Rapamycin enhances TNF-α-induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 through suppressing PDCD4 degradation in orbital fibroblasts.

abstract：:The management of opportunistic infections is a significant problem in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the development of more effective chemotherapeutic agents is needed. We present the ocular manifestations of an AIDS-like disease in rhesus monkeys experimentally infected with simian immunodeficiency v...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Conway MD,Didier P,Fairburn B,Soike KF,Martin L,Murphey-Corb M,Meiners N,Insler MS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes has been associated with decline in accommodative function in some ethnic groups. This outcome, however, could differ since ethnic variations in accommodation have been noted. This study investigated the relationship between plasma sugar level on subjective accommodative amplitude and accommodative ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Abokyi S,Ilechie A,Asaam KA,Ntodie M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombospondins are a family of large multi-domain glycoproteins described as matricelluar proteins based on their ability to interact with a broad range of receptors, matrix molecules, growth factors or proteases, and to modulate array of cellular functions including intracellular signaling, proliferation and migrati...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Masli S,Sheibani N,Cursiefen C,Zieske J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) is a potent antioxidant known to be a precursor of glutathione. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of NAC in the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:CNV was induced in C57BL/6 mice by laser photocoagulation of the ocular fundus. Mice were inject...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hara R,Inomata Y,Kawaji T,Sagara N,Inatani M,Fukushima M,Tanihara H

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal wound healing after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) passes through a series of characteristic stages which have earlier been defined by means of histological, histochemical, and biochemical approaches. We investigated the potential of confocal microscopy to verify morphological changes i...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Linna T,Tervo T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose/Aim: To assess the changes in anterior eye segment biometrics and intraocular pressure during and after wearing swimming goggles.Materials and methods: Anterior segment biometry and intraocular pressure were assessed in 20 healthy young adults (22.2 ± 4.7 years) during the wearing of a drilled swimming goggle....

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Jiménez R,Molina R,García JA,Redondo B,Vera J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in the retina. Breakdown of ECM proteins results in neovascularization and tractional retinal detachment, which eventually lead to the symptoms of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Müller cells ar...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Miyata Y,Kase M,Sugita Y,Shimada A,Nagase T,Katsura Y,Kosano H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that the levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 are associated with the severity of infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether IL-1beta regulates the expression of IL-6 and IL-8 in human corneal epithelial cells during Pseudomonas aeruginosa colo...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Xue ML,Zhu H,Willcox M,Wakefield D,Lloyd A,Thakur A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Modern refractive surgery and follow up relies on a knowledge of corneal thickness (CT) and shape, and the reliability of modern instrumentation providing such data is important. This study sought to determine the performance of the TOPCON SP-2000P specular microscope in measuring CT. The aims of this study wer...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cho P,Cheung SW

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs in the smallest and sickest of premature infants. We hypothesized that, in a rat model of oxygen induced retinopathy, abnormal neovascularization would occur more frequently in larger litters where the pups are subject to postnatal growth retardation. Four litters of newb...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Holmes JM,Duffner LA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To investigate the cytotoxic effects of fresh black carbon (FBC) particles and ozone-oxidized BC (OBC) particles on human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs), and the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome signal pathway in the process.Methods: HCECs were treated with different doses of FBC and OBC particles, the cell i...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Long Q,Huang Y,Shang J,Liu Y,Chen C

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was undertaken in order to investigate whether the production of vasodilatory prostaglandins is increased in the retinal vasculature of the diabetic rat. METHODS:Diabetes was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats using streptozotocin. Diabetic rats were left uncontrolled for 3-4 weeks or were treated ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Johnson EI,Dunlop ME,Larkins RG

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 4 (IL-4) may play a role in the development of allergic disease. We questioned whether IL-4 related phenomenon occurred on the surface of the conjunctiva during allergic conjunctivitis. Ten patients with cedar pollen-allergic conjunctivitis and 10 patients with postsurgical conjunctivitis were enrolled in ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fujishima H,Saito I,Takeuchi T,Shinozaki N,Tsubota K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Phagocytosis of rod outer segments (ROS) is an important function of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Since the details of the process are not fully known, we studied effects of cytokines produced by RPE and photoreceptor cells on phagocytosis of ROS by rat RPE cells. METHODS:RPE cells were isolated and...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hayashi A,Nakae K,Naka H,Ohji M,Tano Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroxine-treated human lens epithelial cells, HLE B-3, were grown in either a normoxic or hyperoxic atmosphere as a first step in identifying factors related to their increased viability. Reactive oxygen species, ROS, and the apparent mitochondrial membrane potential, Delta Psi(m), were measured using fluorescent pro...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Huang L,Yappert MC,Jumblatt MM,Borchman D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether zeaxanthin, the predominant carotenoid pigment of the macular pigments in human retina, provides neuroprotection against retinal cell damage. METHODS:We used in vitro cultured retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), specifically RGC-5, an E1A virus-transformed rat cell line. Cell damage was induc...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nakajima Y,Shimazawa M,Otsubo K,Ishibashi T,Hara H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Several procedures in cataract surgery carry the risk of high temperature increases in the capsular bag. The present study was undertaken to determine the shrinkage temperature of the human lens capsule and to investigate the effect of temperature on the mechanical behavior of the lens capsule. METHOD:Thermal-...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Krag S,Danielsen CC,Andreassen TT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Form-deprivation myopia (FDM) is believed to result principally from actions of substances that modulate information processing in the retina. We used a chick model to investigate what role nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous neuromodulator, might play in the development of FDM. METHODS:We injected different concentr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fujikado T,Kawasaki Y,Fujii J,Taniguchi N,Okada M,Suzuki A,Ohmi G,Tano Y

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EDGF, a growth factor purified from bovine retina is able to increase the rate of wound healing of rabbit corneal epithelium in a dose dependent way. Two applications a day are enough to obtain the maximum rate. The most purified preparation of EDGF is as effective as EGF or pFGF in promoting this phenomenon and allow...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Petroutsos G,Courty J,Guimaraes R,Pouliquen Y,Barritault D,Plouët J,Courtois Y

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：PURPOSE:To test the ability of two commercially available hydrogen peroxide disinfection solutions, one containing a surfactant and one without, to remove lipid from various contact lens materials using in vitro radiochemical experiments. METHODS:Etafilcon A, senofilcon A and balafilcon A contact lens materials were i...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Lorentz H,Heynen M,Tran H,Jones L

更新日期：2012-09-01 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:This study was designed to investigate whether synthetic small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting VEGF-A could inhibit mouse corneal neovascularization or not. METHODS:First, the effect of synthetic siRNA targeting VEGF-A on the expression of VEGF in human retinal pigment epithelial line ARPE-19 cells was exam...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zuo L,Fan Y,Wang F,Gu Q,Xu X

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of visual information within the retina depends in large measure upon a complement of chemical neurotransmitters which are released at synaptic contacts between individual neurons. Numerous investigators have participated in the identification of many of these transmitters and their assignment to specific n...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Pourcho RG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop an improved diagnostic test for rod-cone dysplasia type 1 (rcd1). The rcd1 phenotype is an early onset, autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation in the canine rod cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit (PDE6B) gene. A G to A transition in codon 807 at nucleotide position 2420 results in a ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ray K,Tejero MD,Baldwin VJ,Aguirre GD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model system for retinal adhesion, consisting of interacting bovine pigment, epithelium (PE) cells and photoreceptor outer segments, was utilized to examine any adhesive role of the interphotoreceptor matrix. PE cells were dissociated by trypsin treatment of the eyecup, and were allowed to replenish their surface pr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Adler AJ,Klucznik KM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening corneal infection. It is known that: (i) more amoebae bind to the surface of injured corneas than to the normal corneal surface and (ii) mannose-containing glycoproteins (GPs) possess binding sites for Acanthamoeba. The present study was undertaken to determine whet...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Jaison PL,Cao Z,Panjwani N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAD(P)H)-dependent hydrogen peroxide-generating activity of rat ocular tissue was investigated cytochemically utilizing the cerium method. NADPH or NADH oxidation resulted in electron-dense fine granular deposits on the corneal epithelial and endothelial plasma me...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Atalla LR,Sevanian A,Rao NA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00