Hypotony and aqueous humor dynamics in myotonic dystrophy.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to investigate metabolic changes in different compartments of the rat lens (anterior, nuclear, posterior, and equatorial) after exposure to an acute double threshold dose of ultraviolet-B radiation (UVR-B) by using high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) (1)H nuclear m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tessem MB,Bathen TF,Löfgren S,Saether O,Mody V,Meyer L,Dong X,Söderberg PG,Midelfart A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:FGF-2 stimulates cell proliferation of rabbit corneal endothelial cells (rCECs) by degrading the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) (p27) through its phosphorylation mechanism. The authors investigated whether the cell proliferation of human CECs (hCECs) is also induced by FGF-2 stimulation through the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee JG,Song JS,Smith RE,Kay EP

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This was a pilot study conducted to examine the expression of osteopontin in uveal melanoma and to determine whether serum osteopontin can be used in detecting metastatic uveal melanoma. METHODS:Osteopontin mRNA was measured in three uveal melanoma cell lines of various invasive potential by real-time PCR. Tis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kadkol SS,Lin AY,Barak V,Kalickman I,Leach L,Valyi-Nagy K,Majumdar D,Setty S,Maniotis AJ,Folberg R,Pe'er J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healing of corneal alkali injuries remains a severe clinical challenge. The authors evaluated the effect of a new synthetic inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (GM6001 or N-[2(R)-2-(hydroxamido carbonylmethyl)-4-methylpentanoyl]-L-tryptophane methylamide) on preventing ulceration of rabbit corneas after alkali inju...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Schultz GS,Strelow S,Stern GA,Chegini N,Grant MB,Galardy RE,Grobelny D,Rowsey JJ,Stonecipher K,Parmley V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In addition to photoreceptor degeneration, excessive light causes degenerative alterations in the inner retina and ganglion cell death. A disturbance in osmohomeostasis may be one causative factor for the alterations in the inner retina. Because Müller cells mediate inner retinal osmohomeostasis (mainly through...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iandiev I,Wurm A,Hollborn M,Wiedemann P,Grimm C,Remé CE,Reichenbach A,Pannicke T,Bringmann A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Na,K-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is essential for the regulation of cytoplasmic ion concentrations in lens cells. Earlier studies demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation by Lyn kinase, a Src-family member, inhibits Na,K-ATPase activity in porcine lens epithelium. In the present study, experiments were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bozulic LD,Dean WL,Delamere NA

更新日期：2005-02-01 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:To validate widefield autofluorescence (AF) in vivo imaging of the retina in mice expressing green fluorescent protein (gfp) in microglia, and to monitor retinal microglia reconstitution in vivo after lethal irradiation and bone marrow transplantation. Methods:Transgenic Cx3cr1gfp/gfp and wildtype Balb/c mice ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kokona D,Schneider N,Giannakaki-Zimmermann H,Jovanovic J,Ebneter A,Zinkernagel M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The phenoxyacetic acid, ethacrynic acid (ECA), has potential use in glaucoma therapy because it acts to increase aqueous outflow in vivo and in vitro. In human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cell culture, ECA acts to change cell shape and attachment, effects that have been correlated with microtubule (MT) alteration...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Epstein DL,Roberts BC,Skinner LL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify stem cells in the chamber angle of the monkey eye by detection of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) long-term retention. METHODS:Four cynomolgus monkeys were treated with BrdU via subcutaneous pumps for 4 weeks. The eyes of two animals were processed immediately thereafter (group 1) while in the other...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Braunger BM,Ademoglu B,Koschade SE,Fuchshofer R,Gabelt BT,Kiland JA,Hennes-Beann EA,Brunner KG,Kaufman PL,Tamm ER

更新日期：2014-10-16 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：:Electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by hemicircular (half-disc) stimuli to the upper, lower, temporal and nasal maculas of 26 normal subjects, and the amplitudes and implicit times of the ERGs from opposing macular regions were compared. The amplitudes of a-wave, b-wave and oscillatory potentials (OPs) were signif...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miyake Y,Shiroyama N,Horiguchi M,Ota I

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the capacity for rapid saccade adaptation in Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS), a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, in which it has been observed that saccadic accuracy is severely reduced. METHODS:Saccade amplitude modification was elicited by backward steps (30% of target eccentricity) during ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Geest JN,Haselen GC,Frens MA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the risk factors for bilateral and unilateral disease in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS:The study analyzed data from consecutive NTG patients with either bilateral (n = 194) or unilateral (n = 193) disease. Multivariate regression models were used to evaluate the following potential risk fac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim C,Kim TW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclodialysis was performed in both eyes of five cynomolgus monkeys. Two days later the intraocular pressure (IOP) had fallen from 17.7 +/- 0.8 to 7.1 +/- 1.4 mm Hg (P less than 0.001). At that time, both eyes were perfused for 30 min with fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) dextran (MW 70,000), one at 35 mm Hg and the ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Toris CB,Pederson JE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare static rod function obtained with and without photobleach in control and intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) participants with and without subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD). Methods:In this cross-sectional study, retinal sensitivities within the central 24° retina were obtained tw...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tan R,Guymer RH,Luu CD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of a standardized approach for quantitative measurements of fundus autofluorescence (AF) in images obtained with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO). METHODS:AF images (30°) were acquired in 34 normal subjects (age range, 20-55 years) with two different c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Delori F,Greenberg JP,Woods RL,Fischer J,Duncker T,Sparrow J,Smith RT

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the role of autocrine interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) as a central regulator of the repair phenotype in corneal fibroblasts. METHODS:Disruption of the actin cytoskeleton with cytochalasin B (CB), which mimics changes in shape that occur in repair tissues, was used to stimulate repair gene expressio...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： West-Mays JA,Sadow PM,Tobin TW,Strissel KJ,Cintron C,Fini ME

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine and compare gene expression patterns in the whole retina and retinal ganglion cell layer (RGCL) in a rodent glaucoma model. METHODS:IOP was unilaterally elevated in Brown Norway rats (N = 26) by injection of hypertonic saline and monitored for 5 weeks. A cDNA microarray was used on whole retinas f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Guo Y,Cepurna WO,Dyck JA,Doser TA,Johnson EC,Morrison JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior eye cups of the frog Rana ridibunda were prefixed in the presence of tannic acid, osmicated and stained en bloc with uranyl acetate. Electron microscopy revealed the following features of membrane traffic in cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE): (1) intracellular membranes with increased electron de...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rungger-Brändle E,Englert U,Leuenberger PM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Little is known regarding the therapeutic effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) in the management of cystic macular lesions in children with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) despite the fact that this disease often manifests during childhood. Therefore, our goal was to determine the efficacy of C...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verbakel SK,van de Ven JP,Le Blanc LM,Groenewoud JM,de Jong EK,Klevering BJ,Hoyng CB

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To design a contact lens to treat and prevent fungal ocular infections. METHODS:Curved contact lenses were created by encapsulating econazole-impregnated poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) films in poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) by ultraviolet photopolymerization. Release studies were conducted in p...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ciolino JB,Hudson SP,Mobbs AN,Hoare TR,Iwata NG,Fink GR,Kohane DS

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of topical dorzolamide (a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor) on choroidal and ciliary blood flow and the relationship between ciliary blood flow and aqueous flow. METHODS:The experiments were performed in four groups of pentobarbital-anesthetized rabbits treated with topical dorzolamide (2%...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Reitsamer HA,Bogner B,Tockner B,Kiel JW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a common cause of infectious uveitis associated with an intraocular inflammatory response involving virus-specific T cells. In the current study, the functional characteristics and the antigen specificity of VZV-reactive T cells recovered from intraocular fluid (IOF) samples of f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Milikan JC,Kinchington PR,Baarsma GS,Kuijpers RW,Osterhaus AD,Verjans GM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effects of early, mid, and late subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab on corneal neovascularization (NV) and conjunctivalization in a rabbit limbal insufficiency model. METHODS:Limbal insufficiency was created surgically, and subconjunctival injections of 2.5 mg bevacizumab twice weekly for 1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lin CT,Hu FR,Kuo KT,Chen YM,Chu HS,Lin YH,Chen WL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heightened interest in meibomian glands dysfunction prompted the authors to examine the ultrastructure of the glandular epithelium in specimens of surgical origin, by thin section and freeze-fracture electron microscopies. In meibomian glands, the morphology and ultrastructure of acinar cells varies considerably accor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sirigu P,Shen RL,Pinto da Silva P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Erythropoietin (EPO) modulates erythropoiesis by inhibiting apoptosis in erythrocyte progenitors. Recently, EPO has been shown to be protective in experimental models of mechanical trauma, neuroinflammation, cerebral and retinal ischemia, and even in a human stroke trial. However, little is known about EPO sign...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weishaupt JH,Rohde G,Pölking E,Siren AL,Ehrenreich H,Bähr M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen cells of BALB/c mice, previously immunized with bovine retinal S-antigen, were fused with Sp2/0-Ag14 mouse myeloma cells. Two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) MAbA9-C6 (IgG2a isotype) and MAbA1-G5 (IgG1 isotype) were selected on the basis of reactivity in an ELISA and immunofluorescent assay. In radioimmunoassay MA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Donoso LA,Merryman CF,Edelberg KE,Naids R,Kalsow C

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the toxicity of various doses of intravitreal amphotericin B deoxycholate, amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC), and liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). METHODS:Fifty-two rabbits were divided into two treatment groups (groups A and B). Thirteen treatments were administered intravitreally to the 104 r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cannon JP,Fiscella R,Pattharachayakul S,Garey KW,De Alba F,Piscitelli S,Edward DP,Danziger LH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuronal loss in both central nervous system and ophthalmic disorders, including glaucoma. This increase in glutamate may result from a failure of glutamate transporters, which are molecules that ordinarily regulate extrac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Naskar R,Vorwerk CK,Dreyer EB

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00