Zeaxanthin, a retinal carotenoid, protects retinal cells against oxidative stress.

abstract：:Two different measures of response to therapy were evaluated in a model of keratitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in Dutch-belted rabbits. Combined pre and post-inoculation treatment with oral fluconazole 37.5 mg/kg bid or itraconazole 40 mg/kg bid was compared to post-inoculation treatment only and untreated contr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： O'Day DM,Head WS,Robinson RD,Williams TE,Gedde S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed in vitro the antimicrobial activity of four agents (vancomycin, teicoplanin, mupirocin, and imipenem) which are effective against Gram-positive cocci causally associated with bacterial keratitis, as well as their corneal epithelial cytotoxicity. Minimal inhibitory concentrations inhibiting 90% of strains (...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cutarelli PE,Lazarus HM,Jacobs MR,Lass JH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal ulceration may be treated with human amniotic membrane (HAM) while neovascularization remains a common complication of corneal ulceration. As several factors contained within HAM may contribute to reduced corneal scarring, we investigated if HAM may be additionally loaded with bevacizumab and potentiall...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Mayer WJ,Grüterich M,Kook D,Sigg W,Kernt M,Messmer EM,Haritoglou C,Kampik A,Wolf A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the relative expression of metallothionein isoforms and their differential induction by oxidative stress in cultured RPE cells and to localize the isoforms in the human chorioretinal complex. METHODS:Total RNA was isolated from cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells using TRI-Reagent. An ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Tate DJ,Miceli MV,Newsome DA

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Abstract Purpose of the Study: Protein tyrosine phosphatase σ (PTPσ) acts as a neuronal receptor for chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). CSPGs have inhibitory effects on experience-dependent plasticity and usually form lattice-like cell coatings that surround the parvalbumin (PV) interneurons in the v...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Liu H,Xu H,Yu T,Yao J,Zhao C,Yin ZQ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the characteristics of anterior chamber inflammatory reaction induced by intravitreal injection of endothelin-1 (ET-1). METHODS:The time course of changes in aqueous protein concentration (APC) after intravitreal injection of 10(-4), 10(-5), 10(-6) and 10(-7) M ET-1 into rabbit eyes was measured...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shoji N,Oshika T,Masuda K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Folic acid (FA) is an essential nutrient for normal embryonic development. FA deficiency (FAD) in maternal diet increases the risk of several defects among the progeny, especially, neural tube defects. The eye begins its development from the neural tube; however, the relationship between FAD and ocular developm...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sijilmassi O,López-Alonso JM,Del Río Sevilla A,Murillo González J,Barrio Asensio MDC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate glaucoma progression and its relationship with corrected and uncorrected intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with a history of refractive corneal surgery (RCS). METHODS:Totally, 56 eyes of 56 primary open-angle glaucoma patients who had a history of RCS were included. Mean keratometry and cen...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kwon J,Sung KR,Jo J,Yang SH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is increasingly recognized as a neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the accelerated loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons. Impaired axonal transport has been implicated as a pathogenic mechanism in a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including glaucoma. The long RGC axon, with its...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fahy ET,Chrysostomou V,Crowston JG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of a steroid antagonist, RU486, that is known to reduce rabbit intraocular pressure has been examined in the eye. On an equal tissue weight basis, the corneal epithelium is the site of maximal absorption followed by conjunctival tissues (bulbar and palpebral) and the rest of the cornea. Aqueous humor ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cheeks L,Green K

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate orbital biomechanical properties in patients with thyroid orbitopathy and in age- and gender-matched healthy subjects using the Corvis-ST (CST, Oculus Wetzlar, Germany). METHODS:The CST allows a non-contact tonometry with an ultra-high-speed Scheimpflug device to record the deformation of the co...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Leszczynska A,Moehler K,Spoerl E,Ramm L,Herber R,Pillunat LE,Terai N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the usual clinical dose of intravitreal dexamethasone can attenuate intraocular inflammation and retinal necrosis in a rabbit model of fulminant Bacillus cereus endophthalmitis induced by crude exotoxins. METHODS:Thirty-six eyes from pigmented mongrel rabbits received intravitreal injectio...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Pollack JS,Beecher DJ,Pulido JS,Lee Wong AC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine vitreous body and aorta contain extractable leukocyte elastase inhibitors, which were purified by gel filtration and affinity chromatography on agarose-pancreatic elastase. The purified inhibitor preparation from aorta was resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis into a main band migrating slightly faster...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Arsenis C,Kuettner KE,Eisenstein R

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:C5a anaphylatoxin is a potent inflammatory mediator that acts on polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) and monocytes via C5a receptors (C5aR). It mediates chemotaxis of both cell types and stimulates cytokine release from the latter. To investigate whether C5a can act on retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, we exami...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fukuoka Y,Medof EM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate microscopic changes in corneal morphology in chloroquine (CQ)-treated patients without corneal abnormalities being diagnosable by slit lamp microscopy. METHODS:Thirty-six eyes of 36 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were divided into two groups: group 1 included 26 patients receiving chloroqui...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ma X,He L,He D,Xu J

更新日期：2012-04-01 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:Klotho genes are expressed in limited tissues and have been found to be a pathogenic factor of age-related diseases in mammals, but their expressions and functions in human eyes are yet to be defined. This study was performed to investigate the expression of Klotho family genes in human ocular tissues and anter...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zhang Y,Wang L,Wu Z,Yu X,Du X,Li X

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isopter of visual field charted using the Goldmann perimeter represents a conical area of visual space whose apex is at the eye of the subject and whose base intersects the hemispherical surface of the perimeter bowl. Conventional isopter plotting conceals cartographic distortion and leads to serious underestimates...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kirkham TH,Meyer E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental model of optic nerve ischemia was designed in the rabbit to determine early biochemical alterations, i.e.--changes of high energy phosphate metabolites (ATP and phosphocreatine)--in occlusive and peri-occlusive areas. Vascular occlusion provoked a rapid fall of ATP and phosphocreatine in the optic nerv...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Vériac S,Tissié G,Bonne C

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The mechanism by which prostaglandin(PG)F2 alpha increases uveoscleral outflow and lowers intraocular pressure in primates is not known. In cultured human ciliary muscle cells, PGF2 alpha induces the expression of the protooncogene c-fos which is known to induce the transcription of genes such as matrix metallo...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Lindsey JD,Kashiwagi K,Boyle D,Kashiwagi F,Firestein GS,Weinreb RN

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/AIM:Cultured autologous oral mucosal epithelial cells (OMECs) have proven useful in the treatment of ocular surface disorders. This study is the first to investigate the potential of expanding OMEC in a xenobiotic- and serum-free medium using therapeutic contact lenses (CLs) as a substrate and carrier. MATERIA...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Björkblom B,Eidet JR,Utheim TP,Ulltveit-Moe HF,Raeder S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Notch signaling plays a vital role in the differentiation and proliferation of corneal epithelial cells from limbal stem cells. The temporal regulation of Notch signaling during this differentiation remains unknown. Hence, we investigated the importance of temporal activation/blockage of Notch signaling durin...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Dhamodaran K,Subramani M,Krishna L,Matalia H,Jayadev C,Chinnappaiah N,Shetty R,Das D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal volume (CV) in healthy eyes using swept source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (SS-AS-OCT) and other devices. METHODS:Thirty-three healthy right eyes of 33 subjects were investigated. CCT was measured with SS-AS-OCT, rotating Scheimpflug cam...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fukuda R,Usui T,Miyai T,Mori Y,Miyata K,Amano S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess histopathologic prognostic factors relative to clinical ones in predicting local recurrence and survival after primary conjunctival melanoma (CM). METHODS:85 patients with CM were identified in Finland between 1967 and 2000, and 70 primary tumors were available for histopathologic study. Time to firs...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Tuomaala S,Toivonen P,Al-Jamal R,Kivelä T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With Golgi impregnation, a simple amacrine cell type is described in the chick retina. The most relevant morphological feature of these retinal neurons is a single straight, radial trunk which dichotomizes tangentially in a rectilinear expansion in the 5th stratum of the inner plexiform layer (IPL). ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Genis-Galvez JM,Chmielewski CE,Prada FA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To determine the prevalence of posterior segment manifestations among consecutive patients with pathological myopia attending our University Hospital general ophthalmology clinic and their association with age, refractive error, axial length and each other. Methods: Patients diagnosed with pathological myopia...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Elnahry AG,Khafagy MM,Esmat SM,Mortada HA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate transcorneal penetration of topically applied 0.5% levofloxacin into the aqueous humor in human eyes. METHODS:Twenty cataract patients (14 females, 6 males) received 3 drops of 0.5% levofloxacin at 15 min intervals from 90 minutes before the surgery. At the beginning of the cataract surgery, 50 mic...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yamada M,Mochizuki H,Yamada K,Kawai M,Mashima Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study early signs of neuronal and glial differentiation in the human embryonic retina. MATERIALS AND METHODS:6.5-to 8-week-old human embryos were obtained from elective abortions. The neuroretinas were kept in culture as full-thickness sheets for 7-42 days. RESULTS:The control retinas consisted of a neurob...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Engelsberg K,Ehinger B,Ghosh F

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether substance P is present in human tears. METHODS:Tear samples (1-2 microliters) were collected from one eye of each of 12 subjects. Two of the eyes had dry eye syndrome, two wore contact lenses and had dry eye syndrome, and eight were normal. Five of the eight normal eyes were scheduled to u...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Varnell RJ,Freeman JY,Maitchouk D,Beuerman RW,Gebhardt BM

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00