Subretinal space and vitreous cavity as immunologically privileged sites for retinal allografts.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the signal transduction pathways involved in the activation of orbital fibroblast effector functions relevant to the pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). To determine, using antisense technology, whether the c-myc protooncogene is involved in cell proliferation and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) syn...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Heufelder AE,Bahn RS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to deepen our knowledge on the basis of intrafamilial genetic heterogeneity of inherited retinal dystrophies (RD) to further discern the contribution of individual alleles to the pathology. METHODS:Families with intrafamilial locus and/or allelic heterogeneity were selected from a coh...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sánchez-Alcudia R,Cortón M,Ávila-Fernández A,Zurita O,Tatu SD,Pérez-Carro R,Fernandez-San Jose P,Lopez-Martinez MÁ,del Castillo FJ,Millan JM,Blanco-Kelly F,García-Sandoval B,Lopez-Molina MI,Riveiro-Alvarez R,Ayuso C

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of childhood-onset retinal diseases characterized by severe visual impairment or blindness. One form is caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene, which encodes the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) isomerase. In this study, the retinal structure and expression of molecula...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hernández M,Pearce-Kelling SE,Rodriguez FD,Aguirre GD,Vecino E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of adhesion promoting surgical adjuncts in Descemets stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). The effects of air-fill pressure, duration, use of venting incisions and stromal roughening on fluid dispersion, and donor adhesion strength were examined in theoretical, optical...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bhogal MS,Angunawela RI,Bilotti E,Eames I,Allan BD

更新日期：2012-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) is a model that mimics human acute anterior uveitis. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is an enzyme that initiates the conversion of arachidonic acid (AA) into prostaglandins (PGs), whereas 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) generates leukotrienes (LT). The purpose of this study was to delineate the rol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tuo J,Tuaillon N,Shen D,Chan CC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Tissue transglutaminase (TGM2) is elevated in glaucomatous trabecular meshwork (TM) tissues. We investigated whether increased expression of TGM2 increases extracellular matrix crosslinking in the TM, thereby increasing aqueous humor outflow resistance and elevating intraocular pressure (IOP) in mouse eyes. Me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Raychaudhuri U,Millar JC,Clark AF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the presence of IgG autoantibodies in the vitreous of spontaneous cases of equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) has been demonstrated, the potential role of IgM reactivities during ERU pathogenesis remains unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of IgM autoantibodies in vitreous spe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Swadzba ME,Hirmer S,Amann B,Hauck SM,Deeg CA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the mechanism that leads to the UVA light-dependent loss of glutathione reductase (GR) activity in human lens (HL). METHODS:Both the HL water-soluble (WS) fraction and yeast GR were irradiated with UVA light (200 mW/(cm(2). h) for 1 hour at +20 degrees C, and the specific activity (SA) was observe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Linetsky M,Hill JM,Chemoganskiy VG,Hu F,Ortwerth BJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of WDR36 and P53 sequence variations in POAG susceptibility. METHODS:The authors performed a case-control genetic association study in 268 unrelated Spanish patients (POAG1) and 380 control subjects matched for sex, age, and ethnicity. WDR36 sequence variations were screened by either d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blanco-Marchite C,Sánchez-Sánchez F,López-Garrido MP,Iñigez-de-Onzoño M,López-Martínez F,López-Sánchez E,Alvarez L,Rodríguez-Calvo PP,Méndez-Hernández C,Fernández-Vega L,García-Sánchez J,Coca-Prados M,García-Feijoo J,Escribano

更新日期：2011-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) represents a part of the immune system located at mucosal surfaces. Its presence in the human eye is the point in question in the current study. Its occurrence, components, topography, and probable functional significance in the human conjunctiva and lacrimal drainage sy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Knop N,Knop E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overall corneal hydration control expressed as the percent recovery per hour (PRPH) can be assessed with an exponential model that uses data derived from two kinds of corneal thickness measurements; one from monitoring recovery after inducing corneal swelling, and the other from measurements made after the eye has bee...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cohen SR,Polse KA,Brand RJ,Mandell RB

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To test the effects of genistein on choriocapillaris regeneration and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) wound healing in a surgical model in the rabbit. METHODS:Intravitreal injections of either 0.1 ml of a 90-microM concentration of genistein, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; negative control), or 2 microg cyclohexim...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Majji AB,Hayashi A,Kim HC,Grebe RR,de Juan E Jr

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross correlation coefficient between light-scattering intensity and the optical parameters obtained for 48 sections of eight lenses with nuclear cataracts were evaluated. On the basis of these and other data in the literature, the structural elements, within the lens fiber are identified. These give rise to the optic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bettelheim FA,Siew EL,Chylack LT Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Invasion of tumor cells into blood vessels is essential for metastasis of uveal melanoma. The occurrence of ingrowth of tumor cells in blood vessels in uveal melanoma was analyzed, and this parameter was compared with the survival of the patients. METHODS:Between 1972 and 2007, 643 eyes primarily enucleated fo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ly LV,Odish OF,Wolff-Rouendaal Dd,Missotten GS,Luyten GP,Jager MJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effects of early, mid, and late subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab on corneal neovascularization (NV) and conjunctivalization in a rabbit limbal insufficiency model. METHODS:Limbal insufficiency was created surgically, and subconjunctival injections of 2.5 mg bevacizumab twice weekly for 1...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lin CT,Hu FR,Kuo KT,Chen YM,Chu HS,Lin YH,Chen WL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:ISG15, a di-ubiquitin-like protein, is critical for controlling certain viral and bacterial infections. We sought to determine if ISG15 plays a role in corneal innate immunity against Candida albicans (C. albicans) using a C57BL/6 (B6) mouse model of human fungal keratitis. Methods:Scarified corneas of adult B...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dong C,Gao N,Ross BX,Yu FX

更新日期：2017-06-01 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 identify proteins secreted by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and to analyze their cellular distribution in normal and pathologic rat retinas at various stages of eye development. METHODS:A cDNA library was constructed with RNA isolated from porcine RPE sheets and screened by using the yeast signal seq...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Van Den Berghe L,Sainton K,Gogat K,Marchant D,Dufour E,Bonnel S,Gadin S,Menasche M,Abitbol M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autophagy is a lysosomal machinery-dependent process that catabolizes cellular components/organelles and proteins in an autophagic vacuole (AV)-dependent and -independent manner, respectively. Short-term exposure of the retina to bright light results in shortening of the outer segments, concomitant with AV form...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kunchithapautham K,Coughlin B,Lemasters JJ,Rohrer B

更新日期：2011-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataracts removed intracapsularly by cryoprobe technique from human diabetics were analyzed for sugars and polyols by gas liquid chromatography. The contents of sorbitol and fructose of lenses followed blood glucose levels at least up to 250 mg/dl. Studies indicate that human lens is capable of synthesizing substantia...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Varma SD,Schocket SS,Richards RD

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In situ 2-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) of the human trabecular meshwork (TM) reveals beams of heterogeneous autofluorescence (AF) comprising high intensity fluorescent fibers (AF-high) on a background of lower intensity fluorescence (AF-low). To determine the sources of this AF heterogeneity, we imaged...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huang AS,Gonzalez JM Jr,Le PV,Heur M,Tan JC

更新日期：2013-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We sought to determine whether conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (UVAF), a biomarker of outdoor light exposure, is associated with myopia. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study on Norfolk Island and recruited individuals aged ≥ 15 years. Participants completed a sun-exposure questionnaire and un...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sherwin JC,Hewitt AW,Coroneo MT,Kearns LS,Griffiths LR,Mackey DA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Targeted drug delivery to the ocular tissues remains a challenge. Biodegradable intraocular implants allow prolonged controlled release of drugs directly into the eye. In this study, we evaluated an anterior suprachoroidal polyurethane implant containing dexamethasone polyurethane dispersions (DX-PUD) as a drug...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Barbosa Saliba J,Vieira L,Fernandes-Cunha GM,Rodrigues Da Silva G,Ligório Fialho S,Silva-Cunha A,Bousquet E,Naud MC,Ayres E,Oréfice RL,Tekaya M,Kowalczuk L,Zhao M,Behar-Cohen F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moiré fringes generated by two equal gratings in contact, looked at in Maxwellian view, are well suited for the assessment of retinal visual acuity. High-contrast fringes practically free from spatial harmonics (higher Fourier components) are obtained if, instead of the zero diffraction order, one first-order diffract...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lotmar W

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Limited integration is consistently observed between subretinal transplants and host retinas. In the current study, an in vitro model system for studying connections forming between two abutting retinas was developed. METHODS:Neuroretinas were dissected from normal wild-type (WT) mice and green fluorescent pro...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang Y,Caffé AR,Azadi S,van Veen T,Ehinger B,Perez MT

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of human recombinant TIGR/myocilin (MYOC) protein on outflow resistance in the human anterior segment. METHODS:A cDNA for MYOC was inserted into a bacterial expression system and purified with nickel ion affinity chromatography. The anterior segments of 12 pairs of human eyes were place...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fautsch MP,Bahler CK,Jewison DJ,Johnson DH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the interleukin (IL)-4 receptor (IL-4R) complex in human corneal fibroblasts. METHODS:The presence of IL-4R subunit mRNAs and proteins in cultured human corneal fibroblasts was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry, respectively. The interaction of 125I-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fukuda K,Fujitsu Y,Kumagai N,Nishida T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) the choroidal vascular response to experimentally increased blood pressure in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods:For this multicenter, observational, case-control study, we enrolled 35 patients with an established di...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cardillo Piccolino F,Lupidi M,Cagini C,Fruttini D,Nicolò M,Eandi CM,Tito S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The activation of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor system is associated with retinal diseases. Among peptide inhibitors of this system, UPARANT acts by preventing the onset of pathologic signs of neovascular ocular diseases. We investigated whether systemic UPARANT may act in a therapeu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cammalleri M,Locri F,Marsili S,Dal Monte M,Pisano C,Mancinelli A,Lista L,Rusciano D,De Rosa M,Pavone V,Bagnoli P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00