Cataract and the acceleration of calpain-induced beta-crystallin insolubilization occurring during normal maturation of rat lens.

abstract：PURPOSE:Metabolism and transport of glutathione (GSH), the endogenous thiol antioxidant, in conjunctival tissue to date are poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to define transport characteristics of GSH in primary cultured rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells (RCECs). METHODS:RCECs were grown on me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gukasyan HJ,Lee VH,Kim KJ,Kannan R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To improve the transparency of the acellular dermal matrix (ADM) and investigate the optical, mechanical and histologic properties and biocompatibility of transparent ADM (TADM) in lamellar keratoplasty. Methods:A stepwise sectioning strategy was applied to determine the transparency distribution of the ADM, a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang Y,Ma J,Jiang X,Liu Z,Yang J,Li X

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the roles of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in alkali-induced corneal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:CNV was induced by alkali injury and compared in wild-type (WT) BALB/c mice, and TNF receptor 1-deficient (TNF-Rp55 KO) counterparts, or in mice treated with TNF-α antagonist and recombinant TNF-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lu P,Li L,Liu G,Baba T,Ishida Y,Nosaka M,Kondo T,Zhang X,Mukaida N

更新日期：2012-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This work examines the effects of cardiotrophin (CT)-1 on photoreceptor survival in transgenic rats that carry the rhodopsin mutation S334ter. METHODS:Recombinant CT-1 was injected intravitreally into eyes of heterozygous animals. Photoreceptor survival was analyzed by histology. Phosphorylation of signal tran...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Song Y,Zhao L,Tao W,Laties AM,Luo Z,Wen R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this systematic review was to examine the evidence on zinc intake from foods and supplements in the primary prevention and treatment of AMD. METHODS:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), prospective cohort, retrospective cohort, and case-control studies that investigated zinc intake from foods ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vishwanathan R,Chung M,Johnson EJ

更新日期：2013-06-12 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：PURPOSE:To study the spatial distribution of posterior pole choroidal thickness (CT) in healthy eyes using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Fifty-nine eyes from 30 subjects with no retinal or choroidal disease were examined with high-definition (HD) OCT using macular volume cube scanning ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ouyang Y,Heussen FM,Mokwa N,Walsh AC,Durbin MK,Keane PA,Sanchez PJ,Ruiz-Garcia H,Sadda SR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the order and components of the signaling pathway utilized by epidermal growth factor (EGF) to stimulate conjunctival goblet cell proliferation. METHODS:Goblet cells from rat bulbar and forniceal conjunctiva and human bulbar conjunctiva were grown in organ culture. Goblet cells (GCs) were serum st...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li D,Shatos MA,Hodges RR,Dartt DA

更新日期：2013-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the distribution of inflammatory mediators such as interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and angiogenic cytokines such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and to identify their cellular source in surgically excised choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) of various...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Oh H,Takagi H,Takagi C,Suzuma K,Otani A,Ishida K,Matsumura M,Ogura Y,Honda Y

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because of its role in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis, p53 may be involved in maintaining the post-mitotic state of the adult eye. To shed light on the role of p53 in retinal development and maintenance, this study investigated the pattern of expression of p53, its family members, and its regulators during...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vuong L,Brobst DE,Saadi A,Ivanovic I,Al-Ubaidi MR

更新日期：2012-07-20 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

authors： Nguyen TM,Aubry JF,Touboul D,Fink M,Gennisson JL,Bercoff J,Tanter M

更新日期：2012-08-31 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 investigate the dynamic effect of tear lipocalins (TLs), the major lipid-binding protein in tears, at aqueous-cornea and lipid-aqueous interfaces, and their potential contribution to surface tension in the tear film. METHODS:Human apo- and holo-TLs were applied to the aqueous subphase in a Langmuir trough, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Glasgow BJ,Marshall G,Gasymov OK,Abduragimov AR,Yusifov TN,Knobler CM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In several retinal complications, such as age-dependent macular degeneration (AMD), oxidative stress is increased and cytokine level is elevated. These are shown to alter the activation and expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) both in human primary and immortalized retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Juuti-Uusitalo K,Nieminen M,Treumer F,Ampuja M,Kallioniemi A,Klettner A,Skottman H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to define whether pigment epithelial-derived growth factor (PEDF), together with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), enhances the synthesis of neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) and the regeneration of corneal nerves damaged after surgery. METHODS:Corneal stromal dissection was performed in the left eye...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cortina MS,He J,Li N,Bazan NG,Bazan HE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Individuals with developmental dyslexia suffer not only from reading problems as more general motor deficits can also be observed in this patient group. Both psychometric clinical tests and objective eyetracking methods suggest that unstable binocular fixation may contribute to reading problems. Because binocul...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Przekoracka-Krawczyk A,Brenk-Krakowska A,Nawrot P,Rusiak P,Naskrecki R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hypothesis in the study was that androgens control meibomian gland function, regulate the quality and/or quantity of lipids produced by this tissue, and promote the formation of the tear film's lipid layer. To test this hypothesis, a study was conducted to determine whether androgen receptor protein exists ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sullivan DA,Sullivan BD,Ullman MD,Rocha EM,Krenzer KL,Cermak JM,Toda I,Doane MG,Evans JE,Wickham LA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To model the photochemical kinetics of corneal cross-linking with riboflavin (Rf) and confirm the model through measured oxygen concentration experiments under varying energy input conditions by UV-A irradiance and temperature modulation in ex vivo porcine cornea. METHODS:A theoretical model was developed to d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kamaev P,Friedman MD,Sherr E,Muller D

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The flavonoids have potent antioxidant and free-radical scavenging properties and are beneficial in the prevention and treatment of ocular diseases including glaucoma. The authors have previously reported that antiglaucoma agents could transcriptionally activate the antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin (PRDX)2. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miyamoto N,Izumi H,Miyamoto R,Kondo H,Tawara A,Sasaguri Y,Kohno K

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxidative stress and metabolic dysregulation of the RPE have been implicated in AMD; however, the molecular regulation of RPE metabolism remains unclear. The transcriptional coactivator, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) is a powerful mediator of mitochondrial function. Th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Iacovelli J,Rowe GC,Khadka A,Diaz-Aguilar D,Spencer C,Arany Z,Saint-Geniez M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of chemical chaperones on the trafficking of secretion-incompetent primary open-angle glaucoma-associated mutant myocilin and the possibility to rescue cells coexpressing mutant and wild-type myocilin from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and apoptosis. METHODS:CHO-K1, HEK293 and human ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yam GH,Gaplovska-Kysela K,Zuber C,Roth J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cultured human corneal endothelial cells (cHCECs) are anticipated to become an alternative to donor corneas for the treatment of corneal endothelial dysfunction. However, cHCECs reportedly tend to exhibit chromosomal abnormality during in vitro cell division, thereby hampering their use in the clinical setting....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hamuro J,Ueno M,Toda M,Sotozono C,Montoya M,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Congenic mice of the MRL/Mp strain spontaneously develop an autoimmune connective tissue disease that shares immunologic and histopathologic features with the human disorders systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic vasculitis. The autoimmune disorder in these mice is markedly accelerated by th...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jabs DA,Alexander EL,Green WR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:P1 is the major positive component of pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (PR-VEPs). The rapid decrease of its latency correlates with the progressive myelination in the developing infant brain, which affects signal transmission in the visual system. An age-dependent phase shift, analogous to P1 peak late...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mikó-Baráth E,Markó K,Budai A,Török B,Kovacs I,Jandó G

更新日期：2014-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Suppression in amblyopia may be an unequal form of normal interocular suppression or a distinct pathophysiology. To explore this issue, we examined the orientation tuning and contrast dependence of continuous flash suppression (CFS) in adults with amblyopia and visually normal controls. Methods:Nine patients (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gao TY,Ledgeway T,Lie AL,Anstice N,Black J,McGraw PV,Thompson B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the influence of a control group on the diagnostic accuracy of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in early glaucoma. METHODS:In a diagnostic, case-control study, 119 eyes of 60 normal subjects with no findings suspicious for glaucoma (control cohort 1); 76 eyes of 41 subjects ref...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao HL,Kumbar T,Addepalli UK,Bharti N,Senthil S,Choudhari NS,Garudadri CS

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the underlying mechanisms for how the mouse Cx50-R205G point mutation, a homologue of the human Cx50-R198W mutation that is linked to cataract-microcornea syndrome, affects proper lens growth and fiber cell differentiation to lead to severe lens phenotypes. Methods:EdU labeling, immunostaining, ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tjahjono N,Xia CH,Li R,Chu S,Wang J,Gong X

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the molecular mechanism of Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitors Y-27632 and Y-39983 on corneal endothelial cell (CEC) proliferation and their wound-healing effect. METHODS:The expression of G1 proteins of the cell cycle and expression of phosphorylated Akt in monkey CECs (MCECs) treated with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Okumura N,Nakano S,Kay EP,Numata R,Ota A,Sowa Y,Sakai T,Ueno M,Kinoshita S,Koizumi N

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To map the spatiotemporal decline in retinally driven activity in the superior colliculus (SC) of transgenic S334ter-line-3 rats that express a mutated rhodopsin, which causes photoreceptor degeneration. To determine whether transplantation of fetal retinal sheets into the subretinal space of these rats can rec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sagdullaev BT,Aramant RB,Seiler MJ,Woch G,McCall MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00