Elemental profiles in cryosections and frozen-dried bulk specimens of the normal lens.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate the safety of suramin compared with mitomycin-C (MMC) as an adjunctive agent in trabeculectomy by determining its ciliary body toxicity at predetermined effective dosages in rabbit eyes. METHODS:Thirty-two New Zealand albino rabbits received either suramin (200, 300, 400, or 800 mg/ml) or M...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Cetinkaya A,Akman A,Take G,Bilezikci B,Akova YA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic agents used to lower intraocular pressure in the medical management of glaucoma act on muscarinic receptors in the eye. Recently, subtypes of muscarinic receptors have been recognized in many tissues including the eye. To localize the M3 muscarinic receptor subtype and m3 messenger RNA (mRNA) in the human ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Gupta N,Drance SM,McAllister R,Prasad S,Rootman J,Cynader MS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epinephrine (1, 3 and 10 micrograms/kg) was found to increase retinal and choroidal blood flow (22, 49 and 67%) when it was administered intravenously. The increase in retinal and choroidal blood flow coincided well with the increase in systemic blood pressure (44, 65 and 96%, respectively). When epinephrine (2%) was ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Chiou GC,Girgis Z,Chiou FY

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tear hyperosmolarity is known to cause ocular surface inflammation in dry eye syndrome. Benzalkonium chloride (BAK), an eyedrop preservative, is known to induce dry eye in long-term-treated patients. Analyzing the modulation of the proinflammatory potential of hyperosmolarity in the presence of BAK on the conjunctiva ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Warcoin E,Clouzeau C,Roubeix C,Raveu AL,Godefroy D,Riancho L,Baudouin C,Brignole-Baudouin F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed a modified monolayer culture technique for expansion of retinal progenitor cells in vitro. Using this method, spheres collected by low centrifugation from free floating cultures were re-seeded onto poly-D-lysine pre-coated flasks, and cultured in the retinal progenitor cells medium (including fibr...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lai P,Tang S,Yi J,Zhu X,Zou Y,Xie H,Gao Y,Lin S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of corneal endothelial cells and central corneal thickness (CCT) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), comparing them with those of healthy subjects (controls) and to determine potential factors affecting the corneal parameters in patients with DM. M...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Papadakou P,Chatziralli I,Papathanassiou M,Lambadiari V,Siganos CS,Theodossiadis P,Kozobolis V

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two out of three normal eyes tested with frequent instillation of 30 microliters of drops of 0.5% bupranolol, a beta 1 + beta 2 blocking drug with some intrinsic sympathomimetic and local anesthetic activity, showed a miotic effect of the order of a 25% reduction of pupil area, as estimated by an open-loop iris-videor...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Tsukahara S,Sasaki T,Yamabayashi S,Shimizu Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this paper was to determine the lacrimal concentration of IL-1α and MMP-9 in patients with active ocular rosacea before and after systemic treatment with azithromycin or doxycycline. METHODS:After 4 weeks of therapy with azithromycin (500 mg/day, 3 days a week PO) or doxycycline (200 mg/day PO), la...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lam-Franco L,Perfecto-Avalos Y,Patiño-Ramírez BE,Rodríguez García A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the natural variability in the diameter of small collagen fibrils in the lamellae of corneal stroma of healthy young rabbits. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The corneas of 6 young adult female New Zealand White rabbits (2.1 kg) were prepared for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) by fixation with a cacody...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Doughty MJ,Bergmanson JP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate diabetic retinopathy (DR) progression in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in 2 populations of different ethnicity. METHODS:A prospective observational study was designed to follow eyes/patients with mild nonproliferative DR, for 2 years or until the development of central-involved macular ede...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Ribeiro L,Pappuru R,Lobo C,Alves D,Cunha-Vaz J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lenticular S-adenosylmethionine synthetase has been partially purified and characterized. Lower levels of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase were detected by a sensitive radioactive assay procedure in the lenticular extract obtained from the pooled lenses of alloxan-treated rats 96 days of age as compared to the nontreat...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Ahmad SS,Ahmad SI,Rahman MA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate therapeutic ocular surface medium (TOSM), a potential physiological tear replacement therapy, for persistent epithelial defect (PED). METHODS:11 eyes of 10 patients with PED for ≥ 2 weeks without improvement despite conventional treatment were enrolled in a prospective pilot study of TOSM over 1...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Watson SL,Geerling G,Dart JK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the possible role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of exogenous prostaglandin (PG) induced aqueous flare elevation, we examined the effect of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an L-arginine analogue acting as a specific inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, on the elevation of aqueous flare in pi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hiraki S,Zhang XY,Hayasaka S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish a retinal blood flow database in normal human eyes using the Canon Laser Blood Flowmeter (CLBF). METHOD:Fourteen healthy subjects (7 males, 7 females) between the ages of 24 and 33 underwent birectional laser Doppler velocimetry (BLDV) in one eye using the CLBF. Measurements consisting of blood ve...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Garcia JP Jr,Garcia PT,Rosen RB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of postenucleation saline wash and the effect of different antimicrobial agents on the microbial contamination of donor eyes. METHODS:Two hundred donor eyes were given saline wash and treated with any one of the following 5 randomly selected antimicrobial solutions: 1% povidone-iodi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Panda A,Saxena R,Vajpayee RB,Satpathy G,Angra SK,Sethi HS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of hyperthermia on the healing process of experimental Pseudomonas corneal ulceration (PCU). Hartley guinea pigs were used to develop animal models of PCU. As a heat source, disposable chemical pocket warmers were applied. The healing process of PCU was compared between the heat-treated cor...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Nanbu PN,Wakabayashi T,Yamashita R,Hayashi H,Hisano S,Oshika T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of optic nerve axons was examined in several mammals (human, cat, rat, sheep, ox, pig, guinea pig, rabbit). Human material was obtained from normotensive, glaucoma-free eyes and from eyes with a history of glaucoma and raised intra-ocular pressure (IOP). We describe accumulations of organelles (prin...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Holländer H,Makarov F,Stefani FH,Stone J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress plays a role in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration in diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, whether an excellent reactive oxygen species scavenger, U83836E, inhibits the neurodegeneration in DR remains uncertain. This study is aimed at clarifying the effects of U83836E on DR. Two weeks after streptoz...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wang H,Zheng Z,Gong Y,Zhu B,Xu X

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of topical neutral formaldehyde on the blood-aqueous barrier of the rat was studied. Thirty minutes after irritation, the protein concentration of the aqueous humour had increased from the control value of 1.95 +/- 0.25 to 2.95 +/- 0.45 mg/ml (p less than 0.05). Extravasation of Evans blue dye from the iris...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Krootila K,Uusitalo H,Lehtosalo JI,Palkama A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess changes of tear film function in patients with pterygium after pterygium excision combined with limbal-conjunctival autograft transplantation. METHODS:Sixty eyes of 60 patients were entered in the study. The Schirmer test, tear breakup time (BUT) and mucus fern test (MFT) were evaluated in the pati...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wang S,Jiang B,Gu Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research from this laboratory showed that human lacrimal fluid peroxidase has cyclic variations during the menstrual cycle, correlated with plasma levels of 17beta-oestradiol. In the present investigation, variations of enzyme activity and total protein content during the oestrous cycle of young adult female ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Madia F,Liberati V,de Feo G,Marcozzi G

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to provide a quantitative evaluation of the blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) in patients with ocular blunt trauma and evaluate its association with intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. METHODS:This is a prospective case-control study, and the following 3 groups were included: elevated I...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Mao Z,Chen XB,Zhong YM,Guo XX,Liu X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a technique of autologous internal limiting membrane (ILM) fragment transplantation for the treatment of large, chronic, and/or refractory macular holes (MH). DESIGN:This was a 6-month prospective interventional case series. METHOD:Ten eyes of 10 patients with MH underwent pars plana vitretomy (...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： De Novelli FJ,Preti RC,Ribeiro Monteiro ML,Pelayes DE,Junqueira Nóbrega M,Takahashi WY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ultraviolet (UV) B irradiation induces gene expression that leads to skin cancer. Among the transcription factors induced by UVB radiation exposure, the cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is significant. Since several factors downstream of CREB signaling are known to be involved in pterygium pathoge...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Nubile M,Curcio C,Lanzini M,Calienno R,Iezzi M,Mastropasqua A,Di Nicola M,Mastropasqua L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of single or repeated topical applications of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) to the cornea on the blood-aqueous barrier, we have measured the extent of flare in the anterior chamber of rabbit eyes at various time intervals. PGE2 was applied to the cornea for 4 min with the use of a glass cylinder in pi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Numata-Watanabe K,Hirata H,Hiraki S,Hayasaka S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of a new technique for the implantation of ultrathin substrates containing stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells into the subretinal space of retina-degenerate Royal College of Surgeon (RCS) rats. METHODS:A platform device was used for the implantation of 4-µm-t...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hu Y,Liu L,Lu B,Zhu D,Ribeiro R,Diniz B,Thomas PB,Ahuja AK,Hinton DR,Tai YC,Hikita ST,Johnson LV,Clegg DO,Thomas BB,Humayun MS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular recordings were performed on electrophysiologically identified achromatic neurons of the photosensitive pineal organ of the frog. The effects of iontophoretically applied aspartate and glutamate as well as one aspartate antagonist (D-alpha-aminoadipate) were observed on spontaneous activity and light-evo...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Meissl H,George SR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the binding of peanut-agglutinin (PNA) on porcine corneal tissue, several methods of tissue processing were used. In cryostat sections of postmortem tissue, PNA labeling of epithelial cell membranes was detected. In the stroma, a fibrillar structure parallel to the corneal surface was found. The anterio...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Vogelberg K,Böhnke M,von Domarus D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Weak oxidants produced by activated human leukocytes are proven antimicrobial substances. We tested whether N-chlorotaurine (NCT, taurine chloramine), the chlorinated metabolite of the amino acid taurine, in addition to direct virucidal effects on viral suspensions, has the capability to prevent cell-to-cell ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Huemer HP,Nagl M,Irschick EU

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of nonselective and selective alpha-adrenergic agonists on intraocular pressure (IOP) was studied in isolated arterially perfused rabbit eyes. Drugs were given intra-arterially or topically. With either route of administration, no initial hypertensive phase was observed after l-epinephrine, l-norepinephr...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： van Pinxteren PC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00