Modification of amniotic membrane as a depot carrier for bevacizumab - an in-vitro model for a slow release mechanism.

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：:The changes in mouse corneal inflammatory cell population and the phagocytic capability of these cells were studied quantitatively at 24 and 48 hours after eliciting inflammatory cells into the cornea by Pseudomonas aeruginosa inoculation. Mice were selected for study according to their ability (young adult Swiss-Webs...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hazlett LD,Kreindler FB,Berk RS,Barrett R

更新日期：1990-02-01 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:In the mature retina retinoic acid (RA) biosynthesis was reported to be regulated by light. RA is of vital importance for proper function of the retina. RA activity is mediated by interaction with nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). The purpose of this study was to determine ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Janssen JJ,Kuhlmann ED,van Vugt AH,Winkens HJ,Janssen BP,Deutman AF,Driessen CA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate choroidal thickness (CT) and retinal morphological changes in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) following ranibizumab or aflibercept intravitreal treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a prospective, observational, comparative study where 76 eyes of 76 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Gharbiya M,Giustolisi R,Marchiori J,Bruscolini A,Mallone F,Fameli V,Nebbioso M,Abdolrahimzadeh S

更新日期：2018-03-01 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:The present study was aimed to investigate the expression of purinergic P2 receptors in oxygen-induced retinal neovascularization. METHODS:Immunohistochemistry was used to study the expression of purinergic P2Y2 and P2X2 receptors in the neonatal mouse retina during normal vascular development and after oxygen...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sarman S,Mancini J,van der Ploeg I,Croxatto JO,Kvanta A,Gallo JE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the retinal sensitivity, using Microperimeter and the morphological changes in retinal layers, using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT), between myopes and age-matched emmetropes. METHODS:Twenty-nine myopic eyes and 29 emmetropic eyes were enrolled in this prospective case control...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Gella L,Raman R,Sharma T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the immediate effect of 3% diquafosol ophthalmic solution on tear MUC5AC concentration, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive goblet cells, and tear film stability in normal and keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) rat models. METHODS:Rats were divided into normal and KCS groups. 3% of diquafosol solutio...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Choi KE,Song JS,Kang B,Eom Y,Kim HM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the potential toxicity of the vehicle used for triamcinolone acetonide (TA) to the cornea, lens, ciliary body, and retina of pigmented rabbits. METHODS:Forty chinchilla rabbits (40 eyes) were divided into four groups: group A (control group) eyes received an intravitreal injection of 0.1 ml ster...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zhengyu S,Fang W,Ying F

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of citicoline on upregulated clusterin and retinal damage induced by kainic acid (KA). METHODS:KA was injected into the vitreous of rats. Effects of systemic citicoline treatments were estimated by measuring the thickness of the various retinal layers, immunoblotting, and immunohisto...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Park CH,Kim YS,Lee HK,Kim YH,Choi MY,Jung DE,Yoo JM,Kang SS,Choi WS,Cho GJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:The similarity of many benign intrabulbar lesions to a malignant tumor requires detailed differential diagnostics. However, none of the known methods can be used as the only one to determine the type of lesions. The aim of this study was to determine color Doppler imaging (CDI) markers characteristic o...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Modrzejewska M,Wiącek MP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To evaluate the effect of isolated oblique muscle weakening on horizontal deviation in patients with A- and V-pattern exotropia.Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent bilateral oblique muscle weakening for A- and V-pattern exotropia associated oblique muscle overaction between 2011 and 2018 we...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wang X,Zhang W,Liu L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common intraocular malignancy in children. Deregulation of several miRNAs has been identified in RB, suggesting a potential role in tumorigenesis. Recent evidence suggests that many dietary components like folate, retinoids and curcumin act as potential anticancer/antiproliferati...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sreenivasan S,Thirumalai K,Danda R,Krishnakumar S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (P-31 NMR) spectroscopy the rat crystalline lens was evaluated as a potential animal model for the study of lens metabolic processes relevant to the human. The P-31 NMR spectra of intact rat lenses and rat lens PCA extracts provided comparable qualitative and quantitative...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kopp SJ,Greiner JV,Glonek T

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：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：PURPOSE:To assess the incidence of cell proliferation and apoptosis in epiretinal membranes from eyes with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), and macular pucker (MP) and to further investigate the potential involvement of key executors of apoptosis. METHODS:Epiretinal memb...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zhang X,Barile G,Chang S,Hays A,Pachydaki S,Schiff W,Sparrow J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The pneumococcal capsule is required for pathogenesis in systemic infections, yet reports show most conjunctivitis outbreaks are caused by nonencapsulated pneumococci, while keratitis infections are caused by encapsulated strains. This study aims to determine the effect of capsule in pneumococcal keratitis and ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Norcross EW,Tullos NA,Taylor SD,Sanders ME,Marquart ME

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:After corneal injury, persistent epithelial defects (PED's) may occur due to the chronic failure of the regenerating epithelium to adhere to the underlying stroma. The aim of this study was to examine the potential of epsilonaminocaproic acid (EACA) as a topical treatment for PED's. EACA inhibits the activation...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Williams PB,Crouch ER Jr,Crouch ER,Mazaheri M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many tissues which require vitamin A store the vitamin as long-chain fatty acyl esters of retinol. As part of a study designed to characterize vitamin A metabolism in the lacrimal gland, which transports retinol from blood to lacrimal gland fluid, extracts from lacrimal glands of rabbits and rats were analyzed by non-...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ubels JL,Osgood TB,Foley KM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for endothelial transport is updated to include recent evidence. We discuss electrolyte movements based on a Na+-K+ ATPase, a Na+-H+ exchanger, a Na+-HCO3 coupler, a Cl- -HCO-3 exchanger, a K+-Cl-coupler, and K+ and anion channels. We discuss near-isotonic transport of fluid on the basis of recent findings of ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fischbarg J,Hernandez J,Liebovitch LS,Koniarek JP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare collared silicone punctal plugs to intracanalicular SmartPlugs for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this prospective, randomized, single blind, clinical study, 30 patients (60 eyes) who had been diagnosed with moderate to severe dry eye syndrome were enrolled. Study ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Rabensteiner DF,Boldin I,Klein A,Horwath-Winter J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:RPE65, a retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65-kDa protein, plays a critical role in the visual cycle of the eye. Rpe65(-/-) mice develop vision loss due to a lack of 11-cis-retinal, degradation of M-opsin and mislocalization of S-opsin. Several studies have suggested that 9-cis-β-carotene, a precursor of 9-ci...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ozaki T,Nakazawa M,Kudo T,Hirano S,Suzuki K,Ishiguro S

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：:Langerhans cells (LC) appear to have a role in the processing of antigens presented through cutaneous surfaces. In most species LC are found in the conjunctiva and limbal epithelium but are rarely found in the central cornea. A quantitative study of corneal LC was performed in guinea pigs and rabbits with HSV-1 kerati...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Asbell PA,Kamenar T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previously we established a strong association of systemic hypertension with cataract formation. In the present study, we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the development of cataract formation in CdCl2-induced hypertensive animals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Hypertension was induced in male albino rats...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yadav A,Choudhary R,Bodakhe SH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To investigate the characteristics of margin reflex distance 1 (MRD1) asymmetry in congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon and its resolution after surgical correction of epiblepharon. Methods: Among patients who underwent lower eyelid epiblepharon surgery from November 2015 to September 2017, patients with a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yang MK,Kim N,Choung HK,Khwarg SI

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that Ia+ monolayers of LEW rat corneal endothelial (CE) cells were unable to stimulate proliferation of MHC compatible T cell lines or IL-2 release from hybridomas, and inhibited [3H]-thymidine incorporation when added to conventional lymphocyte proliferation assays. Our purpose was to further a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kawashima H,Gregerson DS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00