The Potential Inhibitory Effects of miR-19b on Ocular Inflammation are Mediated Upstream of the JAK/STAT Pathway in a Murine Model of Allergic Conjunctivitis.

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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine the function of the tight junction protein occludin in the control of permeability, under diffusive and hydrostatic pressures, and its contribution to the control of cell division in retinal pigment epithelium. METHODS:Occludin expression was inhibited in the human retina...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Phillips BE,Cancel L,Tarbell JM,Antonetti DA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the expression of VEGF in extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (EMZL) and reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) of human ocular adnexa, and analyze the correlation with the intratumoral microvessel density (MVD). METHODS:Twenty-two EMZL and 16 RLH tissues were examined in this study. Paraformaldeh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kinoshita S,Kase S,Ando R,Dong Z,Fukuhara J,Dong Y,Inafuku S,Noda K,Noda M,Kanda A,Ishida S

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The stratified squamous epithelial covering of the cornea provides one of the first physical and immunological lines of defense. A breach in its integrity results in a wound healing response that resolves quickly. However, under certain conditions-for example, when migrating cells are unable to adhere to the ba...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chow S,Di Girolamo N

更新日期：2014-09-18 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 examine the prognostic relevance of expression of the chemokine receptors CCR7 and CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 in uveal melanoma in nonmetastatic and metastatic patients with correlation to liver metastasis and overall survival. METHODS:Primary uveal melanoma specimens from 19 patients with correlating live...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van den Bosch T,Koopmans AE,Vaarwater J,van den Berg M,de Klein A,Verdijk RM

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe and interpret "choroidal caverns," an unreported optical coherence tomography (OCT) finding in the choroid of patients with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to atrophic AMD. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of patients with GA. Main outcomes measures included estimation of the prevalence of choroida...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Querques G,Costanzo E,Miere A,Capuano V,Souied EH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells from both human retinal microvessels (HME) and fetal bovine aortic endothelium (FBAE) were grown in aggregate cultures alone, or with either retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells or fibroblasts. The levels of plasminogen activator (PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) in the conditioned med...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moisseiev J,Jerdan JA,Dyer K,Maglione A,Glaser BM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light reflected from 50 micrometer diameter spots on the fundi of two adult rhesus monkeys was measured as a function of wavelength in 10 nm jumps from 400 to 900 nm. The areas measured were a retinal artery and vein, areas of the disk, macula, and retina devoid of visible blood vessels, and the foveola. The eyes of t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flower RW,McLeod DS,Pitts SM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study observed biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in contact lens cases and investigated the inhibitory effects of 2,2'-dipyridyl (2DP) and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-b-D-glucopyranose (PGG). METHODS:Biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 and S. aureus ATCC 25923 an...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cho P,Shi GS,Boost M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), and its more severe variant, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), are life-threatening diseases of the skin and mucous membranes. After the acute-stage damage subsides, serious visual impairment and severe dry eye remains as ocular sequelae. At the acute stage, ocular complications occur i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sotozono C,Ueta M,Yokoi N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To delineate morphometric and quantitative features of the capillary image derived from high-resolution fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and consequently determine the diagnostic value of FFA for studying the retinal capillary circulation. METHODS:Retinal capillary images obtained from healthy young subjec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mendis KR,Balaratnasingam C,Yu P,Barry CJ,McAllister IL,Cringle SJ,Yu DY

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors took advantage of the Oa1 mutant mouse in combination with other albinism mouse models (i.e., Tyrosinase and membrane-associated transporter protein [Matp]) to study the function of Oa1, the gene mutated in ocular albinism type 1, in the RPE during development and after birth. METHODS:Enzyme activi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cortese K,Giordano F,Surace EM,Venturi C,Ballabio A,Tacchetti C,Marigo V

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relationship between retinal vascular geometric parameters with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GC-IPL) parameters in nonglaucomatous subjects. METHODS:Study subjects were identified from the Singapore Chinese Eye Study (SCES), a population-based survey ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tham YC,Cheng CY,Zheng Y,Aung T,Wong TY,Cheung CY

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effects of nipradilol, a nonselective beta-blocker with alpha 1-blocking activity and nitroglycerin-like activity, on aqueous humor dynamics and optic nerve head (ONH) circulation in albino rabbits. METHODS:Experiments were carried out during the dark phase, in conscious rabbits conditioned to a s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kanno M,Araie M,Tomita K,Sawanobori K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rabbits are commonly used for the evaluation of drugs and surgery to lower intraocular pressure (IOP). The accuracy of intraocular pressure measurement is therefore critical in the analysis of data and subsequent extrapolation to humans. The purpose of this study was to establish the most reliable technique, fr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lim KS,Wickremasinghe SS,Cordeiro MF,Bunce C,Khaw PT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize retinal autoantigens in patients with cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR). METHODS:The sera of 4 patients with CAR were examined by western blot analysis, and the proteins specifically probed were partially purified from bovine retinas and identified by Edman sequence analysis of the proteolyti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ohguro H,Ogawa K,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the absolute blood flow rate in a single choroidal vessel using Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Three choroidal vessels were selected in the right eye of three normal subjects, and were measured with Doppler OCT at a 1020-nm probe wavelength. The pulsatile change of the blood fl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miura M,Makita S,Iwasaki T,Yasuno Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) treatment leads to long-term photoreceptor survival in hereditary retinal degeneration. METHODS:An autosomal dominant feline model of rod-cone dystrophy was used throughout the study with two normal animals. In ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chong NH,Alexander RA,Waters L,Barnett KC,Bird AC,Luthert PJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for the rapid flow cytometric determination of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor densities on the surface of cultured ocular cells. The technique uses a biotinylated monoclonal antibody directed against the EGF receptor in conjunction with a streptavidin-bound fluorochrome and requires the s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lopez JG,Chew SJ,Thompson HW,Malter JS,Insler MS,Beuerman RW

更新日期：1992-05-01 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:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Tono-Pen 2 tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure (IOP) in the living rat eye. METHODS:One eye from each of 20 adult, anesthetized brown Norway rats (group 1) was cannulated and simultaneously connected to a syringe and a pressure transducer with a chart reco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moore CG,Milne ST,Morrison JC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To define the functional roles of Grk1 and Grk7 in zebrafish cones in vivo. Methods:Genome editing was used to generate grk7a and grk1b knockout zebrafish. Electroretinogram (ERG) analyses of the isolated cone mass receptor potential and the b-wave were performed in dark-adapted zebrafish using a paired flash ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chrispell JD,Dong E,Osawa S,Liu J,Cameron DJ,Weiss ER

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the differential expression of intraocular inflammatory cytokines in eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and to assess their roles as prognostic determinants of BRVO. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 38 eyes with BRVO. Aqueous humor samples were collected just before the intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kaneda S,Miyazaki D,Sasaki S,Yakura K,Terasaka Y,Miyake K,Ikeda Y,Funakoshi T,Baba T,Yamasaki A,Inoue Y

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To learn whether locally expressed and systemic mediators might modulate the cholinergically induced transepithelial Cl(-) fluxes that underlie lacrimal fluid production. METHODS:Reconstituted epithelial monolayers were exposed to a submaximal dose of the muscarinic agonist, carbachol (CCh), or to one of sever...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Selvam S,Mircheff AK,Yiu SC

更新日期：2013-04-26 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:To map the spatiotemporal decline in retinally driven activity in the superior colliculus (SC) of transgenic S334ter-line-3 rats that express a mutated rhodopsin, which causes photoreceptor degeneration. To determine whether transplantation of fetal retinal sheets into the subretinal space of these rats can rec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sagdullaev BT,Aramant RB,Seiler MJ,Woch G,McCall MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL or Batten Disease) is one of the most common progressive neurodegenerative disorders of childhood, resulting from autosomal recessive inheritance of mutations in the CLN3 gene. Pathologically, Batten disease is characterized by lysosomal storage of autofluorescent m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Kingsley E,Serour A,Curran TM,Brooks AI,Pearce DA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies demonstrated that short peptides derived from activity-dependent neurotrophic factor (ADNF) and activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) are neuroprotective at femtomolar concentrations. We evaluated these findings in cultures of purified rat retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) using two such ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lagrèze WA,Pielen A,Steingart R,Schlunck G,Hofmann HD,Gozes I,Kirsch M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the validity of the color component subtraction method, a new objective technique of measuring nuclear cataract, and to correlate the tangent values of the different degrees of nuclear opacities to their corresponding subjective nuclear cataract grading using the Lens Opacities Classification System II ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Khu PM,Kashiwagi T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00