Stromal vascularization prevents corneal ulceration.

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the effectiveness of Hierarchical Bayesian (HB) approach in a modeling framework for association effects that accounts for SEs of vision-specific latent traits assessed using Rasch analysis. METHODS:A systematic literature review was conducted in four major ophthalmic journals to evaluate Rasch ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wong WL,Li X,Li J,Wong TY,Cheng CY,Lamoureux EL

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate macular preganglionic function and to verify its relationship with retinal and choroidal morphology in patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) patients. Methods:All included patients performed multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) for investig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parisi V,Ziccardi L,Costanzo E,Tedeschi M,Barbano L,Manca D,Di Renzo A,Giorno P,Varano M,Parravano M

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test (FM100) is a standardized measure of chromatic discrimination, based on colored cap-sorting, which has been widely used in both adults and children. Its dependence on seriation ability raises questions as to its universal suitability and accuracy in assessing purely sensory d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cranwell MB,Pearce B,Loveridge C,Hurlbert AC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To give a European regulatory overview of the requirements on and the use of biomarkers or surrogate endpoints in the development of drugs for ocular disease. Methods:Definitions, methods to validate new markers, and circumstances where surrogate endpoints can be appropriate are summarized. Results:The key en...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wickström K,Moseley J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the distribution of human heat shock proteins (HSPs) HSP90, inducible HSP70 (iHSP70), constitutive and inducible HSP70 (cHSP70), HSP65, and human HSP27 in conjunctival biopsy specimens of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), atopic keratoconjunctivitis, and healthy persons with cataract. METHODS:Usi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berra A,Dutt JE,Nouri M,Foster CS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD) have been associated with the progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD). To determine whether SDD in eyes in normal macular health increases risk for early AMD, this study examined the association between presence of SDD at baseline in a cohort of older adult...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huisingh C,McGwin G Jr,Neely D,Zarubina A,Clark M,Zhang Y,Curcio CA,Owsley C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal leukocyte velocity and density were estimated using blue-field entoptic imaging techniques in a controlled double-masked study to determine the relative effects of oxygen and carbon dioxide on perimacular hemodynamics in single eyes of ten normal human subjects. Mild hypoxia (inspiration of 16% O2) did not sig...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sponsel WE,DePaul KL,Zetlan SR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P (SP)--like immunoreactivity has been localized to distinct retinal cell populations in the primate Macaca nemestrina by means of immunohistochemical techniques with a well-characterized monoclonal antiserum directed to SP. The specificity of the immunoreactive staining was established by absorption of the ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brecha N,Hendrickson A,Florén I,Karten HJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Histone lysine methylation (HKM) is an important epigenetic mechanism that establishes cell-specific gene expression and functions in development. However, epigenetic control of retinal development is poorly understood. To study the roles of HKM in retinogenesis, the authors examined the dynamic changes of thre...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao RC,Tchedre KT,Malik MT,Coleman N,Fang Y,Marquez VE,Chen DF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the possible antiangiogenic effect of metalloproteinase (MMP) 14 cleavage of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR1) in the cornea. METHODS:Recombinant mouse (rm) VEGFR1 was incubated with various concentrations of recombinant MMP14 to examine proteolysis in vitro. The reaction mixt...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Han KY,Dugas-Ford J,Lee H,Chang JH,Azar DT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biometry performed in patients with unilateral dense congenital cataracts and unilateral complete blepharoptosis did not show a consistent elongation of the involved eye. The antero-posterior axis of the visually deprived eye was longer than that in the normal fellow eye in some but shorter or unchanged in other patie...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： von Noorden GK,Lewis RA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and characterize a feline model of retinal degeneration induced by intravitreal injection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). METHODS:Nineteen normally sighted adult cats received 100 μL intravitreal injections of ATP with a final concentration of 11, 22, or 55 mM at the retina. Four animals were eutha...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Aplin FP,Luu CD,Vessey KA,Guymer RH,Shepherd RK,Fletcher EL

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors investigated the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) administration on the expression of Ca(2+)-binding proteins in the developing bdnf(-/-) mouse retina. METHODS:Intraocular injections of BDNF (0.5 microg) were applied on postnatal day (P) 11 bdnf(-/-) mice, and their effects were e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Arango-González B,Cellerino A,Kohler K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The expression of the lens fiber cell integral membrane proteins MP20, the alpha 3 gap junction protein (connexin 46), and MP26 (MIP) was determined both during development of the bovine fetal lens and in different animal species. METHODS:The relative levels of the mRNA species coding for these proteins was de...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jarvis LJ,Kumar NM,Louis CF

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine global mRNA expression levels in corneal and conjunctival epithelia and identify transcripts that exhibit preferential tissue expression. METHODS:cDNA samples derived from human conjunctival and corneal epithelia were hybridized in three independent experiments to a commercial oligonucleotide arra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Turner HC,Budak MT,Akinci MA,Wolosin JM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies we found that a mild thermal burn of the vitamin A-deficient rat cornea caused collagenase release into the medium of corneas placed in culture media 72 hr after applying the burn. Collagenase was released only on day 1 of culture and was not released from identically burned corneas of control rats...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Seng WL,Kenyon KR,Wolf G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tendency-oriented perimetry (TOP) is a new strategy designed to estimate the sensitivity of the visual field quickly, by using linear interpolation between test locations. This study determined the spatial resolution characteristics of TOP. METHODS:A Monte-Carlo technique was used to simulate visual fields, an...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Anderson AJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the relative importance of genes and environment in peripapillary atrophy type beta (beta-PPA) in a classic twin study. METHODS:Female twin pairs (n = 506) aged 49 to 79 years were recruited from the St. Thomas' UK Adult Twin Registry. Peripapillary atrophy was identified from masked grading of ste...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Healey PR,Mitchell P,Gilbert CE,Lee AJ,Ge D,Snieder H,Spector TD,Hammond CJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ciliary bodies of five monkey eyes and one human eye were subdivided into five zones. The ciliary epithelium with its bordering stroma was investigated electron microscopically. The number of cell organelles of the nonpigmented (NPE) and pigmented (PE) epithelium (mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ober M,Rohen JW

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate assessment of ocular alignment in monkeys is difficult because typical clinical methods require extensive cooperation by the subject or provide only a rough estimate of the misalignment. Recently, Brodie derived a geometrical model for determining the Hirschberg ratio in humans, and validated it photographica...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Quick MW,Boothe RG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study reading acuity in children and assess the reliability of its measurement using the Italian version of the MNREAD reading chart. METHODS:One hundred sixteen children from grades 3 to 8 with normal near vision were tested at a pediatric eye care institution in northeastern Italy. Visual acuity was evalu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Virgili G,Cordaro C,Bigoni A,Crovato S,Cecchini P,Menchini U

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies have shown that adenosine induces relaxation of isolated retinal arterioles mediated by the A2A receptor, but the contributions to tone regulation of adenosine receptors located both in and around the vascular wall have not been studied in detail. METHODS:Porcine retinal arterioles with preser...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riis-Vestergaard MJ,Misfeldt MW,Bek T

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Previous studies have reported a possible link between low bone mineral density and AMD. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between osteoporosis and AMD in a South Korean cohort. Methods:This cross-sectional, nationwide study included 3496 women and 2789 men who had participated in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yoo TK,Kim SH,Kwak J,Kim HK,Rim TH

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Scleral proteoglycans were characterized from human donor eyes aged 2 months to 94 years to identify age-related changes in the synthesis and/or accumulation of these extracellular matrix components. METHODS:Newly synthesized proteoglycans (previously radiolabeled with 35SO4) and total accumulated scleral prot...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rada JA,Achen VR,Penugonda S,Schmidt RW,Mount BA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired human donor corneas (age, 73 +/- 12 yr), preserved in organ culture medium, were used to evaluate the effect of human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) on endothelial wound closure rate (WCR), on morphometric parameters (cell size, shape, and density), and on cell division in the wound area. The endothelium of the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hoppenreijs VP,Pels E,Vrensen GF,Oosting J,Treffers WF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that acute topical dorzolamide (DZ) decreases intraocular pressure (IOP) and increases retinal and choroidal blood flow in the DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma. METHODS:Retinal and choroidal blood flow were measured in 4- and 9-month-old DBA/2J mice, and 4-month C57BL/6 (control) mice unde...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chandra S,Muir ER,Deo K,Kiel JW,Duong TQ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been used to investigate papilledema in single-site, mostly retrospective studies. We investigated whether spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT), which provides thickness and volume measurements of the optic nerve head and retina, could reliably demonstrate structural changes due t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： OCT Sub-Study Committee for NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group.,Auinger P,Durbin M,Feldon S,Garvin M,Kardon R,Keltner J,Kupersmith M,Sibony P,Plumb K,Wang JK,Werner JS

更新日期：2014-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study heterogeneity for chromosome 3 copy number in mixed choroidal melanoma with discrete populations of spindle and epithelioid cells using chromosome in situ hybridization (CISH) and to correlate chromosomal loss with cell type. METHODS:Twenty-two archival cases of choroidal melanoma with discrete popula...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sandinha T,Farquharson M,McKay I,Roberts F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Super-selective intra-ophthalmic artery chemotherapy (SSIOAC) is an eye-targeted drug-delivery strategy to treat retinoblastoma, the most prevalent primary ocular malignancy in children. Unfortunately, recent clinical reports associate adverse vascular toxicities with SSIOAC using melphalan, the most commonly...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Steinle JJ,Zhang Q,Thompson KE,Toutounchian J,Yates CR,Soderland C,Wang F,Stewart CF,Haik BG,Williams JS,Jackson JS,Mandrell TD,Johnson D,Wilson MW

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymphatic research has progressed rapidly in recent years. Lymphatic dysfunction has been found in myriad disorders from cancer metastasis to transplant rejection; however, effective treatment for lymphatic disorders is still limited. This study investigates the role of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in corneal inflamm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yuen D,Grimaldo S,Sessa R,Ecoiffier T,Truong T,Huang E,Bernas M,Daley S,Witte M,Chen L

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00