Contrast evoked potentials in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia.

abstract：PURPOSE:The retina of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi was compared with other vertebrate photosensitive organs in an attempt to correlate its histologic organization with a presumptive nonvisual photoreceptor role. METHODS:The eyes of eight adult animals were analyzed by light and electron microscopy, using conve...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cernuda-Cernuda R,DeGrip WJ,Cooper HM,Nevo E,García-Fernández JM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a novel in vitro model to study the formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm on intraocular lenses (IOLs) from the primary-attachment phase to the biofilm-accumulation phase. The model was designed to replicate intraocular conditions especially by taking into account intraocular hydrodynamics....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Baillif S,Casoli E,Marion K,Roques C,Pellon G,Hartmann DJ,Freney J,Burillon C,Kodjikian L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the accuracy and precision of threshold estimates returned by two Bayesian perimetric strategies, staircase-QUEST or SQ (a Swedish interactive threshold algorithm [SITA]-like strategy) and ZEST (zippy estimation by sequential testing), and to compare these measures with those of the full-threshol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Turpin A,McKendrick AM,Johnson CA,Vingrys AJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the alterations in gene expression when human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in culture are treated with vitreous as a model for the changes that occur in proliferative vitreoretinopathy. METHODS:Human RPE cells were cultured with or without human vitreous or collagen. RNA was extracted ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parapuram SK,Ganti R,Hunt RC,Hunt DM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of the Wnt[b]/beta-catenin-dependent pathway (canonical Wnt pathway) in the context of retinal development and homeostasis is largely unknown. This study was undertaken to characterize activation of the Wnt canonical pathway and its relevance to cell type populations in the developing and adult retina....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liu H,Thurig S,Mohamed O,Dufort D,Wallace VA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As part of a systematic elucidation of the pharmacology of prostaglandin's (PG) effects on intraocular pressure in the monkey, the prototypical selective prostanoid EP(4) receptor agonist (3,7-dithia PGE(1)) was examined. It was found to be highly efficacious in nonhuman primates, and its mechanism of ocular hy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Woodward DF,Nilsson SF,Toris CB,Kharlamb AB,Nieves AL,Krauss AH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In normal eyes and in diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell survival is critically important. Bcl-x(L) has been shown to be among the most highly expressed survival factors in cultured human RPE cells. In the curr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang N,Peairs JJ,Yang P,Tyrrell J,Roberts J,Kole R,Jaffe GJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to establish and analyze a cell model of Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), which is caused by mutations in the KCNJ13 gene encoding Kir7.1, an inward-rectifying potassium ion channel. Methods:The two guide RNAs specific to the target sites in the KCNJ13 gene were designe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kanzaki Y,Fujita H,Sato K,Hosokawa M,Matsumae H,Shiraga F,Morizane Y,Ohuchi H

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An imaging fundus reflectometer has been used to study the distribution and regeneration of visual pigments in the retina of the adult living cat. Measurements were made over an area of tapetal retina extending 25 degrees nasal and 40 degrees temporal to the area centralis on the horizontal meridian and 5 degrees infe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kemp CM,Faulkner DJ,Jacobson SG

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the mechanism of action of adrenomedullin (AM), a peptide recently isolated from human pheochromocytoma, in isolated canine central retinal arteries and to compare the action of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CCRP). METHODS:Changes in isometric tension were recorded in helical strips of the arteri...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Okamura T,Ayajiki K,Kangawa K,Toda N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The degeneration of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is considered to be a crucial event in the pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Cumulative oxidative damage has been implicated in the development of the changes seen in AMD. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the express...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Alge CS,Priglinger SG,Neubauer AS,Kampik A,Zillig M,Bloemendal H,Welge-Lussen U

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare structural properties from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and psychophysical measures from a subset of patients enrolled in a larger multicenter natural history study of X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS). METHODS:A subset of males (n = 24) participating in a larger natural history ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bennett LD,Wang YZ,Klein M,Pennesi ME,Jayasundera T,Birch DG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effectiveness of upper punctal occlusion versus that of lower punctal occlusion in dry eye patients. METHODS:One eye's upper punctum and the contralateral eye's lower punctum were occluded with collagen plugs in 20 dry eye patients. The same procedure was performed in 20 normal subjects. The upp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen F,Wang J,Chen W,Shen M,Xu S,Lu F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelial growth factor or factors (VGF) and the cytotoxic component(s) in fetal calf retinal extract, vitreous, and serum were investigated. A new quantitative method of measuring the cell growth stimulatory activity and cytotoxicity was used. Results obtained in this study suggest that the VGF may be ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen SC,Chen CH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent hypothesis for the cellular mechanism of fluid secretion by lacrimal acini has been based, in part, on the results of subcellular fractionation analyses of lacrimal gland fragments which had been incubated for a brief period in vitro. An important assumption in those studies was that the ion transporters and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yiu SC,Wood RL,Mircheff AK

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscles (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, while all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. We sought evidence of potential independent act...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin A,Yoo L,Chaudhuri Z,Demer JL

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The virulence of any given strain of herpes simplex virus (HSV) is probably due to the effects of the constellation of genes in that strain and how they act in concert to promote disease. The goal of this work was to develop a system to identify and study the role of multiple genes in HSV disease. METHODS:Mixe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Brandt CR,Kolb AW,Shah DD,Pumfery AM,Kintner RL,Jaehnig E,Van Gompel JJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the expression of Angiotensin II (Ang II) and its type I, and type II receptors (AT1R, AT2R) in rabbit Tenon's capsule fibroblasts after trabeculectomy, and to investigate the effects of Ang II on cultured human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts (HTFs) proliferation, migration, phenotype transition, and ex...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shi H,Zhang Y,Fu S,Lu Z,Ye W,Xiao Y

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the suitability of human donor corneas maintained in long-term organ culture for the isolation and expansion of viable and functional corneal stromal stem cells (CSSCs). These cells display properties similar to mesenchymal stem cells and demonstrate the ability to reproduce an organized matrix in vit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kureshi AK,Funderburgh JL,Daniels JT

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To design a glucocorticoid-inducible virus vector overexpressing recombinant matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) and counteract extracellular matrix deposition in the trabecular meshwork only when steroid is present. METHODS:Endogenous MMP1 expression was measured in primary human trabecular meshwork cells (HTM)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Spiga MG,Borrás T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drugs have dramatically improved the treatment of neovascular AMD. In pivotal studies, almost 90% of patients maintain vision, with approximately 30% showing significant improvement. Despite these successes, 10% to 15% of patients continue to lose vision, even...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wickremasinghe SS,Xie J,Lim J,Chauhan DS,Robman L,Richardson AJ,Hageman G,Baird PN,Guymer R

更新日期：2011-06-08 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 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:To investigate the effect of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) deficiency on the development of herpes stromal keratitis and on the von Szily model of herpes retinitis in C57BL/6 mice, which are ordinarily resistant to development of both of these herpetic diseases. METHODS:Anterior chamber inoculation of the right ey...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nguyen QD,Uy HS,Merchant A,Medina CA,Baltatzis S,Zhao T,Zhao ZS,Cantor H,Foster CS

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:High myopia (HM) is defined as a refractive error worse than -6.00 diopter (D). This study aims to update the phenotypic and genotypic landscape of nonsyndromic HM and to establish a biological link between the phenotypic traits and genetic deficiencies. Methods:A cross-sectional study involving 731 participan...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cai XB,Zheng YH,Chen DF,Zhou FY,Xia LQ,Wen XR,Yuan YM,Han F,Piao SY,Zhuang W,Lu F,Qu J,Yu AY,Jin ZB

更新日期：2019-09-03 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：:Visual thresholds and rhodopsin levels were determined in nine subjects with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. The subjects fell into two groups, corresponding to two subtypes of the disease revealed by two-color, dark-adapted static perimetry. In the first of these subtypes, rod-mediated function was variably ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kemp CM,Jacobson SG,Faulkner DJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To test the hypothesis that emmetropization buffers against genetic and environmental risk factors for myopia by investigating whether risk factor effect sizes vary depending on children's position in the refractive error distribution. Methods:Refractive error was assessed in participants from two birth cohort...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pozarickij A,Enthoven CA,Ghorbani Mojarrad N,Plotnikov D,Tedja MS,Haarman AEG,Tideman JWL,Polling JR,Northstone K,Williams C,Klaver CCW,Guggenheim JA

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the 30-year-old "trypsin digestion" procedure for isolation of the complete retinal vasculature, which, in its time, was a revolutionary advance that allowed important discoveries about diabetic retinopathy; to provide a method that will yield more consistent results when applied to retinas represent...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Laver NM,Robison WG Jr,Pfeffer BA

更新日期：1993-05-01 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