Identification of the retinal pigment epithelium protein RET-PE2 as CE-9/OX-47, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the relationship between lens power and age as well as the relationship between lens power and axial length (AL) in Chinese children and adolescents. Methods:The participants underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination that included AL, cycloplegic refraction, and Pentacam measurements. The...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Xiong S,Zhang B,Hong Y,He X,Zhu J,Zou H,Xu X

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been great interest in recording the pattern electroretinogram (PERG) in glaucomatous and diabetic populations. The Dawson, Trick, and Litzkow thread electrode (DTLTE) and the gold foil electrode (GFE), commonly used for recording PERGs, were compared for variations in amplitude of response,...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Prager TC,Saad N,Schweitzer FC,Garcia CA,Arden GB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Contraction of fibroblasts and the resultant tractional force is a contributing factor to fibrotic diseases of the eye, such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is abundant in the eye, and is one of the growth factors thought to contribute to the development of PVR. A...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ikuno Y,Kazlauskas A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize in SV40-immortalized human corneal epithelial cells (tHCEC) osmosensitive taurine transporter gene and protein expression as well as its functional activity. To evaluate whether medium supplementation with taurine improves cell viability during a hypertonic challenge. METHODS:tHCEC were preincu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shioda R,Reinach PS,Hisatsune T,Miyamoto Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors describe a method for estimating the spheric aberration (SA) of the human crystalline lens in vivo. METHODS:This method was based on a comparison of the measured change in contrast sensitivity (delta log (CSF)) of the eye and the calculated change in modulation transfer function of the cornea with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tomlinson A,Hemenger RP,Garriott R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore differences in optic disc tilt and torsion between normal control and glaucoma subjects, and to determine whether the direction of optic disc tilt is consistent with the initial location of glaucomatous visual field (VF) defect. METHODS:Glaucoma patients with isolated superior or inferior hemifield ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Choi JA,Park HY,Shin HY,Park CK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the impact of intravitreous bevacizumab therapy on contrast sensitivity in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). METHODS:This was a prospective, multicenter, double-masked, randomized, controlled trial of 131 patients with nAMD. The patients with nAMD had received intravi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Patel PJ,Chen FK,Da Cruz L,Rubin GS,Tufail A,ABC Trial Study Group.

更新日期：2011-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peripheral and limbal corneal stromal cells (PLCSCs), which contain keratocytes, have a complex phenotype. Knowledge of keratocyte cell properties, function, and origin is limited. Evidence available thus far has suggested both mesenchymal stromal and hematopoietic characteristics. Multipotent mesenchymal strom...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Branch MJ,Hashmani K,Dhillon P,Jones DR,Dua HS,Hopkinson A

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal transport studies were undertaken to determine the effect of chronic demyelination on axonal function in experimental allergic optic neuritis in the guinea pig, an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Fast and slow components of axonal transport over the prelaminar, laminar, and retrolaminar portions of the opt...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rao NA,Guy J,Sheffield PS

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：PURPOSE:To assess the mutation spectrum in the ABCR gene and clinical phenotypes in Italian families with autosomal recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1) and fundus flavimaculatus (FFM). METHODS:Eleven families from southern Italy, including 18 patients with diagnoses of STGD1, were clinically examined. Ophthalmologic e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Simonelli F,Testa F,de Crecchio G,Rinaldi E,Hutchinson A,Atkinson A,Dean M,D'Urso M,Allikmets R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the frizzled-4 gene (FZD4) have recently been associated with autosomal dominant familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) in families linking to the EVR1 locus on the long arm of chromosome 11. The purpose of this study was to screen FZD4 in a panel of 40 patients with FEVR to identify the types...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Toomes C,Bottomley HM,Scott S,Mackey DA,Craig JE,Appukuttan B,Stout JT,Flaxel CJ,Zhang K,Black GC,Fryer A,Downey LM,Inglehearn CF

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:We have examined the presence and distribution of integrin and fibronectin in the retinas of 21-day chick embryos and adult rats, with particular emphasis on the question of localization in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Isolated sheets of RPE solubilized and separated by gel electrophoresis contain integrin, a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Philp NJ,Nachmias VT

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the prevalence of subthreshold depression and anxiety, and major depressive, dysthymic, and anxiety disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and general anxiety disorder) in visually impaired older adults and compared these estimates with those of normally sighted peers. METHODS:Cross...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van der Aa HP,Comijs HC,Penninx BW,van Rens GH,van Nispen RM

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the neuroprotective effects of ketorolac administration, in solution or delivered from biodegradable microspheres, on the survival of axotomized retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). METHODS:Retinas were treated intravitreally with a single injection of tromethamine ketorolac solution and/or with ketorolac-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nadal-Nicolás FM,Rodriguez-Villagra E,Bravo-Osuna I,Sobrado-Calvo P,Molina-Martínez I,Villegas-Pérez MP,Vidal-Sanz M,Agudo-Barriuso M,Herrero-Vanrell R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether integrin-linked kinase (ILK) controls the organization of the actin cytoskeleton in the trabecular meshwork (TM) by regulating integrin co-signaling. METHODS:The cell binding domain and the Heparin II (Hep II) domain of fibronectin were used to activate α5β1 and α4β1 integrin signaling, re...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Faralli JA,Newman JR,Sheibani N,Dedhar S,Peters DM

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Growth factors act through high-affinity cell surface receptors expressed by target cells and are critical modulators of cell function. Because aqueous humor is known to contain growth factors, these molecules may play a key role in maintaining the normal function of the human trabecular meshwork (HTM). Alterna...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wordinger RJ,Clark AF,Agarwal R,Lambert W,Wilson SE

更新日期：1999-01-01 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:The protein RPE65 plays a critical role in retinoid processing in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Previous studies have identified the RPE65 mRNA in salamander cones, but not in rods. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether RPE65 is expressed at the protein level in mammalian cones, as w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Znoiko SL,Crouch RK,Moiseyev G,Ma JX

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The values of Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) stereometric parameters depend on the reference plane (RP), the instability of which results in parameter variability. Identification of change depends on RP stability. This study was undertaken to evaluate the influen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Poli A,Strouthidis NG,Ho TA,Garway-Heath DF

更新日期：2008-09-01 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

authors： Donoso LA,Merryman CF,Edelberg KE,Naids R,Kalsow C

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate functional abnormalities in mutations in the peripherin (RDS) gene leading to different clinical types of autosomal dominant retinal disease--macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS:Patients from two families, one with a mutation in codon 167 (Gly167Asp) leading to macular degener...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kemp CM,Jacobson SG,Cideciyan AV,Kimura AE,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：1994-07-01 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:Elevated levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuronal loss in both central nervous system and ophthalmic disorders, including glaucoma. This increase in glutamate may result from a failure of glutamate transporters, which are molecules that ordinarily regulate extrac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Naskar R,Vorwerk CK,Dreyer EB

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the microvascular changes in eyes with RP quantitatively using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine whether the correlations between these indices and the severity of RP are significant. Methods:This was a retrospective, observational study. The medical records of 53 RP ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Inooka D,Ueno S,Kominami T,Sayo A,Okado S,Ito Y,Terasaki H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to investigate antigenic expression and modulation during the cell cycle of Y-79 and WERI-Rb1 tissue cultured retinoblastoma cell lines using a polyclonal anti-Y-79 antibody and fluorescein conjugated lectins. Several Y-79 resting cell populations were identified by FCM analysis of antibo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Felberg NT,Augsburger JJ,Shields JA,Goldschmidt J,Pronesti G,Haimowitz A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the distribution of invasive and cytotoxic genotypes among ocular isolates of P. aeruginosa and investigate the influence of the type III secretion system (T3SS) on adhesion to conventional, cosmetic, and silicone hydrogel contact lenses (CL). METHODS:Clinical isolates from 2001 to 2010 were analy...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shen EP,Tsay RY,Chia JS,Wu S,Lee JW,Hu FR

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of substance P (SP) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on motor function of bovine sphincter, dilator, and ciliary muscles were investigated pharmacologically, with and without field stimulation. SP contracted the sphincter and the maximum response was only about 25% of that in the presence of equimolar d...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suzuki R,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors took advantage of the Oa1 mutant mouse in combination with other albinism mouse models (i.e., Tyrosinase and membrane-associated transporter protein [Matp]) to study the function of Oa1, the gene mutated in ocular albinism type 1, in the RPE during development and after birth. METHODS:Enzyme activi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cortese K,Giordano F,Surace EM,Venturi C,Ballabio A,Tacchetti C,Marigo V

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00