Macular Functional and Morphological Changes in Intermediate Age-Related Maculopathy.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 3, 4, and 8 in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD). METHODS:Sixteen patients with active ocular BD and 16 healthy volunteers were included in this study. Total RNA was isolated from PBMCs to determine mRNA levels of TLRs, including TLR2, TLR3, TLR4...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu X,Wang C,Ye Z,Kijlstra A,Yang P

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the capacity for rapid saccade adaptation in Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS), a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, in which it has been observed that saccadic accuracy is severely reduced. METHODS:Saccade amplitude modification was elicited by backward steps (30% of target eccentricity) during ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Geest JN,Haselen GC,Frens MA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether there is rod system dysfunction in the central retina of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS:Dark-adapted sensitivity (500-nm stimulus) and light-adapted sensitivity (600 nm) were measured psychophysically at 52 loci in the central 38 degrees (diameter) of retina ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owsley C,Jackson GR,Cideciyan AV,Huang Y,Fine SL,Ho AC,Maguire MG,Lolley V,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the frizzled-4 gene (FZD4) have recently been associated with autosomal dominant familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) in families linking to the EVR1 locus on the long arm of chromosome 11. The purpose of this study was to screen FZD4 in a panel of 40 patients with FEVR to identify the types...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Toomes C,Bottomley HM,Scott S,Mackey DA,Craig JE,Appukuttan B,Stout JT,Flaxel CJ,Zhang K,Black GC,Fryer A,Downey LM,Inglehearn CF

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To understand the genetic regulatory pathways underlying the retinoic acid (RA) induction of cone arrestin, gene array technology and other molecular tools were used to profile global gene expression changes in human retinoblastoma cells. METHODS:Weri-Rb-1 retinoblastoma cells were cultured in the absence or p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li A,Zhu X,Brown B,Craft CM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-bound proteins in plasma membrane enriched fractions from cultured rat RPE were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Membrane proteins were characterized on three increasingly specific levels. Total protein was visualized by silver staining. A maximum of 102 separate proteins were counted in silve...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Clark VM,Hall MO

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess photoreceptor structure in macular microholes by using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and compare with visual acuity. METHODS:Fourteen eyes from 12 patients with macular microholes underwent a full ophthalmologic examin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ooto S,Hangai M,Takayama K,Ueda-Arakawa N,Makiyama Y,Hanebuchi M,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine factors affecting the disc-fovea angle (DFA), and to test the hypotheses that adjusting for DFA improves limits of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) variability in normal subjects or enhances performance of RNFL measures for glaucoma detection. METHODS:Disc-fovea angle was measured on scanning lase...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Amini N,Nowroozizadeh S,Cirineo N,Henry S,Chang T,Chou T,Coleman AL,Caprioli J,Nouri-Mahdavi K

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for assessing the inward permeability of the blood-retinal barrier by fluorophotometry is presented. The permeability value is calculated with the fluorophotometer computer from fluorophotometric scan values in vitreous and non-protein-bound fluorescein concentration values in plasma. No diffusion coefficient...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kappelhof JP,van Best JA,van Valenberg PL,Oosterhuis JA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the expression patterns of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms in mouse extraocular muscles (EOMs) during postnatal development. METHODS:MyHC isoform expression in mouse EOMs from postnatal day (P)0 to 3 months was evaluated by quantitative polymerase chair reaction (qPCR) and immunohistochemist...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou Y,Liu D,Kaminski HJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To mathematically analyze and to clinically describe specific anatomic foveal configurations predisposing to the formation of macular holes in comparison with normal foveal anatomy. METHODS:In a retrospective observational case-control series, a total of 3882 optical coherence tomography (OCT) foveal thickness...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Barak Y,Sherman MP,Schaal S

更新日期：2011-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataracts removed intracapsularly by cryoprobe technique from human diabetics were analyzed for sugars and polyols by gas liquid chromatography. The contents of sorbitol and fructose of lenses followed blood glucose levels at least up to 250 mg/dl. Studies indicate that human lens is capable of synthesizing substantia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Varma SD,Schocket SS,Richards RD

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess self-reported difficulty in visual activities is common in patients with impaired vision. This study determines the visual and psychosocial factors influencing patients' responses to self-report measures, to aid in understanding what is being measured...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tabrett DR,Latham K

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the pharmacokinetics and tissue response between intravitreal and microcannulation injections into the suprachoroidal space using bevacizumab. METHODS:Sixty-two pigs were studied. Either a pars plana intravitreal bevacizumab or a viscoelastic-enhanced microcannula suprachoroidal injection was perfor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Olsen TW,Feng X,Wabner K,Csaky K,Pambuccian S,Cameron JD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the interpretation of Heidelberg Retina Flowmeter (HRF; Heidelberg Engineering GmBH, Dosselheim, Germany) flow maps by examining the influence of specific vascular structures and focus depth in the presence and absence of retinal blood flow. METHODS:HRF flow maps were recorded from the inferior reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu DY,Townsend R,Cringle SJ,Chauhan BC,Morgan WH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether β-zone parapapillary atrophy (PPA) is associated with the rate of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness change as assessed by trend-based analysis using time-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:This retrospective cohort study included 202 glaucomatous eyes that were obse...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee EJ,Kim TW,Weinreb RN,Park KH,Kim SH,Kim DM

更新日期：2011-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the Ganzfeld ERG photopic negative response (PhNR), an assay of inner retinal activity, is altered in childhood optic glioma (OPG). METHODS:Seventeen pediatric patients with a diagnosis of OPG, established on neuro-ophthalmologic and brain/orbit magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria, w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abed E,Piccardi M,Rizzo D,Chiaretti A,Ambrosio L,Petroni S,Parrilla R,Dickmann A,Riccardi R,Falsini B

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:The acute effect of topical epinephrine HCl 2% on macular capillary blood flow was studied in 18 healthy human volunteers using the blue-field simulation technique. This technique provides a method for quantifying the velocity of leukocytes flowing in macular capillaries. Subjects adjusted the velocity of simulated le...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robinson F,Chen S,Petrig BL,Grunwald JE,Riva CE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the reliability and usefulness of a video-based Hirschberg test under clinical conditions. METHODS:The authors estimated ocular deviation in 87 patients with strabismus through automated analysis of corneal reflex displacement using a video refractor. The reproducibility of measurement, the comparis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hasebe S,Ohtsuki H,Tadokoro Y,Okano M,Furuse T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Amino-amide or amino-ester local anesthetics, which are currently used for topical ocular anesthesia, are short acting and may delay corneal healing with long-term use. In contrast, site 1 sodium channel blockers (S1SCBs) are potent local anesthetics with minimal adverse tissue reaction. In this study, we exami...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McAlvin JB,Zhan C,Dohlman JC,Kolovou PE,Salvador-Culla B,Kohane DS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate both the effect of diabetic macular edema (DME) on measured peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab injection on RNFL thickness using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with diabetic retinopathy. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hwang DJ,Lee EJ,Lee SY,Park KH,Woo SJ

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Skeletal and craniofacial muscles are frequently composed of multiple neuromuscular compartments that serve different physiological functions. Evidence of possible regional selectivity in LR intramuscular innervation was sought in a study of the anatomic potential of lateral rectus (LR) muscle compartmentalizat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Peng M,Poukens V,da Silva Costa RM,Yoo L,Tychsen L,Demer JL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the human retinal oxygenation response (deltaPO2) to a hyperoxic provocation is abnormal in patients with type I diabetes. METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to measure deltaPO2 during 100% oxygen breathing in patients with type I diabetes who had either no clinically detect...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Trick GL,Edwards P,Desai U,Berkowitz BA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We reviewed and illustrated the most optimal retinal structural measurements to make in stem cell clinical trials. METHODS:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and autofluorescence (AF) imaging were used to evaluate patients with severe visual loss from nonsyndromic and syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP), ABCA4...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jacobson SG,Matsui R,Sumaroka A,Cideciyan AV

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pattern ERGs in response to pattern-reversal stimuli varying in spatial frequency (range: 0.2-9.03 cycles/deg) and contrast (range: 0.03-0.93) were recorded from two normal male subjects. At most spatial frequencies the response amplitude increased linearly up to the highest contrast without saturation. From the ampli...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Korth M,Rix R,Sembritzki O

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, stable, noncoding RNA molecules with regulatory function and marked tissue specificity that posttranscriptionally regulate gene expression. However, their role in fungal keratitis remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify the miRNA profile and its regulatory role i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Boomiraj H,Mohankumar V,Lalitha P,Devarajan B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study describes the expression and distribution of arrestin, phosducin, and recoverin in the cone-dominant retina of the ground squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. METHODS:mRNA expression was studied by blot hybridization of ground squirrel retinal RNA, with human and murine RNA as controls. The distr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： von Schantz M,Szél A,van Veen T,Farber DB

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of dilute alcohol on human corneal epithelial cellular morphology and viability. Dilute alcohol is used for epithelial removal during photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK). METHODS:Corneal epithelial sheets harvested from human eyes after alcoh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen CC,Chang JH,Lee JB,Javier J,Azar DT

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of etomidate (ET) on axonal regeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in adult rats. METHODS:The optic nerve was transected intraorbitally at 1 mm from the optic disc, and an autologous peripheral nerve was transplanted onto the ocular ON stump in adult rats. Then the animals were...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu ZX,Qin SZ,Xu GZ,Hu JM,Ma LT

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00