Intravitreal human chorionic gonadotropin decreases intraocular pressure in rabbits: mechanism of action.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of bevacizumab (Avastin), an anti-VEGF agent, in the reduction of corneal neovascularization in a rodent model, and compare between the effect of intraocular and subconjunctival injection. METHODS:Corneal neovascularization was induced by application of a mixture of 7...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Avisar I,Weinberger D,Kremer I

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate how glutathione reductase (GR) loses its activity during cataract formation and whether it is possible to revive it back to the normal levels. METHOD:In this study, endogenous as well as synthetic reducing systems (GSH, TTase, DTT, captopril) and alpha-crystallin at dif...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Rachdan D,Lou MF,Harding JJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose/Aim of the study: A recently proposed technique enables the generation of continuously increasing mosaic images of the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus (SNP) using in vivo corneal confocal microscopy (CCM). The aim of the present study was to investigate the progression of the corneal nerve fiber length (CNFL) m...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Allgeier S,Winter K,Bretthauer G,Guthoff RF,Peschel S,Reichert KM,Stachs O,Köhler B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell content of the precorneal tears of eight subjects was sampled following overnight wear of a contact lens in one eye. This was compared with morning samples taken from the other eye, and afternoon samples taken several days later from both eyes. In the morning the median number of desquamated epithelial cells ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wilson G,O'Leary DJ,Holden BA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increases in matrix proteins, such as type I collagen and fibronectin, are observed with aging in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) basement membrane. However, little is known about altered gene expression profiles of RPE associated with increases in matrix proteins. We investigated changes in gene expressio...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Imai H,Honda S,Kondo N,Ishibashi K,Tsukahara Y,Negi A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established growth curves for Propionibacterium acnes isolates recovered from eyes with chronic postoperative endophthalmitis. The growth curve plotted the average of the duplicate bacterial concentration against time. The generation time for P. acnes calculated from the growth curves was approximately 5.1 hours. T...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hall GS,Pratt-Rippin K,Meisler DM,Washington JA,Roussel TJ,Miller D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the upper eyelid kinematics during spontaneous blinking in unilateral paralytic lagophthalmos before and after upper eyelid load with gold weight (GW) or autogenous temporalis fascia (TF) sling. DESIGN:Comparative case series. SUBJECTS:Patients with long-standing unresolved unilateral facial palsy w...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wambier SP,Garcia DM,Cruz AA,Messias A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of topically administrated Tacrolimus and Octreotide on modulation of postoperative scarring in experimental glaucoma filtration surgery and to compare the antifibrotic properties of these agents with mitomycin-C (MMC). MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Arslan S,Aydemir O,Güler M,Dağlı AF

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review is to evaluate the efficacy of available Purtscher's Retinopathy treatments. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In order to collect single-case reports, electronic searches were conducted in several databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, SinoMed...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Xia D,Chen X,Zhou Q,Xiao S,Yu Y,Wang Y,Du G,Huang H,Zhang W,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To evaluate the effect of methylphenidate on visual field testing in healthy adults with abnormal visual field results. Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled interventional clinical trial comprised all patients who had abnormal visual field test results and normal eye examination and ophthalmic hi...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sternfeld A,Bialer OY,Keidar D,Megiddo E,Budnik I,Stiebel-Kalish H,Livnat T

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose/Aim: Corneal abrasions and nonhealing corneal epithelial defects are common conditions that cause pain and sometimes are slow to heal. Histatins, a family of histidine-rich peptides, have been implicated in oral and skin epithelial wound healing, and have been shown to be effective in vitro in human corneal ep...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Oydanich M,Epstein SP,Gadaria-Rathod N,Guers JJ,Fernandez KB,Asbell PA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study changes in the morphometric characteristics of the whole brain visual-related cortex in various stages of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty POAG patients (nine early stage cases and 21 advanced-late stage cases) and 30 gender-, education-, and age-matched healthy...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Li C,Cai P,Shi L,Lin Y,Zhang J,Liu S,Xie B,Shi Y,Yang H,Li S,Du H,Wang J

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Focused ultrasound concentrates a large amount of ultrasonic energy into a small focal zone. We have used new techniques to develop a transducer that creates intracorneal, thermally induced lesions in rabbit eyes in vitro. Histologic study shows that these lesions are confined to the stroma and that the procedure caus...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Mark DB,Beuerman R

更新日期：1982-01-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Due to a possible link in humans between atherosclerosis, a high-fat diet, and the development of age-related retinal degenerations, we investigated retinal changes with age and diet in high-fat-fed C57BL/6 mice, a mouse model of human atherosclerosis. METHODS:We fed C57BL/6J mice either a normal chow diet or ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Miceli MV,Newsome DA,Tate DJ Jr,Sarphie TG

更新日期：2000-01-01 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:Previous studies revealed an association of tumor necrosis factor super family-15 (TNFSF15) gene polymorphisms with several autoimmune diseases, but their roles in the development of Graves' disease (GD) and Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) remain unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zhang M,Liu S,Xu J,Lv S,Fan Y,Zhang Y,Zhang Y,Wu Y,Su Y,Yu H,Song S,He J,Li H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To determine the refractive astigmatism following toric intraocular lens (tIOL) implantation without consideration of posterior keratometric astigmatism with a conventional tIOL calculator for eyes with low keratometric astigmatism (0.75D to 2.5D) and to theoretically compare the outcomes with predicted refra...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nanavaty MA,Teeluck K,Bardan AS,Bedi KK,Ali S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Most studies of cell growth of the RPE employ cultures which have been previously passaged, but here we investigated freshly-explanted RPE cells, which may have been growth-quiescent for years, within the eye to determine whether co-culture affects initial outgrowth in primary culture. METHODS:Bovine or human ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： McKay BS,Burke JM

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was performed to compare the positive predictive value of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements obtained using Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography (Cirrus HD-OCT; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) and spectral OCT/scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) (OPKO...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Koh KM,Jin S,Hwang YH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Robo1, a member of the roundabout (Robo) family, serves as neuronal guidance receptors and has been reported to mediate tumor angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated the function of Robo1 and its possible role in retinal angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:Expression of Robo1 in relation to retinal...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Huang L,Xu Y,Yu W,Li X,Liqun C,He X,Peiying H

更新日期：2009-12-01 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:To evaluate postnatal developmental changes in the amounts of retinal glutamate, glutamine and GABA, and in the distribution of retinal glutamine in the rat. METHODS:Free amino acids were extracted from rat retinas of different postnatal stages, and the concentrations of glutamate, glutamine and GABA were dete...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ishikawa A,Shiono T,Ishiguro S,Tamai M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Based on the relationship between keratoconus and dry eye, the aim of this study was to evaluate changes in signs and symptoms of dry eye in keratoconus patients before and after intrastromal corneal ring surgery. METHODS:Fifteen keratoconus patients were enrolled in Fundación Jiménez-Díaz of Madrid and Univer...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Carracedo G,Recchioni A,Alejandre-Alba N,Martin-Gil A,Batres L,Morote IJ,Pintor J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid metabolism via the cyclooxygenase pathway and the effects of aspirin and indomethacin were studied in whole retinas of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Diabetes was induced by intravenous injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg) and the animals were examined 5-6 weeks later. Whole retinas of n...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Naveh-Floman N,Weissman C,Belkin M

更新日期：1984-09-01 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:Antagonists to A3 adenosine receptors (ARs) lower mouse intraocular pressure (IOP), but extension to humans is limited by species variability. We tested whether the specific A3AR antagonist MRS 1292, designed to cross species, mimicks the effects of other A3AR antagonists on cultured human nonpigmented ciliary ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yang H,Avila MY,Peterson-Yantorno K,Coca-Prados M,Stone RA,Jacobson KA,Civan MM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pigmented epithelium of the vertebrate retina phagocytizes the discarded tips of photoreceptors and it is likely that a specific cellular recognition process is involved in this phenomenon. The apical surface of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) contains microvilli which interdigitate with the outer segment regio...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cooper NG,Tarnowski BI,McLaughlin BJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00