Atlas of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Organelles Significant for Clinical Imaging.

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated age-related change in peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thicknesses (RNFLT) measured with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, peripapillary RNFL measurement was performed using a Cirrus SD-OCT device. Linear ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Celebi AR,Mirza GE

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the localization of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in human corneal cells and to evaluate its functional ability as a local immunosuppressive factor. METHODS:The expression profile of IDO was identified in primary cultures of human corneal cells (fibroblasts, epithelial cells, endothelial cells)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ryu YH,Kim JC

更新日期：2007-09-01 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 establish, using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO), that the retinal parafoveal capillary network is altered before the onset of diabetic retinopathy in adult patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS:AOSLO videos were acquired in the parafoveal region of one eye from control subjects and f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tam J,Dhamdhere KP,Tiruveedhula P,Manzanera S,Barez S,Bearse MA Jr,Adams AJ,Roorda A

更新日期：2011-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the choroidal thickness (CT) in children with amblyopia through spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Thirty-seven children with unilateral amblyopia and 22 children with normal vision participated in the study. Cross-sectional images of the choroid of evaluated eyes wer...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu J,Zheng J,Yu S,Sun Z,Zheng W,Qu P,Chen Y,Chen W,Yu X

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes 0.5 to 5 micron in diameter and of various phospholipid compositions were used as a simplified model of rod outer segment membranes to examine the phagocytic mechanism of cultured explants of retinal dystrophic Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) and normal Long-Evans (LE) rat pigment epithelium. RCS pigment epi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Effron JT,Szamier RB,Edwards RB

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To model the sensitivity of the optic nerve head (ONH) biomechanical environment to acute variations in IOP, cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP), and central retinal artery blood pressure (BP). Methods:We extended a previously published numerical model of the ONH to include 24 factors representing tissue anato...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hua Y,Voorhees AP,Sigal IA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Methionine-sulfoxide reductases are unique, in that their ability to repair oxidized proteins and MsrA, which reduces S-methionine sulfoxide, can protect lens cells against oxidative stress damage. To date, the roles of MsrB1, -B2 and -B3 which reduce R-methionine sulfoxide have not been established for any mam...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Marchetti MA,Pizarro GO,Sagher D,Deamicis C,Brot N,Hejtmancik JF,Weissbach H,Kantorow M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) on phagocytosis and processing of photoreceptor outer segments (OS) by retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS:Confluent cultures of RPE-J cells were pretreated with oxLDL or LDL, and the effects of such treatment on the processing of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hoppe G,Marmorstein AD,Pennock EA,Hoff HF

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lens epithelial tissue does not normally express major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. In addition, the mechanism of self-tolerance to intraocular antigens is unknown. To study the effect of class I expression in the lens, transgenic mice were produced that express an allo-MHC class I molecu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Martin WD,Egan RM,Stevens JL,Woodward JG

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Doxorubicin chemomyectomy presently represents the only permanent, nonsurgical treatment for blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. The major deterrent to an otherwise extremely effective treatment protocol is the development in patients of localized inflammation, discomfort, and skin injury over the injection sit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McLoon LK,Wirtschafter JD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the changes in postnatal mouse conjunctival forniceal gene expression and their regulation by Klf4 during the eye-opening stage when the goblet cells first appear. METHODS:Laser microdissection (LMD) was used to collect conjunctival forniceal cells from postnatal (PN) day 9, PN14 and PN20 wild-type...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gupta D,Harvey SA,Kaminski N,Swamynathan SK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine transforming growth factor (TGF) beta effects on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as a potential cause of the blood-retinal barrier breakdown at the onset of angiogenesis. Previously, glial cells were shown to play a role in the angiogenesis process and to express the angiogenic regulating factor T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Behzadian MA,Wang XL,Windsor LJ,Ghaly N,Caldwell RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The influence of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal on aqueous outflow facility remains poorly understood. We examined the relationship between inner wall pore characteristics and outflow facility in living primate eyes in which facility had been pharmacologically increased by ethacrynic acid (ECA) infusion and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ethier CR,Croft MA,Coloma FM,Gangnon RE,Ladd W,Kaufman PL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of VEGF-A in the normal ciliary body is largely unexplored. The ciliary body is similar in many respects to the choroid plexus of the brain, and we demonstrated previously the importance of VEGF-A in maintenance of choroid plexus vasculature and ependymal cells. Therefore, the role of VEGF-A in ciliary...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ford KM,Saint-Geniez M,Walshe TE,D'Amore PA

更新日期：2012-11-07 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:In the studies of spatial integration an increase in the spatial extent of the stimulus usually results in a decrease in the spatial frequency bandwidth of the stimulus. The authors investigated separately the effects of these two factors on contrast detectability. METHODS:Efficiencies were measured for a circ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kukkonen H,Näsänen R,Rovamo J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. To use optical coherence tomography (OCT) to evaluate the effect of punctal occlusion on tear meniscus volume in dry eye patients. Methods. Occlusion of both upper and lower puncta with collagen plugs was performed on one eye each in 20 dry eye patients and 20 normal subjects. The upper and lower tear menisci...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen F,Shen M,Chen W,Wang J,Li M,Yuan Y,Lu F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenic mice of the MRL/Mp strain spontaneously develop an autoimmune connective tissue disease that shares immunologic and histopathologic features with the human disorders systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic vasculitis. The autoimmune disorder in these mice is markedly accelerated by th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jabs DA,Alexander EL,Green WR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) released by ciliary smooth muscle cells in vitro and to determine whether MMP release is altered by exposure to prostaglandins (PGs). METHODS:Human ciliary smooth muscle cells were grown to confluence in monolayer cultures and treated with PGF2 alpha, 11-deoxy-PGE1,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weinreb RN,Kashiwagi K,Kashiwagi F,Tsukahara S,Lindsey JD

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if cataract surgery on eyes with AMD confers as much functional visual improvement as surgery on eyes without retinal pathology. METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of 4924 cataract surgeries from the Veterans Healthcare Administration Ophthalmic Surgical Outcomes Data Project (OSOD). We incl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stock MV,Vollman DE,Baze EF,Chomsky AS,Daly MK,Lawrence MG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether myopia is present in a breed of domestic dog, the Labrador retriever, and how the ocular components are related to refractive error in this breed. METHODS:Cycloplegic refractive error was measured in 75 Labrador retrievers by retinoscopy. Corneal and crystalline lens radii of curvature w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mutti DO,Zadnik K,Murphy CJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate how mitomycin C (MMC) modulates corneal fibroblast migration and its molecular mechanisms in the wound healing process. METHODS:After treatment with 0 and 0.2 mg · mL(-1) MMC for 5 minutes, effect of MMC on cell migration of human corneal fibroblasts (HCFs) was examined with a cell migration ass...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen TC,Lai CH,Chang JL,Chang SW

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoreceptor degeneration was induced in the cone-dominant retina of the ground squirrel by intracardiac injection of iodoacetic acid. Morphology was examined and cyclic nucleotide levels were determined in retinas taken at various times between 35 min and 11 days after injection. Degenerating cone cells were first d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Farber DB,Souza DW,Chase DG

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently protease inhibitors were used to treat corneal ulceration and persistent epithelial defect. An organ culture system was used in this study to examine the effect of four protease inhibitors on rat corneal epithelial migration and on incorporation of 3H-leucine into trichloroacetic acid-precipitable material as...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zieske JD,Bukusoglu G

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of cellular immunodeficiency in recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis, six Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with healed toxoplasmic lesions of the retina were immunosuppressed by total lymphoid irradiation. Three months prior to irradiation 30,000 Toxoplasma gondii organisms of the Be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holland GN,O'Connor GR,Diaz RF,Minasi P,Wara WM

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the reproducibility and mutual agreement of the subfoveal choroidal thickness measurements by expert raters and an automated algorithm in enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) images of eyes with nonneovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS:We recruited 44 ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee S,Fallah N,Forooghian F,Ko A,Pakzad-Vaezi K,Merkur AB,Kirker AW,Albiani DA,Young M,Sarunic MV,Beg MF

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody, 4G10.3, was developed that preferentially binds limbal basal cells in adult rat, rabbit, and human corneas. These cells were hypothesized to be the stem cells for the corneal epithelium. The antibody 4G10.3 was localized by immunofluorescence microscopy in rats 1 d and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 6 wk ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chung EH,Bukusoglu G,Zieske JD

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Beta-adrenergic receptor (AR) antagonists are frequently prescribed ophthalmic drugs, yet previous investigations into how catecholamines affect corneal wound healing have yielded conflicting RESULTS:With the use of an integrated pharmacologic and genetic approach, the authors investigated how the beta-AR impa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ghoghawala SY,Mannis MJ,Pullar CE,Rosenblatt MI,Isseroff RR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Applying CNGA3 gene augmentation therapy to cure a novel causative mutation underlying achromatopsia (ACHM) in sheep. Methods:Impaired vision that spontaneously appeared in newborn lambs was characterized by behavioral, electroretinographic (ERG), and histologic techniques. Deep-sequencing reads of an affected...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gootwine E,Abu-Siam M,Obolensky A,Rosov A,Honig H,Nitzan T,Shirak A,Ezra-Elia R,Yamin E,Banin E,Averbukh E,Hauswirth WW,Ofri R,Seroussi E

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00