Immunochemical studies on the major intrinsic polypeptides from human lens membrane.

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize photoreceptor cell apoptosis and cell loss in a mouse model of experimental retinal detachment (RD), and to use the technology of mouse genetics to study the molecular mechanisms underlying RD-associated photoreceptor degeneration. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in adult wild-type and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang L,Bula D,Arroyo JG,Chen DF

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flicker contrast sensitivity was tested in the "good" eyes of 13 patients with monocular exudative age-related maculopathy (ARM). The stimulus was a foveal, long-wavelength, low spatial frequency 2.8 degrees circle in an equiluminant (photopic) surround. Two of these ARM-risk eyes have since developed exudative ARM. C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mayer MJ,Spiegler SJ,Ward B,Glucs A,Kim CB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence suggests that capillary degeneration in early diabetic retinopathy results from chronic inflammation, and leukotrienes have been implicated in this process. The authors investigated the cellular sources of leukotriene biosynthesis in diabetic retinas and the effects of hyperglycemia on leukotriene prod...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Talahalli R,Zarini S,Sheibani N,Murphy RC,Gubitosi-Klug RA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test whether a diet supplemented with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) ameliorates glutamate excitotoxicity and oxidative stress-mediated retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration by preventing mitochondrial alterations in the retina of glaucomatous DBA/2J mice. METHODS:Preglaucomatous DBA/2J and age-matched control DBA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee D,Shim MS,Kim KY,Noh YH,Kim H,Kim SY,Weinreb RN,Ju WK

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the reactions of retinal glial cells (astrocytes and Müller cells) to retinal injury in mice that lack glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin (GFAP-/-Vim-/-) and to determine the role of glial cells in retinal detachment (RD)-induced photoreceptor degeneration. METHODS:RD was induc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakazawa T,Takeda M,Lewis GP,Cho KS,Jiao J,Wilhelmsson U,Fisher SK,Pekny M,Chen DF,Miller JW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the effect of valacyclovir alone and with aspirin on the asymptomatic shedding of HSV-1 DNA in tears and saliva of healthy individuals. METHOD. The subjects (n = 45) were randomized into three groups without regard to age, sex, or race. Group 1 (n = 14) received the placebo, group 2 (n = 15) received a ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kumar M,Hill JM,Clement C,Varnell ED,Thompson HW,Kaufman HE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Posterior segment intraocular inflammation (PSII) is a putative Th1 CD4+ cell mediated autoimmune disorder. In experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis, neutralization of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induces suppression of Th1 cells, macrophage activation, and target organ damage. Previous studies implicated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Greiner K,Murphy CC,Willermain F,Duncan L,Plskova J,Hale G,Isaacs JD,Forrester JV,Dick AD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:AIPL1 mutations cause the severe inherited blindness Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). The similarity of AIPL1 to tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) cochaperones that interact with the chaperone Hsp90 and the ability of AIPL1 to suppress the aggregation of NUB1 fragments in a chaperone-like manner suggest that AIPL...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hidalgo-de-Quintana J,Evans RJ,Cheetham ME,van der Spuy J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The transplantation of cultivated corneal endothelial cells (CECs) has gained attention recently for the treatment of patients with corneal endothelial dysfunction. However, an efficient culturing technique for human (H)CECs has yet to be properly established. The present study was conducted to investigate the ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Okumura N,Ueno M,Koizumi N,Sakamoto Y,Hirata K,Hamuro J,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pattern electroretinogram (PERG) can be recorded when the eye wearing the electrode is occluded and the stimulus is viewed with the other eye. We find that this phenomenon occurs when an Arden gold foil electrode is used, but not when either an ERG-Jet lens or a scleral lens electrode is used. Therefore, a corneal-t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Peachey NS,Sokol S,Moskowitz A

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To image and analyze anatomical differences at the temporal raphe between normal and glaucomatous eyes using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), and to relate these differences to visual field measurements. METHODS:Nine glaucomatous eyes of 9 patients (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huang G,Luo T,Gast TJ,Burns SA,Malinovsky VE,Swanson WH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To elucidate the role of signals mediated by EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase and its transmembrane ephrinB2 ligand in corneal lymphatic capillaries. METHODS:To detect expression of ephrinB2 and EphB4 in mouse corneas, immunohistochemistry of flat-mount corneas from 6- to 10-week-old wild-type, Efnb2-lacZ, and E...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Katsuta H,Fukushima Y,Maruyama K,Hirashima M,Nishida K,Nishikawa S,Uemura A

更新日期：2013-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Structural retinal microvascular changes have been identified as risk markers of diabetic retinopathy (DR). In order to estimate the retinal response of neuroprotective eye drops, we aimed to evaluate the effect of topical retinal neuroprotection on retinal microvascular changes in early DR. Methods:Patients w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grauslund J,Frydkjaer-Olsen U,Peto T,Fernández-Carneado J,Ponsati B,Hernández C,Cunha-Vaz J,Simó R,EUROCONDOR.

更新日期：2019-05-01 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:The aim of this study was to deepen our knowledge on the basis of intrafamilial genetic heterogeneity of inherited retinal dystrophies (RD) to further discern the contribution of individual alleles to the pathology. METHODS:Families with intrafamilial locus and/or allelic heterogeneity were selected from a coh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sánchez-Alcudia R,Cortón M,Ávila-Fernández A,Zurita O,Tatu SD,Pérez-Carro R,Fernandez-San Jose P,Lopez-Martinez MÁ,del Castillo FJ,Millan JM,Blanco-Kelly F,García-Sandoval B,Lopez-Molina MI,Riveiro-Alvarez R,Ayuso C

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of beta-adrenergic receptors on cultured human trabecular cells and trabecular meshwork from human autopsy eyes was carried out by radioligand binding utilizing (125I)-iodopindolol. In cultured cells, the observed binding of (125I)-iodopindolol was of high affinity (Kd = 43 pM) and saturable. Scat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wax MB,Molinoff PB,Alvarado J,Polansky J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser densitometric analysis of immunoperoxidase stained tissue was used to quantitate class I HLA (HLA-A,B,C) antigen expression by human corneal epithelium. Frozen sections of human donor corneas stored in modified McCarey-Kaufman medium for less than 24 hr were evaluated for class I HLA antigen by an indirect immun...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dreizen NG,Whitsett CF,Austin GE,Stulting RD

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of methylcobalamin on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in the cultured retinal neurons. METHODS:Primary cultures obtained from the fetal rat retina (gestation days 16 to 19) were used for the experiment. The neurotoxicity was assessed quantitatively using the trypan blue exclusion method....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kikuchi M,Kashii S,Honda Y,Tamura Y,Kaneda K,Akaike A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish the regulatory roles that pericytes have in coordinating retinal endothelial cell (EC) growth and angiogenic potential. METHODS:Pericytes were derived from donor diabetic (DHuRP) or normal (NHuRP) human retinae, and characterized using vascular markers, coculture, contraction, morphogenesis, and p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Durham JT,Dulmovits BM,Cronk SM,Sheets AR,Herman IM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Currently, there are no definitive immunomarkers for epithelial stem cells (corneal and conjunctival) or their poorly understood niche microenvironment. The H2B-GFP/K5tTA mouse enables visualization of label-retaining cells (LRCs), which exhibit the functional marker of stem cell quiescence. We used immunofluor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parfitt GJ,Kavianpour B,Wu KL,Xie Y,Brown DJ,Jester JV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unscarified corneas of rabbits were inoculated with 50 microliter of 2-4 X 10(6) PFU/ml of herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV-1), McKrae strain in 10 separate experiments over a 12-month period. Sixty of 104 (57.7%) rabbits survived to postinoculation (PI) day 20. These sixty rabbits were swabbed with dacron-tipped...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berman EJ,Hill JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether messenger RNA coding for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), HGF receptor (MET), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), KGF receptor, and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor-2 were produced in primary cultures of human corneal epithelial, stromal fibroblast, and end...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wilson SE,Walker JW,Chwang EL,He YG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors took advantage of the Oa1 mutant mouse in combination with other albinism mouse models (i.e., Tyrosinase and membrane-associated transporter protein [Matp]) to study the function of Oa1, the gene mutated in ocular albinism type 1, in the RPE during development and after birth. METHODS:Enzyme activi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cortese K,Giordano F,Surace EM,Venturi C,Ballabio A,Tacchetti C,Marigo V

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the Gbeta5(-/-) mouse, the electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave is absent, and the R7 subfamily of regulators of G protein signaling (RGS), which includes RGS6, -7, -9, and -11, is downregulated. Mutant mouse strains deficient in RGS7 or -11 were characterized, and the SG711 strain which is deficient in both prote...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen FS,Shim H,Morhardt D,Dallman R,Krahn E,McWhinney L,Rao A,Gold SJ,Chen CK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the retina from an eye enucleated for choroidal melanoma apposed rod outer segments were seen by transmission electron microscopy to be fusing together in groups by the confluence of their plasma membranes and the formation of cytoplasmic bridges between adjacent outer segments. These fusions were seen in areas dis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Borwein B,Medeiros JA,McGowan JW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinas of six pigmented rabbits (12 eyes) were irradiated with a cw-Nd:YAG laser using two different pulse forms, in conjunction with a constant pulse duration of 200 msec and a retinal focus diameter of 200 microns. The first pulse form (a) was characterized by an initial transient, lasting 15-20 msec, with a pe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Zypen E,Fankhauser F,Kwasniewska S,England C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed with a model of focal, thermal-induced ulceration to test the clinical impression that vascularization prevents ulceration of the corneal stroma. Slow-release polymers containing a vasoproliferase agent (tumor angiogenesis factor) were placed in corneal pockets 2 mm central to the limbus of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Conn H,Berman M,Kenyon K,Langer R,Gage J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether unilateral gonadectomy caused any change in intraocular pressure. Repeated measurements in 22 male and nine female rabbits after unilateral gonadectomy were made by three different methods of determining intraocular pressure. We were unable to find a decrease in intra...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van den Pol A,Maul E,Sears M

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the vasorelaxing effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and natriuretic peptides on isolated bovine retinal arteries (BRAs) and to evaluate the possibility of the unidentified retinal relaxing factor (RRF) being one of these peptides. METHODS:Retinal arteries were isolated from bovine eyes a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Boussery K,Delaey C,Van de Voorde J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the contribution of copy number variation (CNV) in glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) to the susceptibility to age-related cataract (ARC) and its subtypes in a Han Chinese population. METHODS:ARC cases (n = 279) and controls (n = 145) were included from a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhou J,Hu J,Guan H

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00