial cells were depleted of their mitochondrial (mt)DNA by passaging in a low concentration of ethidium bromide. Loss of mitochondrial DNA was determ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miceli MV,Jazwinski SM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peroxynitrite generated during the early phase of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) causes peroxidation of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6), a principal unsaturated fatty acid of the photoreceptor membrane, to its hydroperoxide (22:6HP). During this phase, microglia migrate to the site of photoreceptors. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Saraswathy S,Wu G,Rao NA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To calculate the relative amount of hemoglobin (Hb) in sectors of the optic nerve head (ONH) from stereoscopic color fundus images using the Laguna ONhE method and compare the results with the visual field evaluation and optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Healthy eyes (n = 87) and glaucoma eyes (n = 7...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pena-Betancor C,Gonzalez-Hernandez M,Fumero-Batista F,Sigut J,Medina-Mesa E,Alayon S,Gonzalez de la Rosa M

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To accelerate the development of new therapies, an inherited retinal degeneration model in a nonhuman primate would be useful to confirm the efficacy in preclinical studies. In this study, we describe the discovery of retinitis pigmentosa in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) pedigree. Methods:First, sc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ikeda Y,Nishiguchi KM,Miya F,Shimozawa N,Funatsu J,Nakatake S,Fujiwara K,Tachibana T,Murakami Y,Hisatomi T,Yoshida S,Yasutomi Y,Tsunoda T,Nakazawa T,Ishibashi T,Sonoda KH

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:Conventional full-field flash electroretinography (ERG) yields a single response waveform that can be useful in the early detection and diagnosis of many diseases affecting the retina. It is an objective measurement that probes the entire retina. However, localized areas of dysfunction have relatively small inf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Derafshi Z,Kunzer BE,Mugler EM,Rokhmanova N,Park DW,Tajalli H,Shetty K,Ma Z,Williams JC,Hetling JR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The secreted Ly6/uPAR-related protein-1 (Slurp1), associated with the hyperkeratotic disorder mal de Meleda, is abundantly expressed in corneas. Here, we examine its corneal expression and functions. METHODS:Gene expression was quantified by quantitative PCR (qPCR), immunoblots, and immunofluorescent staining....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Swamynathan S,Buela KA,Kinchington P,Lathrop KL,Misawa H,Hendricks RL,Swamynathan SK

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Rd4/+ mouse inherits an autosomal dominant retinal degeneration that cosegregates with a large inversion spanning nearly all of mouse chromosome 4 (Chr 4). This inversion is homozygous lethal. The hypothesis for the study was that disruption of a gene at one of the two breakpoints in the Rd4 chromosome is r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kitamura E,Danciger M,Yamashita C,Rao NP,Nusinowitz S,Chang B,Farber DB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To evaluate the shape of the posterior corneal surface in eyes with normal myopia or myopic astigmatism and the changes after LASIK and epi-LASIK. METHODS. A total of 152 eyes were included in the study. The posterior corneal elevation was measured with Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam; Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang L,Wang Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the hypothesis that tumor-infiltrating macrophages contribute to prognosis of uveal melanoma and to study their association with tumor characteristics, especially microvessels. METHODS:This was a retrospective, population-based cohort study of 167 consecutive patients who had had an eye with cho...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mäkitie T,Summanen P,Tarkkanen A,Kivelä T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the native basement membrane left behind after manual débridement wounding is retained throughout healing in the Balb/c mouse. METHODS:Mouse corneas were subjected to either 1.5 mm (small) or limbus-to-limbus (large) epithelial débridement wounds and allowed to heal for times ranging from ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sta Iglesia DD,Stepp MA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate, using multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), potential spatial associations between local neuroretinal function and local retinal thickness in patients with diabetes. METHODS:Forty-five patients without retinopathy (10 with Type 1 diabetes; 35 with Type 2...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dhamdhere KP,Bearse MA Jr,Harrison W,Barez S,Schneck ME,Adams AJ

更新日期：2012-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence-basis based on existing myopia control trials along with the supporting academic literature were reviewed; this informed recommendations on the outcomes suggested from clinical trials aimed at slowing myopia progression to show the effectiveness of treatments and the impact on patients. These outcomes wer...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wolffsohn JS,Kollbaum PS,Berntsen DA,Atchison DA,Benavente A,Bradley A,Buckhurst H,Collins M,Fujikado T,Hiraoka T,Hirota M,Jones D,Logan NS,Lundström L,Torii H,Read SA,Naidoo K

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Point and null mutations in interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) cause retinal dystrophy in affected patients and IRBP-deficient mice with unknown mechanism. This study investigated whether IRBP protects cells from damages induced by all-trans-retinal (atRAL), which was increased in the Irbp(-/-) ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee M,Li S,Sato K,Jin M

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Plasminogen activator (PA) activity during epithelial wound healing in vitamin A-deficient rats was investigated to determine whether a relationship exists between corneal defect formation and PA activity. Uniform, central 3 mm diameter corneal epithelial wounds were made by scalpel debridement in vitamin A-deficient ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hayashi K,Frangieh G,Kenyon KR,Berman M,Wolf G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Heparanase and VEGF are related closely to angiogenesis in cancer. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the expression and correlation of heparanase and VEGF in hypoxia-induced retinal neovascularization. METHODS:C57BL/6 oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mice and human retinal microvascular endothelial cell...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hu J,Song X,He YQ,Freeman C,Parish CR,Yuan L,Yu H,Tang S

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have undergone a thorough eye examination. These patients had statistically significantly lower ocular rigidity measurements than a group of normal volunteers matched on age, sex, and refractive error. In addition, the corneal diameter and length of the eyeball was sm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaiser-Kupfer MI,McCain L,Shapiro JR,Podgor MJ,Kupfer C,Rowe D

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00