RPE cell surface proteins in normal and dystrophic rats.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of age on the proportion of apoptotic cells in the RPE and cellular density in human eyes in situ. METHODS:RPE flatmounts prepared from 22 adult human cadaver eyes (11 pairs; ages 19-87) were stained for apoptotic cells by a TUNEL technique. The density of RPE cells was also measured. T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Del Priore LV,Kuo YH,Tezel TH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify if whole-body hydration plays an important role in dry eye (DE). We hypothesized that individuals classified as DE have higher plasma osmolality (Posm), indicating suboptimal hydration, compared with those classified as non-DE. METHODS:Using a hospital-based observational cross-sectional design, as...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Walsh NP,Fortes MB,Raymond-Barker P,Bishop C,Owen J,Tye E,Esmaeelpour M,Purslow C,Elghenzai S

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the utility of baseline Stratus optical coherence tomography (OCT; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) normative classification in the prediction of future visual field (VF) loss. METHODS:Eighty-eight eyes with suspected glaucoma with abnormal RNFL classification by Str...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sung KR,Kim S,Lee Y,Yun SC,Na JH

更新日期：2011-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To localize and identify the gene and mutations causing autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in a Chinese Family. METHODS:Families were ascertained and patients underwent complete ophthalmic examinations. Blood samples were collected and DNA was extracted. A linkage scan of genomic regions containing known ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li N,Mei H,MacDonald IM,Jiao X,Hejtmancik JF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare the hemifield asymmetry of visual field (VF) loss in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) across all severity levels. Methods:A total of 522 eyes of 327 patients with POAG (mean age ± SD, 54.1 ± 12.4 years) and 375 eyes of 204 patients with PACG (67.3 ± 8.9 ye...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yousefi S,Sakai H,Murata H,Fujino Y,Garway-Heath D,Weinreb R,Asaoka R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the impact of small pupils and light levels on reading performance of distance-corrected presbyopes. To determine whether small pupils would enable presbyopes to read at near even at low light levels. Methods:To establish the lower range of text luminances, we quantified the space-averaged luminance...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xu R,Gil D,Dibas M,Hare W,Bradley A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this review was to provide detailed insights into the pathophysiology of myofibroblast-mediated fibrosis (scarring or late haze) after corneal injury, surgery, or infection. Method:Literature review. Results:The epithelium and epithelial basement membrane (EBM) and/or endothelium and Descemet's...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Medeiros CS,Marino GK,Santhiago MR,Wilson SE

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the phagocytosis of extracellular matrix components by retinal pigment epithelial cells and to determine which receptors and signal transduction pathways are involved. METHODS:Fluorescent latex beads were coated with fibronectin (FN), collagen type I or IV, or thrombospondin and incubated with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhao MW,Jin ML,He S,Spee C,Ryan SJ,Hinton DR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One eye of each of eight subjects was exposed to gases containing oxygen concentrations of 1.0%, 2.5%, 4.9%, 7.5%, 10.1%, and 21.4% (oxygen partial pressures ranging from 8 to 158 mmHg) for 8 hr. The precorneal oxygen concentration required to avoid corneal edema for the group as a whole was 10.1% (an oxygen tension o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holden BA,Sweeney DF,Sanderson G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate macular focal cone ERG (fERG) as a tool for reliable and early detection of central retinal function decay in cone-rod dystrophy (CRD). METHODS:A retrospective study of the time course of fERG amplitude and its relation to visual acuity alterations was performed in 47 CRD patients followed yearly f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Galli-Resta L,Piccardi M,Ziccardi L,Fadda A,Minnella A,Marangoni D,Placidi G,Resta G,Falsini B

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Synthesis of keratan sulfate (KS) relies on coordinated action of multiple enzymes, including the N-acetylglucosamine-transferring enzyme, β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-7 (β3GnT7). A mouse model deficient in β3GnT7 was developed to explore structural changes in KS and the extracellular matrix (ECM; i.e....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Littlechild SL,Young RD,Caterson B,Yoshida H,Yamazaki M,Sakimura K,Quantock AJ,Akama TO

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most prevalent form of glaucoma, accounting for approximately 90% of all cases. The aqueous humor (AH), a biological fluid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye, is involved in a multitude of functions including the maintenance of IOP and ocular homeostasis....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sharma S,Bollinger KE,Kodeboyina SK,Zhi W,Patton J,Bai S,Edwards B,Ulrich L,Bogorad D,Sharma A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshly enucleated rabbit eyes were refrigerated at +4 degrees C under standard eye bank conditions for 2, 6, 9, and 21 days. One group of corneas with a scleral rim were excised and placed in M-K medium, stored for 18, 24, or 48 hr at +4 degrees C; they were then removed, and endothelial cell viability was evaluated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Binder PS,Wickham MG

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the optimal procedures for multichannel visually evoked potentials (VEPs) to detect misrouting in albinism subjects. Methods:Investigations were done in a phenotypically heterogeneous group of 180 albinism subjects and 187 controls with and without ocular pathology. We retrospectively compared s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kruijt CC,de Wit GC,Talsma HE,Schalij-Delfos NE,van Genderen MM

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the topographic changes of the dark-adapted multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) across adulthood in the central retina and compare the topography between macular versus extramacular, nasal versus temporal, and inferior versus superior retinal areas. Methods:Sixty-five subjects (18-88 years) rec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Panorgias A,Tillman M,Sutter EE,Moshiri A,Gerth-Kahlert C,Werner JS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Classically, acute and chronic inflammations are characterized by fibrin deposition and a dynamic influx of leukocytes. This leukocyte recruitment, and associated activation, is thought to be dependent on the generation of leukocyte chemotactic factors (LCF). Although the functional existence of LCF in ocular t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ramsby ML,Kreutzer DL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin in Müller cell reactivity. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in mice deficient for GFAP and vimentin (GFAP(-/-)vim(-/-)) and age-matched wild-type (wt) mice. The reactivity of the retina was studied by immunofluorescence and e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verardo MR,Lewis GP,Takeda M,Linberg KA,Byun J,Luna G,Wilhelmsson U,Pekny M,Chen DF,Fisher SK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the damaging effect of UV-A irradiation on the chaperone-like properties of alpha-crystallin and the subsequent recovery process of young and old bovine lenses. METHODS:Young and old bovine lenses were kept in organ culture. After 24 hours of incubation they were irradiated with UV-A at 365 nm, and op...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weinreb O,van Boekel MA,Dovrat A,Bloemendal H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The immediate early gene Egr-1 is thought to form part of the pathway that mediates abnormal ocular growth. This study investigated whether the mRNA expression levels of Egr-1 in a mammalian retina are modulated differentially, depending on the direction of ocular growth. METHODS:To induce accelerated growth a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ashby RS,Zeng G,Leotta AJ,Tse DY,McFadden SA

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To quantify the role of anterior zonular tension on the optomechanical lens response during simulation of accommodation in primates. METHODS:Postmortem cynomolgus monkey eyes (n = 14; age range, 3.0-11.5 years) were dissected leaving intact the lens, zonules, ciliary body, hyaloid membrane, anterior vitreous, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nankivil D,Manns F,Arrieta-Quintero E,Ziebarth N,Borja D,Amelinckx A,Bernal A,Ho A,Parel JM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this paper was to discuss manifestations of primary mitochondrial dysfunctions and whether the retinal pigment epithelium or the photoreceptors are preferentially affected. Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed of patients with clinically and laboratory confirmed diagnoses of maternally...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Oh JK,Lima de Carvalho JR Jr,Nuzbrokh Y,Ryu J,Chemudupati T,Mahajan VB,Sparrow JR,Tsang SH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular pigment (MP) may protect against age-related macular degeneration. This study was conducted to determine the extent of changes in the macular pigment density as a consequence of oral supplementation with lutein. A second purpose was to compare two objective measurement techniques. METHODS:In the first ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berendschot TT,Goldbohm RA,Klöpping WA,van de Kraats J,van Norel J,van Norren D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4) effluxes a wide variety of endogenous compounds, including cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and is exclusively expressed in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) of the retina. This study aimed to investigate the role of MRP4 in retinal vascular development. METHODS:The r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Matsumiya W,Kusuhara S,Hayashibe K,Maruyama K,Kusuhara H,Tagami M,Schuetz JD,Negi A

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroretinographic studies of myctalopic Appaloosa horses demonstrated photopic and scotopic abnormalities similar to those in humans with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) of the Schubert-Bornschein type. The phototopic abnormalities consisted of reduced b-wave amplitudes and slower than normal b-wave im...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Witzel DA,Smith EL,Wilson RD,Aguirre GD

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma has been known to be associated with a loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons throughout the fundus and a decreased count of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in the parapapillary region. This study investigated whether glaucomatous changes of the deep retinal layer occur outsi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Panda S,Jonas JB

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) on vitreous oxygenation (pO2) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:Patients due to undergo PPV for either macular hole or epiretinal membrane were recruited. MRI scanning was performed 1 week before and at least 3 months after PPV. MRI T1 mapping wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Simpson AR,Dowell NG,Jackson TL,Tofts PS,Hughes EH

更新日期：2013-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine how the different stages of retinal processing change after photoreceptor degeneration in rabbits carrying the Pro347Leu rhodopsin mutation (Tg rabbits). METHODS:Cone electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by 150-ms duration stimuli from 13 Tg rabbits at 12 and 24 weeks of age. The ERG recordings...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nishimura T,Machida S,Kondo M,Terasaki H,Yokoyama D,Kurosaka D

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) mRNA in corneal tissues before and at early time points (6 and 12 hours and 1, 3, and 5 days) after corneal infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS:Ribonuclease protection assays were used to detect and quantitate TIMP mRNA expr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kernacki KA,Goebel DJ,Poosch MS,Hazlett LD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We examined the pattern and extent of connective tissue distribution in the extraocular muscles (EOMs) and determined the ability of the interconnected connective tissues to disseminate force laterally. Methods:Human EOMs were examined for collagens I, III, IV, and VI; fibronectin; laminin; and elastin using i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McLoon LK,Vicente A,Fitzpatrick KR,Lindström M,Pedrosa Domellöf F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate phenotype characteristics of fellow eyes in patients with early onset of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD). METHODS:Patients with new-onset unilateral NVAMD between 50 and 65 years (n = 57, early-onset choroidal neovascularization [CNV] group) or >80 years (n = 47, late-onset ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schick T,Ersoy L,Hoyng CB,Kirchhof B,Liakopoulos S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00