Murine model of ocular infection by a human biovar of Chlamydia trachomatis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety of a possible substitute treatment for intraocular steroid injections, intraocular injections of ketorolac tromethamine, one of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, were performed in rabbits. METHODS:Either 0.5% or 0.25% preservative-free ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution (0....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Margalit E,Kugler LJ,Brumm MV,Meza JL,Kompella UB,Escobar ER,Christensen GR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Müller glia have multiple functions in the retina, including synthesis of neurotrophic factors, uptake and metabolism of neurotransmitters, spatial buffering of ions, maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier, and response to injury. A population of Müller glia has some stem cell-like characteristics both in viv...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Otteson DC,Phillips MJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 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 explore connexin43 (Cx43) knockdown as an efficient treatment for corneal endothelial injury in an in vivo rat corneal scrape injury model. METHODS:Scrape injury was induced in the corneal endothelium, and immunolabeling (ZO-1, alpha-SMA, Cx43) was performed to analyze changes in Cx43 expression during woun...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakano Y,Oyamada M,Dai P,Nakagami T,Kinoshita S,Takamatsu T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshly isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients (PBL-P) with recurrent herpetic corneal and skin lesions, and controls (PBL-C) with no recollection of herpetic disease, effectively lysed herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infected but not uninfected allogeneic fibroblasts. However, after 48 hr of stimulat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hendricks RL,Sugar J

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age and advanced disease in the fellow eye are the two most important risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between these variables and the optical density of macular pigment (MP) in a group of subjects from a northern European populati...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Beatty S,Murray IJ,Henson DB,Carden D,Koh H,Boulton ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During mammalian embryonic eyelid closure ADAM17 has been proposed to play a role as a transactivator of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling by shedding membrane bound EGFR ligands. However, ADAM17 also sheds numerous other ligands, thus implicating ADAM17 in additional molecular pathways. The goa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hassemer EL,Endres B,Toonen JA,Ronchetti A,Dubielzig R,Sidjanin DJ

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the possible correlation between the visual field defects in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and the expression and enzymatic activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoenzymes and nitrotyrosine in trabecular meshwork (TM) samples. METHODS:TM specimens were collected from 146 patie...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fernández-Durango R,Fernández-Martínez A,García-Feijoo J,Castillo A,de la Casa JM,García-Bueno B,Pérez-Nievas BG,Fernández-Cruz A,Leza JC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether glaucoma selectively injures a particular size of optic nerve fiber (and its cell body), we induced chronic experimental glaucoma in one eye each of ten monkeys. With automated image analysis, the number and diameter of optic nerve fibers were compared between each glaucomatous eye and its normal ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Quigley HA,Sanchez RM,Dunkelberger GR,L'Hernault NL,Baginski TA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the nature and reversibility of biochemical and functional changes in the retina encountered over a single generation of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deficiency in guinea pigs. METHODS:Dunkin-Hartley guinea pigs were fed for 16 weeks after weaning with diets supplemented with safflower...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weisinger HS,Vingrys AJ,Bui BV,Sinclair AJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the aqueous outflow pathway in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) through provocative gonioscopy and channelography with a flexible microcatheter and fluorescein tracer during canaloplasty. METHODS:One eye each was randomly selected from 28 consecutive black African POAG patients undergoing canalopla...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Grieshaber MC,Pienaar A,Olivier J,Stegmann R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to validate a recently described technique for measuring the rates of visual field (VF) decay in glaucoma. METHODS:A pointwise exponential regression (PER) model was used to calculate average rates of faster and slower deteriorating VF components, and that of the entire VF. Rapid progr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Azarbod P,Mock D,Bitrian E,Afifi AA,Yu F,Nouri-Mahdavi K,Coleman AL,Caprioli J

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) is a model for human retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). In OIR mice, this study determined whether blockade of β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) with propranolol influences retinal levels of proangiogenic factors, retinal vascularization, and blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ristori C,Filippi L,Dal Monte M,Martini D,Cammalleri M,Fortunato P,la Marca G,Fiorini P,Bagnoli P

更新日期：2011-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether prostaglandins contribute to the control of basal retinal and choroidal hemodynamics, retinal (RBF) and choroidal blood flow (ChBF) were measured by a microsphere technique in 1- to 4-day-old pigs before and after (at 20 and 60 min) administration of indomethacin (0.3 mg/kg, n = 6 or 10 mg/kg, n = 5)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parys-Van Ginderdeuren R,Malcolm D,Varma DR,Aranda JV,Chemtob S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relative prevalence of ocular conditions among children who are unable to perform preschool vision screening tests and the impact on measures of screening test performance. METHODS:Trained nurse and lay screeners each administered a Lea Symbols visual acuity (VA) test (Good-Lite, Inc., Steamwood...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maguire MG,Vision in Preschoolers Study Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sildenafil (Viagra; Pfizer, New York, NY), a selective phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE5) inhibitor, is widely used to treat impotence by improving penile blood flow via elevation of cGMP. However, its effect on ocular circulation is controversial and whether retinal arterioles are responsive to this drug remains ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yuan Z,Hein TW,Rosa RH Jr,Kuo L

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Viral conjunctivitis is a highly contagious infection often causing major epidemics. A safe broad-spectrum antiviral agent is needed to treat this unmet medical need. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that in vitro NVC-422 is a safe, broad-spectrum topical virucidal agent with activity against ophthal...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jekle A,Abdul Rani S,Celeri C,Zuck M,Xu P,Wang L,Najafi-Tagol K,Anderson M,Stroman D,Debabov D

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A pilot study of human neural retinal transplantation was undertaken to investigate three major issues: whether a safe surgical procedure could be devised for transplantation of neural retinal tissue into the subretinal space, whether the transplant would be accepted in the subretinal space, and whether an impr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Humayun MS,de Juan E Jr,del Cerro M,Dagnelie G,Radner W,Sadda SR,del Cerro C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate possible protective effects of lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) against photoreceptor death in light-damaged, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) and P23H rhodopsin transgenic rats. METHODS:Twelve-week-old Sprague-Dawley (SD), 6-week-old RCS, and 10-day-old P23H (line 1, heterozygote) r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Machida S,Chaudhry P,Shinohara T,Singh DP,Reddy VN,Chylack LT Jr,Sieving PA,Bush RA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4) effluxes a wide variety of endogenous compounds, including cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and is exclusively expressed in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) of the retina. This study aimed to investigate the role of MRP4 in retinal vascular development. METHODS:The r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Matsumiya W,Kusuhara S,Hayashibe K,Maruyama K,Kusuhara H,Tagami M,Schuetz JD,Negi A

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inoculation of the neurotropic coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus strain JHM intravitreally or into the anterior chamber causes acute infection of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and neural retina. Weeks later, many retinas have foci of moderate to severe atrophy. The effect of coronavirus infection (after intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robbins SG,Wiggert B,Kutty G,Chader GJ,Detrick B,Hooks JJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the neural basis of contraction anisocoria and any implications for assessments using pupillary responses, through analysis of topographic variation in amplitudes of direct and consensual pupil responses. METHODS:Direct and consensual pupillary contraction amplitudes were analyzed from six studi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Carle CF,Maddess T,James AC

更新日期：2011-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopic studies were done on 11 cynomolgus monkey eyes which had undergone total iris removal followed by surgical disinsertion of the ciliary muscle from the scleral spur 4.7 to 14.4 months earlier. Anterior chamber perfusion to measure gross outflow facility had been performed one to nine time...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lütjen-Drecoll E,Kaufman PL,Bárány EH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare structural properties from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and psychophysical measures from a subset of patients enrolled in a larger multicenter natural history study of X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS). METHODS:A subset of males (n = 24) participating in a larger natural history ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bennett LD,Wang YZ,Klein M,Pennesi ME,Jayasundera T,Birch DG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) catalyses the formation of angiotensin II (ANGII), which presumably acts as a central neurotransmitter/modulator. ANGII-related effects have also been observed in the retina. Present in vivo experiments were designed to investigate further ANGII-related effects on retinal neu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jacobi PC,Osswald H,Jurklies B,Zrenner E

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the optimal frequency of imaging during follow-up to detect glaucoma progression by characterizing variability (noise) in neuroretinal rim area (RA) measured by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). METHODS:RA noise was estimated from patient data and ch...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Owen VM,Strouthidis NG,Garway-Heath DF,Crabb DP

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study and therapy of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness worldwide, have taken great strides over the past decade. During the same time, a central role for RNA in many human diseases has been discovered. We have identified anti-angiogenic functions for synthetic double stranded RNA...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ambati J

更新日期：2011-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased vascular permeability, one of the characteristic features of immediate hypersensitivity (Type I), is mediated through a variety of compounds, including histamine and platelet-activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid inflammatory mediator. The effects on vascular permeability of histamine, PAF, and ethanol, th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stock EL,Roth SI,Kim ED,Walsh MK,Thamman R

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin in Müller cell reactivity. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in mice deficient for GFAP and vimentin (GFAP(-/-)vim(-/-)) and age-matched wild-type (wt) mice. The reactivity of the retina was studied by immunofluorescence and e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verardo MR,Lewis GP,Takeda M,Linberg KA,Byun J,Luna G,Wilhelmsson U,Pekny M,Chen DF,Fisher SK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in photoreceptor degeneration associated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a laser-induced model of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:PDT was performed in monkey and Brown Norway rats with laser-induced CNV. L-NAME, a NOS inhibitor, or saline wa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： She H,Nakazawa T,Matsubara A,Hisatomi T,Young TA,Michaud N,Connolly E,Hafezi-Moghadam A,Gragoudas ES,Miller JW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00