Vascular endothelial cell effectors in fetal calf retina, vitreous, and serum.

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：:The properties of the oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the mudpuppy electroretinogram (ERG) were studied and compared with the properties of the b-wave of the ERG and the proximal negative response (PNR). Both transretinal and intraretinal ERGs were recorded in response to full-field as well as 200 and 500 microgram sp...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wachtmeister L,Dowling JE

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To reevaluate the validity of the light scatter factor (LSF) formula of Paulsson and Sjöstrand, LSF = L/E (M2/M1-1), where L is the target luminance, E is the illuminance of the glare source at the eye, and M2 and M1 are modulation contrast thresholds measured with and without the glare source, respectively. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Whitaker D,Elliott DB,Steen R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal injury induces Müller cell dedifferentiation by activating extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling. Stimulation of α2-adrenergic receptors protects against injury but also activates ERK in Müller cells. The purpose of this work was to study the effect of α2-adrenergic signaling on injury-i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Harun-Or-Rashid M,Díaz-DelCastillo M,Galindo-Romero C,Hallböök F

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The pathway linking late-life malnutrition to greater risk of cardiovascular disease is unclear. Microcirulatory changes assessed by retinal vascular caliber have been linked with increased risk of stroke and coronary heart disease. The purpose of this study was to examine whether retinal vascular calibers are ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Daien V,Carriere I,Kawasaki R,Cristol JP,Villain M,Fesler P,Ritchie K,Delcourt C,POLA Study Group.

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Growth factors act through high-affinity cell surface receptors expressed by target cells and are critical modulators of cell function. Because aqueous humor is known to contain growth factors, these molecules may play a key role in maintaining the normal function of the human trabecular meshwork (HTM). Alterna...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wordinger RJ,Clark AF,Agarwal R,Lambert W,Wilson SE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mice (Pdegtm1/Pdegtm1) homozygous for a mutant allele of the gamma subunit of retinal cyclic guanosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase (PDE gamma) suffer a severe photoreceptor degeneration. To determine whether the antiapoptotic BCL2 gene is effective in delaying the cell death pathway in this new strain of mu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsang SH,Chen J,Kjeldbye H,Li WS,Simon MI,Gouras P,Goff SP

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the age of onset of the pupil grating response (PGR). To compare estimates of resolution acuity obtained by pupillometric and behavioral methods in early infancy. METHODS:Dynamic infrared pupillometry was undertaken on 19 newborn infants while they fixated a uniform background upon which a 0.1 c/d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cocker KD,Moseley MJ,Bissenden JG,Fielder AR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue (CALT) is assumed to be a key location for the generation of adaptive immune mechanisms of the ocular surface, but functional studies of CALT are still lacking. The purpose of this study was to establish an animal model that enables functional analysis of immune mechanisms...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Steven P,Rupp J,Hüttmann G,Koop N,Lensing C,Laqua H,Gebert A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate macular photoreceptor structure in patients with inherited retinal degeneration using high-resolution images and to correlate the findings with clinical phenotypes and genetic mutations. METHODS:Adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) images of photoreceptors were obtained in 16 ey...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Duncan JL,Zhang Y,Gandhi J,Nakanishi C,Othman M,Branham KE,Swaroop A,Roorda A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the repeatability and reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements obtained by combined scanning-slit/Placido-disc topography (Orbscan II; Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and to compare the results with another noncontact method, specular mic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maldonado MJ,López-Miguel A,Nieto JC,Cano-Parra J,Calvo B,Alió JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Noise field campimetry, performed according to Aulhorn and Köst, confronts patients with a large field of irregularly flickering dots, and many patients immediately perceive their visual field defects. The original method had a somewhat low specificity and sensitivity, especially for patients with visual field ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bachmann G,Fahle M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate mechanical properties of the human posterior lens capsule. METHODS:Twenty-five human donor eyes were obtained from an eye bank. The age of the donors ranged from 1 to 94 years. Test specimens were prepared as tissue rings from posterior lens capsules by means of excimer laser. Capsular thickness...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Krag S,Andreassen TT

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We used a rabbit model to evaluate the interface embedded between the recipient corneas and transplanted donor corneal discs after non-Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (nDSAEK). METHODS:Unilateral DSAEK and nDSAEK surgeries were performed on New Zealand white rabbits. In vivo confocal mi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sun JP,Hu FR,Chen YM,Chu HS,Chen WL

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test whether the incidence of long-term drift to timolol can be reduced by a "pulsatile" treatment (6 months timolol-2 months dipivefrin). METHODS:In a randomized clinical trial, 100 consecutive subjects with ocular hypertension or high-tension primary open-angle glaucoma in at least one eye were randomly a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gandolfi SA,Vecchi M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The cone-rod homeobox (CRX) transcription factor is essential for photoreceptor gene expression, differentiation, and survival. Human CRX mutations can cause dominant retinopathies of varying onset and phenotype severity. In animal models, dominant frameshift Crx mutations introduce a premature termination codo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ruzycki PA,Linne CD,Hennig AK,Chen S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The mouse has become an important wound healing model with which to study corneal fibrosis, a frequent complication of refractive surgery. The aim of the current study was to quantify changes in stromal ultrastructure and light scatter that characterize fibrosis in mouse corneal debridement wounds. METHODS:Epi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Boote C,Du Y,Morgan S,Harris J,Kamma-Lorger CS,Hayes S,Lathrop KL,Roh DS,Burrow MK,Hiller J,Terrill NJ,Funderburgh JL,Meek KM

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Th2 lymphocytes may play a key role in the development of allergic diseases such as vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Cytokine flow cytometry of tear samples was used to identify the phenotypical and functional properties of lymphocytes at the actual site of the allergic reaction. METHODS:Tear and blood sampl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Leonardi A,DeFranchis G,Zancanaro F,Crivellari G,De Paoli M,Plebani M,Secchi AG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravitreal membranes from patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) consist partly of retinal glial (RG) and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells surrounded by varying amounts of extracellular matrix (ECM). The contribution of the ECM to the growth of PVR membranes is unknown. This study was undertaken t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Williams DF,Burke JM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal basement membranes (BMs) serve as attachment sites for retinal pigment epithelial cells on Bruch's membrane and Müller cells (MCs) on the inner limiting membrane (ILM), providing polarity cues to adherent cells. The beta2 and gamma3 chains of laminin are key components of retinal BMs throughout developm...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Pinzón-Duarte G,Daly G,Li YN,Koch M,Brunken WJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop an eye-motion-tracking optical coherence tomographic (OCT) method and assess its effect on image registration and nerve fiber layer (NFL) thickness measurement reproducibility. METHODS:A system capable of tracking common fundus features based on reflectance changes was integrated into a commercial O...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ishikawa H,Gabriele ML,Wollstein G,Ferguson RD,Hammer DX,Paunescu LA,Beaton SA,Schuman JS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During early development, the ganglioside composition of the retina changes significantly, in that GD3 becomes the primary ganglioside in the mammalian retina. Because gangliosides play an important role in neuronal cell differentiation and proliferation, this change in ganglioside profile may indicate retinal ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Park EJ,Suh M,Clandinin MT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased saccadic latencies were measured in the amblyopic eyes of subjects having amblyopia without strabismus, constant strabismus amblyopia, and intermittent strabismus. The subjects tracked a small, bright spot of light moving with random, horizontal step displacements of 0.25 to 8.5 degrees over the central reti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ciuffreda KJ,Kenyon RV,Stark L

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the pharmacologic effect of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on human Tenon's fibroblasts (HTFs), the cells implicated in scarring after filtration surgery. METHODS:Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) was used to stimulate a fibrotic phenotype in primary HTFs, and the influence of TMP on the fibroti...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cai X,Yang Y,Chen P,Ye Y,Liu X,Wu K,Yu M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The majority of patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy (DOA) harbor pathogenic OPA1 mutations and certain missense mutations, mostly within the GTPase domain, have recently been shown to cause multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in skeletal muscle. This raises the possibility that the optic neu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yu-Wai-Man P,Davies VJ,Piechota MJ,Cree LM,Votruba M,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the performance of an automated retinal image quality assessment system for use in automated diabetic retinopathy grading. METHODS:Algorithmic methods have been developed for assessing the quality of 45 degrees single field retinal images for use in diabetic retinopathy screening. For this purpose,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fleming AD,Philip S,Goatman KA,Olson JA,Sharp PF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate a porcine anterior chamber perfusion model and to test the transferability of data obtained with this model to the human system. METHODS:Porcine eyes were obtained from a local abattoir and processed within 2 hours after death. Anterior chambers of 42 pairs of eyes were dissected with removal of le...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bachmann B,Birke M,Kook D,Eichhorn M,Lütjen-Drecoll E

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the molecular pathways that drive thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR)-induced cellular proliferation in orbital fibroblasts (OFs) from thyroid eye disease (TED) patients. Methods:Orbital fibroblasts from TED and non-TED patients were treated with TSH and changes in gene expression and pr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Woeller CF,Roztocil E,Hammond C,Feldon SE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the murine alphaA-crystallin promoter is the most commonly used promoter for achieving transgene expression in the developing lens, this promoter directs transgene expression efficiently only in lens fiber cells. The purpose of the present study was to generate promoters capable of directing transgene ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhao H,Yang Y,Rizo CM,Overbeek PA,Robinson ML

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles played by toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) in cultured human corneal endothelial (HCEn) cells after herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection and to characterize the TLR9-mediated antiviral responses. METHOD:Immortalized HCEn cells were examined for TLR expression. The upregulation of inf...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Takeda S,Miyazaki D,Sasaki S,Yamamoto Y,Terasaka Y,Yakura K,Yamagami S,Ebihara N,Inoue Y

更新日期：2011-08-24 00:00:00