Immunity and immune privilege elicited by cultured retinal pigment epithelial cell transplants.

abstract：PURPOSE:The temporal and spatial sequence of development of laminar vascular plexuses was determined qualitatively and quantitatively in monkey and human retina. METHODS:Histologic and cytochemical methods were used to study Macaca monkey eyes from fetal day 55 (F55d; birth = F168d) to 17 years, and human retina from ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gariano RF,Iruela-Arispe ML,Hendrickson AE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This retrospective observational study was designed to evaluate the frequency of, and the factors associated with, optic disc swelling in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH). METHODS:A retrospective observational study was conducted. We analyzed 116 eyes of 58 patients with VKH. Demographic and clinical differe...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakao K,Abematsu N,Mizushima Y,Sakamoto T

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatic metabolite content of specific anatomic regions within the crystalline lens was determined by phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance analyses performed on tissue perchloric acid (PCA) extracts. Anatomically distinct zones each were dissected from five sets of 10 porcine lenses, isolated, and frozen in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Greiner JV,Kopp SJ,Glonek T

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscles (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, while all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. We sought evidence of potential independent act...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin A,Yoo L,Chaudhuri Z,Demer JL

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of primary angle-closure suspect (PACS), primary angle closure (PAC), and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in a rural population in China. METHODS:In all, 6716 Han Chinese 30 years of age and older (5480 subjects 40 years of age and older) from 13 villages...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Liang Y,Friedman DS,Zhou Q,Yang XH,Sun LP,Guo L,Chang DS,Lian L,Wang NL,Handan Eye Study Group.

更新日期：2011-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the functional contribution of retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha in the developing murine neural retina, through a phenotypic analysis of the corresponding null mutants. METHODS:RARalpha mutant (Rara(-/-)) mice were compared with wild-type littermates at several stages of pre- and postnatal devel...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cammas L,Trensz F,Jellali A,Ghyselinck NB,Roux MJ,Dollé P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines as well as the surface expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 by corneal fibroblasts contribute to corneal inflammation. The effects of triptolide on the expression of these proteins induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in human corneal f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lu Y,Liu Y,Fukuda K,Nakamura Y,Kumagai N,Nishida T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the genetic cause in five families with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disorder involving retinal degeneration and visual loss with high genetic heterogeneity. METHODS:We performed whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping on 35 members from the five families to ma...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang NH,Chen SJ,Yang CF,Chen HW,Chuang HP,Lu YH,Chen CH,Wu JY,Niu DM,Chen YT

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual field of normal infants was assessed using a perimeter with LED stimuli and a forced-choice observation procedure. Central fixation was elicited by four central, pulsing LEDs and maintained with the aid of auditory stimuli. Field extent was derived from the four-alternative, forced-choice judgments of an ad...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mayer DL,Fulton AB,Cummings MF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vitreoretinal disorders are frequently characterized by increased vitreous levels of cellular mediators, including cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. The study was conducted to investigate whether multiplex bead analysis could identify disease-specific profiles of these mediators in a variety of vitreor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Banerjee S,Savant V,Scott RA,Curnow SJ,Wallace GR,Murray PI

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is an important component of the fibroelastic membranes formed in proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). These membranes consist of cells intermingled with fibrillar proteins, such as elastin and collagen. Because RPE cells may be exposed to vitreous a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Martini B,Pandey R,Ogden TE,Ryan SJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate velocity measurements produced by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in an in vitro laminar flow model. METHODS:A 30-mL syringe filled with skim milk was inserted into a syringe pump. Intravenous (i.v.) tubing connected the syringe within the pump to a glass capillary tube (inter...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kagemann L,Wollstein G,Ishikawa H,Townsend KA,Schuman JS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Erythropoietin (EPO) modulates erythropoiesis by inhibiting apoptosis in erythrocyte progenitors. Recently, EPO has been shown to be protective in experimental models of mechanical trauma, neuroinflammation, cerebral and retinal ischemia, and even in a human stroke trial. However, little is known about EPO sign...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Weishaupt JH,Rohde G,Pölking E,Siren AL,Ehrenreich H,Bähr M

更新日期：2004-05-01 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:BetaIG-H3 is a TGF-beta-induced cell adhesion molecule, the mutations of which are responsible for a group of 5q31-linked corneal dystrophies. The characteristic findings in these diseases are accumulation of protein deposits of different ultrastructures. To understand the mechanisms of protein deposits in 5q31...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kim JE,Park RW,Choi JY,Bae YC,Kim KS,Joo CK,Kim IS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the Swedish interactive thresholding algorithm (SITA) with the full-threshold (FT) strategy for short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP). METHODS:One eye of 286 patients with glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) and 289 age-matched participants without GON from the Diagnostic Innovations in Glauco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ng M,Racette L,Pascual JP,Liebmann JM,Girkin CA,Lovell SL,Zangwill LM,Weinreb RN,Sample PA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To optimize fixation, sectioning, and immunolabeling protocols to map the morphology of the human lens with confocal microscopy. METHODS:Transparent human lenses were fixed in 0.75% paraformaldehyde for 24 hours, cut in half, and fixed for another 24 hours. Lenses were cryoprotected, sectioned, and labeled wit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lim JC,Walker KL,Sherwin T,Schey KL,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal allografts placed in human eyes at high risk often fail, and immune rejection is thought to be a major pathogenic factor. To understand the immunologic factors responsible for rejection in this instance, the authors have created "high-risk" eyes in mice by inducing corneal neovascularization. The author...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sano Y,Ksander BR,Streilein JW

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies have shown that adenosine induces relaxation of isolated retinal arterioles mediated by the A2A receptor, but the contributions to tone regulation of adenosine receptors located both in and around the vascular wall have not been studied in detail. METHODS:Porcine retinal arterioles with preser...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Riis-Vestergaard MJ,Misfeldt MW,Bek T

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether retinal progenitor cells in the inner nuclear layer give rise to regenerated cones after laser ablation of photoreceptors in adult goldfish retina. METHODS:Using a technique developed previously in this laboratory, photoreceptors in the retina of adult goldfish were ablated with an argon l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu DM,Schneiderman T,Burgett J,Gokhale P,Barthel L,Raymond PA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:FGF-2 stimulates cell proliferation of rabbit corneal endothelial cells (rCECs) by degrading the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) (p27) through its phosphorylation mechanism. The authors investigated whether the cell proliferation of human CECs (hCECs) is also induced by FGF-2 stimulation through the...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee JG,Song JS,Smith RE,Kay EP

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF), which has been shown to stimulate epidermal proliferation and keratinization and to induce regeneration of rabbit corneal epithelium, was studied for its immunogenic potential in rabbits. Mouse-derived EGF was administered topically, subconjunctivally, intrastromally, and systemically. S...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyers-Elliott RH,Elliott JH,Chitjian PA,Ho PC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Defensins are naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides. Recently the authors published evidence of defensin production by the human ocular surface. A study was undertaken to look for intraocular defensins that may account for unexplained antimicrobial activity of intraocular fluids. METHODS:Reverse transcrip...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Haynes RJ,McElveen JE,Dua HS,Tighe PJ,Liversidge J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of enzymes on mammalian vitreous gel and to thus infer the structural roles of hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate in the gel. METHODS:The wet weights of bovine vitreous gels were compared before and after incubation with Streptomyces hyaluronan lyase, chondroitin ABC lyase, testicular ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bishop PN,McLeod D,Reardon A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To biochemically characterize the receptor for connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) of human corneal fibroblasts (HCF). METHODS:Radiolabeled recombinant human CTGF was used to determine the specificity and time course of binding to low-passage cultures of HCF. The affinity and number of receptors present wer...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blalock TD,Gibson DJ,Duncan MR,Tuli SS,Grotendorst GR,Schultz GS

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular adenoviral infections occur worldwide, and currently, there is no ocular animal model for evaluating new antivirals or studying pathogenesis. With a paired-eye design, an ocular model was developed in 32 New Zealand rabbits following topical and intrastromal inoculation with a clinical isolate of adenovirus typ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gordon YJ,Romanowski E,Araullo-Cruz T

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of cell populations in the cornea may be performed rapidly and accurately employing the technique of enzymatic disaggregation. To illustrate this method normal rat corneas and corneas infected 24 and 48 hours previously with Staphylococcus aureus were disaggregated in a solution containing pancreatin and coll...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Badenoch PR,Finlay-Jones JJ,Coster DJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the CLN6 gene cause variant late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, a lysosomal storage disorder clinically characterized by progressive loss of vision, dementia, seizures, and early death. Here, we analyzed the time course of photoreceptor loss and the role of lysosomes in nclf mice, an ani...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bartsch U,Galliciotti G,Jofre GF,Jankowiak W,Hagel C,Braulke T

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the chromosomal location of the gene causing snowflake vitreoretinal degeneration (SVD), an autosomal dominant retinal degeneration characterized by small yellow-white dots in the retina, fibrillar anomaly of the vitreous humor, and retinal detachment. METHODS:Clinical data were collected on 31 fam...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jiao X,Ritter R 3rd,Hejtmancik JF,Edwards AO

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To evaluate the shape of the posterior corneal surface in eyes with normal myopia or myopic astigmatism and the changes after LASIK and epi-LASIK. METHODS. A total of 152 eyes were included in the study. The posterior corneal elevation was measured with Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam; Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang L,Wang Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00