Hydrogels as potential probes for investigating the mechanism of lenticular presbyopia.

abstract：PURPOSE:Accumulation of lipoprotein-derived lipids including esterified and unesterified cholesterol in Bruch's membrane of human eyes is a major age-related change involved in initiating and sustaining soft drusen in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The apolipoprotein (apo) A-I mimetic peptide 4F is a small ant...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Rudolf M,Mir Mohi Sefat A,Miura Y,Tura A,Raasch W,Ranjbar M,Grisanti S,Aherrahrou Z,Wagner A,Messinger JD,Garber DW,Anantharamaiah GM,Curcio CA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare the efficacy of treatment of pneumococcal keratitis with cholesterol, moxifloxacin, or a mixture of the two (moxifloxacin/cholesterol). MATERIALS AND METHODS:New Zealand white rabbits were injected intrastromally with 10(6) colony-forming units (CFU) of a clinical keratitis strain of Streptococcus pneu...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sanders ME,Tullos NA,Taylor SD,Norcross EW,King LB,Tolo I,Marquart ME

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing a rapid colorimetric assay that relates cell number to cytoplasmic hexosaminidase activity, we conducted drug-induced cytotoxicity experiments on human ocular fibroblasts cultured from Tenon's capsule specimens. The effects of two different agents--dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or mitomycin C--on the proliferati...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Givens KT,Lee DA,Rothschiller J,Kitada S,Larian B,Cortes A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the therapeutic efficacy of 3.0 mg/ml ciprofloxacin administered concurrently with one of two salts of prednisolone for the treatment of experimental pseudomonal keratitis. Rabbit corneas were injected intrastromally with Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC strain 27853. Sixteen hr after ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hobden JA,Engel LS,Hill JM,Callegan MC,O'Callaghan RJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the morphological changes in the meibomian glands of eyes of patients with dry eye disease using the non-contact infrared meibography system and to assess their relationship with meibomian dropout, signs, and tear-film function. METHODS:Subjects included 264 randomly selected patients (528 eyes) suf...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Feng Y,Gao Z,Feng K,Qu H,Hong J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It has been demonstrated that chick eye growth compensates for defocus imposed by spectacle lenses: the eye elongates in response to hyperopic defocus imposed by negative lenses and slows its elongation in response to myopic defocus imposed by positive lenses. We ask whether the synthesis of scleral extracellul...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nickla DL,Wildsoet C,Wallman J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rhodopsin is a zinc-binding protein. We investigated the effect of low concentrations of zinc on the initial phosphorylation of rhodopsin. METHODS:Dark-adapted bovine rod outer segments (ROS) were incubated with (gamma 32P) ATP and 5 mM magnesium in the presence and absence of micromolar amounts of zinc. The R...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shuster TA,Martin F,Nagy AK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the effect of glutamate receptor activation/inhibition on the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in retina-specific glial (Müller) cells under experimental conditions of hyperglycemia and hypoxia, two intrinsic pathologic conditions of diabetic retinopathy. METHODS:Purified ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cervantes-Villagrana AR,Garcia-Román J,González-Espinosa C,Lamas M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vernier and grating acuity were measured in infants up to 6 months of age using a two-alternative forced-choice preferential looking technique. Vernier resolution was measured using a horizontal vernier grating. The grating was presented on half of the screen while the other half contained horizontal lines which were ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Manny RE,Klein SA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of various pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines on the human fetal retinal pigment epithelium's (HFRPE) expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and costimulatory molecules. METHODS:Pure cultures of HFRPE cells were isolated. HFRPE cells were incuba...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Farrokh-Siar L,Rezai KA,Palmer EM,Patel SC,Ernest TJ,van Seventer GA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the role of PKCγ in the regulation of gap junction coupling in the normal lens, we have compared the properties of coupling in lenses from wild type (WT) and PKC-γ knockout (KO) mice. METHODS:Western blotting, confocal immunofluorescence microscopy, immunoprecipitation, RT-PCR and quantitative rea...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Das S,Wang H,Molina SA,Martinez-Wittinghan FJ,Jena S,Bossmann LK,Miller KA,Mathias RT,Takemoto DJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effects of repeated topical administration of the selective beta 2-adrenergic agonist fenoterol on the intraocular pressure and on the adenylyl cyclase activity in ciliary processes in rabbit were examined in order to detect their possible causal relationship. METHODS:Intraocular pressure was measured by p...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cepelík J,Hynie S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin has been shown to perform several important functions in the lens including regulation of the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase. This study investigated the effects of a variety of different CaM antagonists on rat lens membrane potential, membrane resistance, intracellular Na+ and Ca2+ content and transparency,...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sanderson J,Gandolfi SA,Duncan G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of retinal vein bypass surgery for induced branch retinal-vein occlusion (BRVO) in the living porcine eye. METHODS:Fifteen minipigs were used in the study. Seven days before vascular surgery, hyaluronidase and plasmin were intravitreally injected for induction of posterior vitreous ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shen LJ,Chen YQ,Cheng D,Zhang C,Jiang L,Hong M,Kang QY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intrastromal epithelial migration occurs following deep excimer annular keratectomy. Our purpose is to determine the localization of gelatinase B expression and its relationship to migrating intrastromal epithelial cells following deep annular excimer keratectomy. METHODS:Rabbit corneas were treated with deep ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Maeda M,Vanlandingham BD,Ye H,Lu PC,Azar DT

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneas and tendons dissected from 17-day-old chick embryos were labeled with [35S]methionine in the presence of 0.3 mM alpha,alpha'-dipyridyl. The unhydroxylated, 35S-labeled pro alpha chains and alpha chains were isolated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. The pro alpha and alpha chains...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kao WW

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Histidine is an indispensable amino acid with an imidazole ring and it is a precursor of histamine, carnosine, and anserine. Histidine has been proposed to act as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator in mammalian central nervous system (CNS), including retina. In this study, we report histidine-like immunoreact...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kusakari Y,Nishikawa S,Ishiguro S,Tamai M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VIP markedly stimulates intracellular cAMP accumulation in the human retinoblastoma Y-79 cell line. cAMP increased about 5-fold above the basal level with 10(-8)M VIP and reached a maximum level (about 70-fold increase) with 2 X 10(-6)M VIP. Glucagon at 6 X 10(-8)M significantly increased cAMP accumulation with a maxi...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kyritsis A,Koh SW,Chader GJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basement membrane of the crystalline lens of the diabetic rat was found to have a similar elasticity modulus at high stress to that of normal membrane. However, at low stress and extension Young's modulus of elasticity was 0.36 (Mean) +/- 0.15 (SD) X 10(6) Nm-2 and about 30 per cent lower than that of normal membr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hayes BP,Fisher RF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water soluble (WS), urea soluble (US) and urea insoluble (UI) fractions from individual human lenses 1.8 to 65 years of age were isolated from concentric fiber layers. In lenses younger than 19 years, a uniform distribution in the amount of WS, US and UI fractions was found throughout the entire lens. These fracti...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Li LK,Roy D,Spector A

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Maintaining mature and viable retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) in vitro has proven challenging. Investigating compounds that can promote RPE-viability and maturation is motivated by RPE transplantation research, the quest to understand RPE physiology, and a desire to modulate RPE in pathological states. W...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Khan AZ,Utheim TP,Moe MC,Aass HCD,Sapkota D,Vallenari EM,Eidet JR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papavarine, cholera toxin, and isoproterenol each elevated cyclic AMP in cultured rat retinal pigment epithelium and reduced the phagocytosis of isolated rod outer segments (38-66% of controls) during a 4 hour incubation. In addition, cultured pigment epithelium was preincubated with 25 mM exogenous cyclic AMP for two...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Edwards RB,Flaherty PM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients can deliver retinal cross-sectional images with high resolution. This may allow the evaluation of the extent of damage to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the neurosensory retina after laser treatment. This article aims to investigate ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Framme C,Walter A,Prahs P,Regler R,Theisen-Kunde D,Alt C,Brinkmann R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial rapid fall in tear film fluorescence after instilling a 1 microliter drop of fluorophore could be a result of stimulated tear flow or of distribution of the dye throughout the tear fluid present in the conjunctival sac. An attempt was made to decide this by comparing the fall in fluorescence of two differe...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sang NM,Maurice DM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the synthesis of collagen and fibronectin, and on the proliferation of human corneal stromal fibroblasts in vitro, were evaluated. Human corneal stromal fibroblasts in culture were incubated for 48 hours with TGF beta or EGF...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ohji M,SundarRaj N,Thoft RA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the efficacy of oral doxycycline treatment (as compared to oral and topical dexamethasone) for inhibiting corneal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:Following corneal alkali burn, rats were treated daily with oral doxycycline, oral dexamethasone, or topical dexamethasone for 14 days. Control rats wer...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Dan L,Shi-long Y,Miao-li L,Yong-ping L,Hong-jie M,Ying Z,Xiang-gui W

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the intensity of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) between two intraocular lenses (IOLs) of the same optic material, but with different haptic design (1-piece vs. 3-piece). METHODS:This prospective intraindividual controlled cohort study comprised eighty eyes of 40 patients with bilateral age...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Mylonas G,Prskavec M,Baradaran-Dilmaghani R,Karnik N,Buehl W,Wirtitsch M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Current standard of care for neovascular eye diseases require repeated intravitreal bolus injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (anti-VEGFs). The purpose of this study was to validate a degradable microsphere-thermoresponsive hydrogel drug delivery system (DDS) capable of releasing bioactive af...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Liu W,Lee BS,Mieler WF,Kang-Mieler JJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult albino mice received tritiated thymidine either injected subcutaneously (333 microCi) every 6 hours for up to 36 hours, or administered in their drinking water for up to 74 days (about 45 microCi/day). Tissue sections were examined with autoradiography to determine the distribution of the label. Animals receivin...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： McDonald TF,Green K

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) on frequency doubling perimetry (FDP). METHODS:Patients aged 40 years or above seen at our outpatient clinic with no ocular pathology except for visually significant cataract and visual acuity 6/24 or better were eligible. They underwent FDP b...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Arvind H,George R,Baskaran M,Raju P,Ramesh SV,Paul PG,Vijaya L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00