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PURPOSE:Because several polypeptide growth factors are known to influence capillary endothelial cell mitogenesis, the authors investigated the presence of some of these molecules in choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) removed surgically from human subjects with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). METHODS:The authors performed immunoelectron microscopic studies on surgically removed submacular CNVMs from nine subjects with ARMD and from one subject with ARMD whose eye was studied after death. These were compared with retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) and choroidal tissue from eight normal subjects whose eyes were received after death and one received after massive trauma. RESULTS:RPE cells from the CNVMs were strongly immunoreactive for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF and bFGF) and for transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta). Some of the immunoreactivity was intracytoplasmic, but most was intralysosomal. In addition, some choriocapillary endothelial cells located close to the RPE layer in these CNVMs were immunopositive for bFGF and for FGF receptor. Reaction product for these two substances was located at regular intervals along the endothelial plasma membrane on both the anteluminal and the luminal side of the cells, suggesting a physiological reaction between the growth factor and its receptor. Choriocapillary endothelial cells deeper within the stroma were unreactive to bFGF and FGF receptor antibodies. There was little immunoreactivity for the growth factors in RPE or choriocapillary endothelial cells from normal eyes. The aFGF and bFGF immunoreactivity was highly specific because aFGF positivity was abolished when the antibody was incubated with 10(-6) M aFGF but not a with the same concentration of bFGF, whereas bFGF immunoreactivity was abolished by incubation of the antibody with bFGF but not with aFGF. RPE cells from normal eyes and from eyes affected by ARMD showed strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to antibodies for cytoplasmic retinaldehyde-binding protein and superoxide dismutase and weak reactivity to antibodies for vimentin. CONCLUSIONS:These results are consistent with the hypothesis that one or both FGFs are causally related to the development of choroidal neovascularization. The authors have reported similar observations in experimental choroidal neovascularization in pigmented rats after red krypton laser photocoagulation. TGF beta may serve to modulate the effects of these mitogens. The authors suggest that growth factor production is induced in RPE cells after physical or chemical damage. Because of the damage to these cells, FGF molecules can be released from the cells despite the absence of a "signal sequence" in the DNA coding for FGF production.
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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Scijournal_title
Investigative ophthalmology & visual scienceauthors
Amin R,Puklin JE,Frank RNsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-07-01 00:00:00pages
3178-88issue
8eissn
0146-0404issn
1552-5783journal_volume
35pub_type
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.08-2487
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To determine whether nonglaucomatous optic disc cupping in children violates the ISNT rule (which states that for normal optic discs the neuroretinal rim width is greatest in the order inferior >or= superior >or= nasal >or= temporal). METHODS:Digital ocular fundus photographs from a random cohort of children w...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.09-3837
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Purpose. Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU), a Th1/Th17 cell-mediated autoimmune disease induced in mice, serves as a model of human endogenous uveitis. In this model, proinflammatory cytokines and various stimuli activate the transcriptional factor, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), in the retina. The thera...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.09-4030
更新日期:2010-04-01 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
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更新日期:1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The capacities of porcine choroidal fibroblasts, retinal glial cells, and retinal pigment epithelial cells to contract collagen gels in vitro were compared. Experiments with varied cell numbers indicated that glial cells are the most effective, followed by choroidal fibroblasts and retinal pigment epithelial cells. An...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
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更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To demonstrate the application of multiphoton fluorescence (MF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy for ex vivo characterization of the structural alterations of human corneas due to keratoconus. METHODS:Buttons of keratoconic corneas derived from penetrating keratoplasty were sent for structural a...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.06-0386
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.16-20509
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.04-1507
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.02-0156
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.10-6667
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.07-0572
更新日期:2007-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To characterize the phagocytosis of extracellular matrix components by retinal pigment epithelial cells and to determine which receptors and signal transduction pathways are involved. METHODS:Fluorescent latex beads were coated with fibronectin (FN), collagen type I or IV, or thrombospondin and incubated with ...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the roles of caspase 1 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in inflammation-induced inhibition of lacrimal gland secretion. METHODS:Lacrimal gland inflammation was induced by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; to study the role of caspase 1) or ...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.08-1830
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that a decrease of regulatory T (Treg) cells may contribute to the activity of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A number of immunogenetic factors including IL2RA, miR-27a, miR-182, and FoxO1 are associated with Treg cell function. In this study, we investig...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.14-15460
更新日期:2014-11-20 00:00:00
abstract::PURPOSE. To investigate morphologic photoreceptor layer abnormalities and their correlation with visual function in occult macular dystrophy (OMD), by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS. This observational case series included 18 eyes of 9 patients with OMD. All patients underwent an ...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.09-4169
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.05-1633
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Genetic modification of cells before transplantation may allow the delivery of neuroprotective and other functional molecules to patients with neurodegenerative diseases. To avoid complications associated with virally transfected cells, we have explored the use of nonviral methods to insert genetic material int...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.10-6178
更新日期:2011-07-23 00:00:00
abstract::A monoclonal antibody has been produced that binds to the apical squames (flattened cells) of the rat ocular surface epithelium and to the goblet cells of the conjunctiva. Immunoelectron microscopic localization of the antigen indicates that in apical cells it is present along the apical-microplical membrane in the re...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Assays of cortisol-metabolizing enzymes in homogenates of human trabecular meshwork cells under optimal conditions revealed two defects in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG): one is a marked increase in delta 4-reductase and the other is a decrease in 3-oxidoreductase. Experiments indicated that the differences in enz...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Inflammation probably plays a major role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The authors evaluated whether AMD is associated with gene expression patterns in white blood cells (WBCs) and whether such a pattern may serve as a biomarker for the disease. METHODS:Microarray analysis of g...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.08-3019
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Albino rabbits were exposed to repeated microwave irradiations once daily for a month. Clinical examination was carried out for a period up to one year. No changes occurred below 300 mW./cm.2. At and above this level posterior subcapsular iridescence and posterior cortical cataracts were produced. The histologic findi...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1167/iovs.12-10690
更新日期:2012-11-29 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To examine the accommodative accuracy and amplitude in children with Down syndrome. Accommodation is usually assumed to be good in children and is rarely measured. METHODS:A dynamic retinoscopy technique was developed that allows rapid and reliable measures of accuracy and amplitude of accommodation in infants...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Purpose. Super-selective intra-ophthalmic artery chemotherapy (SSIOAC) is an eye-targeted drug-delivery strategy to treat retinoblastoma, the most prevalent primary ocular malignancy in children. Unfortunately, recent clinical reports associate adverse vascular toxicities with SSIOAC using melphalan, the most commonly...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.12-9466
更新日期:2012-04-30 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To evaluate the absolute blood flow rate in a single choroidal vessel using Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Three choroidal vessels were selected in the right eye of three normal subjects, and were measured with Doppler OCT at a 1020-nm probe wavelength. The pulsatile change of the blood fl...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.12-10666
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Keratoconus disease or post-LASIK corneal ectasia are increasingly treated using UV-A/riboflavin-induced corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL). However, this treatment suffers from a lack of techniques to provide an assessment in real-time of the CXL effects. Here, we investigated the potential interest of corne...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.11-9142
更新日期:2012-08-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1167/iovs.06-0836
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:A human biovar of Chlamydia trachomatis was used to develop a murine model of ocular chlamydial infection. The inbred mouse model will allow detailed immunologic studies during ocular infection, and use of a human biovar for infection may aid in identification of appropriate vaccine strategies against chlamydia...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To determine the relationship between changes in contrast sensitivity, if any, after glaucoma therapy and the test-retest reliability of the CSV-1000 contrast sensitivity test. METHODS:Patients with primary open angle glaucoma (N = 16) were retrospectively evaluated to determine changes in visual function, as ...
journal_title:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-08-01 00:00:00