Requirement for vascular endothelial growth factor in wound- and inflammation-related corneal neovascularization.

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:To analyze cone and rod phototransduction parameters from ERG a-waves in patients with RP and to determine the relationships among these parameters, age, and mode of inheritance. METHODS:Sets of four white flashes (3.2-4.4 log scotopic troland [scot td-s]) were presented in the dark. The same stimuli were late...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tzekov RT,Locke KG,Hood DC,Birch DG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are thought to be associated; however, the details are not yet understood clearly. This study aimed at investigating how retinal anatomic structures relate with the spatial MPOD distribution in single eyes. METHODS:In a subgroup ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyer zu Westrup V,Dietzel M,Pauleikhoff D,Hense HW

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual acuity of infants and young children with ophthalmologic disorders was assessed by adapting a transformed up-down staircase to preferential looking (PL) procedures. Eighty-five percent of pediatric patients between 11 days and 5 years of age were tested successfully. Acuity of infants and young children with no...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mayer DL,Fulton AB,Hansen RM

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 26 subjects with myotonic dystrophy were studied with fluorophotometry to evaluate the relationship between aqueous humor dynamics and the hypotony found in this disorder. All 26 received topical fluorescein to determine the anterior chamber elimination coefficient; five received systemic fluorescein to eva...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Walker SD,Brubaker RF,Nagataki S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the role of manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) and copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) in cellular protection of the optic nerve against the oxidative injury that contributes to demyelination in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). METHODS:Immunocytochemistry for Mn-SOD and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Qi X,Guy J,Nick H,Valentine J,Rao N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Deposition of the macular pigment carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin in the human retina occurs early in life. In this study, we examined the interrelationships of maternal carotenoid status and newborn infant macular pigment levels and systemic carotenoid status. As a secondary measure, we also evaluated the ef...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Henriksen BS,Chan G,Hoffman RO,Sharifzadeh M,Ermakov IV,Gellermann W,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2013-08-15 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：:To evaluate the penetration of ciprofloxacin, a new wide-spectrum oral antibiotic, into the vitreous, ciprofloxacin was administered orally to 21 patients who were scheduled to undergo vitreal surgery. Seven patients received 750 mg ciprofloxacin 4 hr before surgery (group I), seven patients received this dose 8 hr be...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Keren G,Alhalel A,Bartov E,Kitzes-Cohen R,Rubinstein E,Segev S,Treister G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Trabecular meshwork (TM) cells appear to sense changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) as mechanical stretching. In response, they make homeostatic corrections in the aqueous humor outflow resistance, partially by increasing extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover initiated by the matrix metalloproteinases. To unders...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Vittal V,Rose A,Gregory KE,Kelley MJ,Acott TS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of methylcobalamin on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in the cultured retinal neurons. METHODS:Primary cultures obtained from the fetal rat retina (gestation days 16 to 19) were used for the experiment. The neurotoxicity was assessed quantitatively using the trypan blue exclusion method....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kikuchi M,Kashii S,Honda Y,Tamura Y,Kaneda K,Akaike A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare cross-sectional choroidal morphology in rhesus macaque and human eyes using enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and histologic analysis. Methods:Enhanced-depth imaging-OCT images from 25 rhesus macaque and 30 human eyes were evaluated for choriocapillaris and choroidal-scle...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yiu G,Vuong VS,Oltjen S,Cunefare D,Farsiu S,Garzel L,Roberts J,Thomasy SM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined changes of the central nervous system in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS:The clinical observational study included 15 patients with bilateral advanced POAG and 15 healthy normal control subjects, matched for age and sex with the study group. Retinal nerve fiber l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen WW,Wang N,Cai S,Fang Z,Yu M,Wu Q,Tang L,Guo B,Feng Y,Jonas JB,Chen X,Liu X,Gong Q

更新日期：2013-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Optic neuritis (ON) is a condition involving primary inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury in the optic nerve and leads to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, which contributes to the persistence of visual loss. Currently, ON has no effective treatment. The goal was to determine the effectiven...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Adamus G,Brown L,Andrew S,Meza-Romero R,Burrows GG,Vandenbark AA

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoreceptors can segregate inner segment proteins from outer segment proteins. It is uncertain whether such a sorting process occurs during disc morphogenesis in rods, thereby resulting in an outer segment plasma membrane which differs compositionally from the discs. In this study, the plasma membranes of intact, pu...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Polans AS,Burton MD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the functional treatment response 3 months and 12 months after monthly ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NAMD). METHODS:Twenty-six eyes showing treatment-naïve NAMD were examined with the Heidelberg Spectralis OCT (SD-OCT) and the Nidek MP-1 microperimeter (MP) at baselin...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sulzbacher F,Kiss C,Kaider A,Roberts P,Munk M,Kroh ME,Sayegh R,Schmidt-Erfurth U

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether blur adaptation influences blur sensitivity and blur discrimination thresholds in young adult myopes and emmetropes. In addition, to determine whether there is a differential effect of blur adaptation on blur sensitivity and discrimination between refractive error groups. METHODS:Proximal ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cufflin MP,Mankowska A,Mallen EA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is an inherited disorder characterized by progressive vision loss. The disease results from mutations in the TPP1 (CLN2) gene. Studies were undertaken to characterize the effects of a TPP1 frameshift mutation on the retina in Dachshunds. METHODS:A litter of f...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Katz ML,Coates JR,Cooper JJ,O'Brien DP,Jeong M,Narfström K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Classically, acute and chronic inflammations are characterized by fibrin deposition and a dynamic influx of leukocytes. This leukocyte recruitment, and associated activation, is thought to be dependent on the generation of leukocyte chemotactic factors (LCF). Although the functional existence of LCF in ocular t...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ramsby ML,Kreutzer DL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation alters OPA1 expression and triggers OPA1 release, as well as whether the uncompetitive N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor antagonist memantine blocks OPA1 release and subsequent apoptotic cell death in glaucomatous DBA/2J mouse retina. METHO...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ju WK,Kim KY,Angert M,Duong-Polk KX,Lindsey JD,Ellisman MH,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Concentrations of aqueous humor endothelin (ET)-1 are increased in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) as well as in animal models of glaucoma. Glucocorticoids have also been associated with glaucoma, in that topical administration of glucocorticoids can increase intraocular pressure by increasing ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Zhang X,Clark AF,Yorio T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To investigate the normative data of corneal and anterior segment biometric parameters and their associations in Chinese adults, for use in preoperative assessment for corneal and anterior segment surgery. METHODS. This cross-sectional, population-based study included 750 subjects aged > or =50 years. The sub...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yuen LH,He M,Aung T,Htoon HM,Tan DT,Mehta JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laser Doppler technique was used to measure alterations in retinal blood flow in human subjects under dark-adapted conditions compared to light-adapted conditions. Retinal blood flow increased 40 to 70% after the transition from light to dark. We show quantitatively that the measured increases in retinal blood flo...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Feke GT,Zuckerman R,Green GJ,Weiter JJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Doxorubicin chemomyectomy presently represents the only permanent, nonsurgical treatment for blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. The major deterrent to an otherwise extremely effective treatment protocol is the development in patients of localized inflammation, discomfort, and skin injury over the injection sit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McLoon LK,Wirtschafter JD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study in an infant rat model of retinopathy of prematurity, the rod photoreceptors, which are known to have attenuated photoresponses. METHODS:Rhodopsin was extracted from whole retinas, the thickness of the rod outer segment (ROS) layer was measured, large phagosomes were counted, and the ROS ultrastructur...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fulton AB,Reynaud X,Hansen RM,Lemere CA,Parker C,Williams TP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to steady background lights has been investigated in pcd/pcd mice, a mutant strain with retinal degeneration. The hyperbolic stimulus/response functions of the scotopic b-wave of the electroretinogram show progressive changes. For the dark-adapted eyes the decrease in log sensitivity between ages 1 and 12 m...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Fulton AB,Manning KA,Baker BN,Schukar SE,Bailey CJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the relative amounts of mucin mRNA in the conjunctival epithelium and mucin protein in the tears are altered in patients with Sjögren syndrome compared with healthy individuals. METHODS:Tear fluid was collected from the inferior fornix of normal subjects (n = 17) and patients with Sjögren ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Argüeso P,Balaram M,Spurr-Michaud S,Keutmann HT,Dana MR,Gipson IK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate how mitomycin C (MMC) modulates corneal fibroblast migration and its molecular mechanisms in the wound healing process. METHODS:After treatment with 0 and 0.2 mg · mL(-1) MMC for 5 minutes, effect of MMC on cell migration of human corneal fibroblasts (HCFs) was examined with a cell migration ass...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chen TC,Lai CH,Chang JL,Chang SW

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The incidence of blindness is increasing, in part, because of abnormal ocular neovascularization. Anti-VEGF therapies have yielded impressive results; however, they are not a cure for blindness. Recently, metallothioneins (MTs) 1 and 2 have been implicated in the process of angiogenesis. Therefore, we investiga...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nakamura S,Shimazawa M,Inoue Y,Takata S,Ito Y,Tsuruma K,Ikeda T,Honda A,Satoh M,Hara H

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a proinflammatory marker, are associated with systemic vascular disorders. In addition, clinical studies have implicated that elevated CRP is an independent risk factor for diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. However, the direct effect of CRP o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Nagaoka T,Kuo L,Ren Y,Yoshida A,Hein TW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00