Corneal epithelial basement membrane changes in diabetes.

abstract：:Scar formation and fibrosis are the most common causes of ultimate glaucoma filtration surgery failure. The authors used Coulter counter, hexosaminidase, and 3H-thymidine assays to evaluate the effects of mithramycin, mitomycin, daunorubicin, and bleomycin on human subconjunctival fibroblast growth in tissue culture. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee DA,Lee TC,Cortes AE,Kitada S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify major gangliosides - the sialated glycolipids - of corneal epithelium; to determine which specific gangliosides, if any, are synthesized in a higher amount or are downregulated during corneal epithelial cell migration; and to determine what role, if any, they play in the modulation of corneal epithe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang Z,Zhao Z,Panjwani N

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine human corneal morphology and nerve recovery 5 years after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). METHODS:Fourteen eyes of 14 patients (ages, 27-53 years) who underwent 6-mm diameter PRK for low to moderate myopia (spherical equivalent [SE] -2.5 to -8.0 D) were examined once 5 years after surgery. Nine h...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moilanen JA,Vesaluoma MH,Müller LJ,Tervo TM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells are known to play important roles in maintaining the homeostasis of the retina and in controlling choroidal neovascularization. The purpose of this study was to identify a factor or factors that would stimulate RPE cells to proliferate. METHODS:To isolate such a factor, 1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tanaka Y,Utsumi J,Matsui M,Sudo T,Nakamura N,Mutoh M,Kajita A,Sone S,Kigasawa K,Shibuya M,Reddy VN,Zhang Q,Iwata T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The anatomy of individual myofibers within the orbicularis oculi muscle was examined to determine individual myofiber lengths in the different regions of the muscle. A wide variety of eyelid conditions require eyelid surgery or drug injections directly into the eyelid. Knowledge of regional myofiber anatomy and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lander T,Wirtschafter JD,McLoon LK

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the human disease due to CRB1 mutations and compare results with the Crb1-mutant rd8 mouse. METHODS:Twenty-two patients with CRB1 mutations were studied. Function was assessed with perimetry and electroretinography (ERG) and retinal structure with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Cortical str...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Aguirre GK,Huang WC,Mullins CL,Roman AJ,Sumaroka A,Olivares MB,Tsai FF,Schwartz SB,Vandenberghe LH,Limberis MP,Stone EM,Bell P,Wilson JM,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2011-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the efficacy of the digital fluoroscopy system (DFS) for the in vivo assessment of pharmacologically induced posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and vitreous liquefaction in a rabbit model. METHODS:Twenty eyes from 10 New Zealand white rabbits were divided into 5 gr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bae JH,Park HS,Kim JM,Lee BR,Lee SC,Tandogan T,Auffarth GU,Koss MJ,Choi CY

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Trabecular meshwork (TM) cells appear to sense changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) as mechanical stretching. In response, they make homeostatic corrections in the aqueous humor outflow resistance, partially by increasing extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover initiated by the matrix metalloproteinases. To unders...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vittal V,Rose A,Gregory KE,Kelley MJ,Acott TS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) undergoing ranibizumab treatment. METHODS:This was an observational, longitudinal, prospective study. Treatment-naive patients with nAMD who met the inclusion and exclusion crite...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Campa C,Hagan R,Sahni JN,Brown MC,Beare NA,Heimann H,Harding SP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of N-cadherin and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in the invasion of collagen type I by human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS:RPE sheets from eight human eyes were used for characterization through Western blot analysis of the expression of cadherin in total lysates or af...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Van Aken EH,De Wever O,Van Hoorde L,Bruyneel E,De Laey JJ,Mareel MM

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：PURPOSE:Excessive and continuously produced free radicals in the outer retina are implicated in retinal aging and the pathogenesis of sight-threatening retinopathies, yet measuring outer retinal oxidative stress in vivo remains a challenge. Here, we test the hypothesis that continuously produced paramagnetic free radic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berkowitz BA,Bredell BX,Davis C,Samardzija M,Grimm C,Roberts R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the structure-function relationship between ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness at the macula and 10-2 standard automated perimetry (SAP) in glaucoma and to evaluate the relationship using a recently proposed linear model. METHODS:In a cross-sectional analysis, structure-function ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao HL,Qasim M,Hussain RS,Januwada M,Pillutla LN,Begum VU,Chaitanya A,Senthil S,Garudadri CS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is known that the pattern electroretinogram (PERG) of normal subjects is reduced temporarily after short-term elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP). The authors evaluated PERG changes in ocular hypertension during and after transient IOP elevation. METHODS:Steady state (8 Hz) PERGs to sinusoidal gratings ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Colotto A,Falsini B,Salgarello T,Buzzonetti L,Cermola S,Porrello G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Müller glia play crucial roles in retinal homeostasis and function. Genetic modification of Müller cells by viral gene delivery would be valuable for studies of their normal physiology and roles in retinal disease states. However, stable and efficient transgene expression in Müller cells after delivery of gene ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Greenberg KP,Geller SF,Schaffer DV,Flannery JG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of cellular immunodeficiency in recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis, six Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with healed toxoplasmic lesions of the retina were immunosuppressed by total lymphoid irradiation. Three months prior to irradiation 30,000 Toxoplasma gondii organisms of the Be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Holland GN,O'Connor GR,Diaz RF,Minasi P,Wara WM

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine the riboflavin concentration in the posterior corneal stroma, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium prior to UV irradiation in corneal cross-linking (CXL) in humans. Methods:Five human deepithelialized cadaver corneas were mounted into artificial anterior chambers. After the establishment of stable...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Seiler TG,Batista A,Frueh BE,Koenig K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a method for quantitative mapping of metamorphopsia and abnormalities of oculocentric direction in subjects with epiretinal membranes. METHODS:Binocular correspondence perimetry was performed using red and green dichoptic stimuli applied in a rectangular grid pattern. The study included 9 healthy s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Krøyer K,Jensen OM,Larsen M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various noninvasive test procedures were used to evaluate retinal function in a patient who had become night blind following vincristine chemotherapy. The results obtained were strikingly similar to those reported previously in subjects with recessively inherited stationary night blindness; the dark-adaptation curve w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ripps H,Carr RE,Siegel IM,Greenstein VC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of an imaginary and a visual target on torsional optokinetic nystagmus (tOKN) and directional symmetry of tOKN. METHODS:Torsional OKN was induced by a rotating random dot pattern (52 degrees in diameter, constant angular velocity: +/-30 deg/sec to +/-52 deg/sec) with an imaginary or ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki Y,Shinmei Y,Nara H,Ifukube T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody to HSV glycoprotein D was derivatized with palmitic acid and incorporated into liposomes. These immunoliposomes bound specifically to intact mouse corneas infected with HSV-1 in vitro. Furthermore, in yield reduction assays, anti-gD immunoliposomes loaded with acyclovir proved far more effective at...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Norley SG,Sendele D,Huang L,Rouse BT

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the regulatory role of FGF-2 on type I collagen expression during endothelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT). METHODS:Corneal endothelial cells (CECs) treated with FGF-2 from the primary culture to the third passage were transformed and designated as fibroblastic CECs (fCECs). Steady state lev...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ko MK,Kay EP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The color matches of 46 retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients were found to differ significantly from those of 55 unaffected observers. The color matches of group I (trichromatic) RP observers were more protanomalous (i.e., required a greater red/green mixture ratio) than those of unaffected observers. The matches of gro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Young RS,Fishman GA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the optical coherence tomographic (OCT) correlates of two previously described angiographic subtypes of occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 17 consecutive patients with previously untreated occult CNV who underwent both fluorescein angiography (FA) and volu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hariri A,Heussen FM,Nittala MG,Sadda SR

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study was to functionally evaluate three previously uncharacterized heat shock factor protein 4 (HSF4) mutations (c.595_599delGGGCC, c.1213C>T, c.1327+4A>G) encoding mutant HSF4 proteins (G199EfsX15, R405X, and M419GfsX29) with missing C-terminal ends. These HSF4 mutations were previously ident...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Merath K,Ronchetti A,Sidjanin DJ

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the outward chloride currents (Cl(OR)) in single acinar cells isolated from the rabbit superior lacrimal gland (RSLG) to investigate the hypothesis that Cl(OR) may have a role in regulating the volume of RSLG acini. METHODS:Cl(OR) was characterized by using patch-clamp electrophysiology. Confoc...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Herok GH,Millar TJ,Anderton PJ,Martin DK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between objectively measured ambient light exposure and longitudinal changes in axial eye growth in childhood. METHODS:A total of 101 children (41 myopes and 60 nonmyopes), 10 to 15 years of age participated in this prospective longitudinal observationa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Read SA,Collins MJ,Vincent SJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relationship between retinal vascular geometric parameters with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GC-IPL) parameters in nonglaucomatous subjects. METHODS:Study subjects were identified from the Singapore Chinese Eye Study (SCES), a population-based survey ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tham YC,Cheng CY,Zheng Y,Aung T,Wong TY,Cheung CY

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are thought to be associated; however, the details are not yet understood clearly. This study aimed at investigating how retinal anatomic structures relate with the spatial MPOD distribution in single eyes. METHODS:In a subgroup ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyer zu Westrup V,Dietzel M,Pauleikhoff D,Hense HW

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for the rapid flow cytometric determination of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor densities on the surface of cultured ocular cells. The technique uses a biotinylated monoclonal antibody directed against the EGF receptor in conjunction with a streptavidin-bound fluorochrome and requires the s...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lopez JG,Chew SJ,Thompson HW,Malter JS,Insler MS,Beuerman RW

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00