Ascorbic acid and the eye lens.

abstract：:A technique for chronic implantation of a device for long-term continuous, quantitative monitoring of intraocular pressure (IOP) in experimental animals is presented. The methodology employed is straight forward and should be easily duplicated for experimental investigations where such monitoring might be useful. Cont...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Flower RW,Maumenee AE,Michelson EA

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Small RNA (microRNA or miRNA) is a kind of small noncoding single-stranded RNA that regulates complementary mRNA at the posttranscriptional level in eukaryotic organisms. As important regulatory factors, miRNAs play an important role in the occurrence and development of glaucoma and widely participate in regulating bi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Guo R,Shen W,Su C,Jiang S,Wang J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystalline lens capsules of eye bank eyes, intraocular lens (IOL)-inserted eyes and those of monkey and rabbit eyes were observed in vivo and/or in vitro through a specular microscope or Scheimpflug slit images in combination with new image-processing techniques and scanning electron microscopy. Shagreen patterns...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Sasaki K,Kojima M,Hara T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is essential that intraocular pressure (IOP) be reduced in glaucoma treatment, it is also vitally important to provide sufficient blood flow to eye tissues so that healthy visual field is maintained. It is possible for an agent to reduce IOP and blood supply to the eye. In that case, glaucoma appears to be...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Chiou GC,Yan HY

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic macular edema is considered the most important factor related to visual impairment in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Together with the use of grid and focal laser photocoagulation, today the intravitreal administration of pharmacotherapies represents the standard of care for the treatment of this complic...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Bandello F,Preziosa C,Querques G,Lattanzio R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of reepithelialization of the rabbit cornea, receiving isotonic NaCl solution and acetylcysteine (Mucomyst) solution at 10 and 20% concentrations, following a superficial epithelial ulcer was studied by fluorescein staining, photography and light microscopy. Acetylcysteine solution does not seem to retard nor...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Petroutsos G,Guimaraes R,Giraud JP,Renard G,Pouliquen Y

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements obtained with the digital tonometer TGDc-01 'PRA' with those from a Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT). METHODS:The IOP in 176 eyes of 88 healthy volunteers was measured prospectively in a sitting position. One single measurement, generated by the TGDc-01...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Meyer MW,Gockeln R,Hoy L,Meyer A,Erb C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 304 conjunctiva in 152 subjects by clinical, cytologic, and bacteriologic methods. Bacteriologic samples were evaluated after a 48-hour incubation. Bacterial growth was found in 8 (20.5%) of 39 patients with clinically normal conjunctiva and no polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and in 8 (61.5%) of 13 su...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Ugomori S,Hayasaka S,Setogawa T

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Non-toxic concentrations of ceftazidime (CAZ), cefuzonam sodium (CZON) and cefmetazole sodium (CMZ) for intravitreal use were assessed by the electroretinogram in in vitro perfused eyecups of albino rabbits. None of the a-wave, the b-wave and the oscillatory potentials deteriorated with 300 microM CAZ, 300 microM CZON...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Kitano K,Shirao Y,Kawasaki K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate biochemical and morphological changes in rat lenses following long-term UV B irradiation. After an irradiation period of 156 days with follow-up documentation by means of Scheimpflug photography, section-related biochemical analyses of the lenses as well as histological ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Schmidt J,Schmitt C,Kojima M,Hockwin O

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extensive clinical investigations of the biocompatibility of different intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been made in an effort to optimize the outcome of modern cataract surgery. The aim of this study was to add animal eye experimental implantation data regarding cellular reaction on the anterior surface of IOLs....

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Barbour W,Saika S,Miyamoto T,Ohnishi Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the diagnostic efficacy and clinical application value of plasma endothelin-1 for diabetic retinopathy using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. METHODS:This was a prospective investigational study. Funduscopy and fundus fluorescein angiography were used as gold standards for the...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Zhu H,Shi CH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related lens opacity is the major cause of loss of vision affecting more than half of the world's blind. The development of cataract is associated with changes in the structure of the lens. The lens consists largely of closely packed fibre cells forming a transparent syncytium. The main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP)...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lea EJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:Indirect measurement in vivo of nuclear color of 64 cataractous eyes was made using a method of image analysis of photographed lenses developed by the authors. The grade of yellow of lens color was characterized by its dominant wavelength and excitation purity in the CIE chromaticity diagram. The differences were smal...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Sasaki K,Hiiragi M,Sakamoto Y,Shibata T

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To characterize the 1-year progression of retinal thickness (RT) increase occurring in eyes with subclinical macular edema in type 2 diabetes. METHODS:Forty-eight type 2 diabetic eyes/patients with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR; levels 20 and 35 in the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy St...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Tejerina AN,Vujosevic S,Varano M,Egan C,Sivaprasad S,Menon G,Massin P,Verbraak FD,Lund-Andersen H,Martinez JP,Jurgens I,Smets E,Coriat C,Wiedemann P,Ágoas V,Querques G,Holz FG,Nunes S,Alves D,Neves C,Santos T,Ri

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry eye is the most prominent pathology among those involving the ocular surface: a decrease of the aqueous (less frequent) or the lipid (more frequent) component of the tear film is the cause of the diminished stability of tears that is observed in this pathology. Dry eye shows a clear distribution linked to both sex...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Rusciano D,Pezzino S,Olivieri M,Cristaldi M,Gagliano C,Lupo G,Anfuso CD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the value of the laser-scanning optical-resolution (LSOR)-photoacoustic (PA) microscopy (PAM) system and the conventional multimodal imaging techniques in the evaluation of laser-induced retinal injury and choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in rats. METHODS:Different degrees of retinal injury we...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Xiao M,Dai C,Li L,Zhou C,Wang F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze chloroquine-induced morphological changes in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane (BM). METHODS:Retina-choroid complexes of chloroquine-treated Long-Evans rats were analyzed by electron microscopy. RESULTS:Intercellular spaces between the RPE cells and BM were enlarged. Residua...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Peters S,Reinthal E,Blitgen-Heinecke P,Bartz-Schmidt KU,Schraermeyer U

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic changes in the rabbit lens have been studied by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These changes have been induced by prolonged topical treatment with dexamethasone. Our results demonstrate an increase in sorbitol, sorbitol-3-phosphate, fructose-3-phosphate, glycerol-3-phosphate and glucose-6-...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Pescosolido N,Miccheli A,Manetti C,Iannetti GD,Feher J,Cavallotti C

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amblyopia is an important public health problem and standard screening is quite necessary for early diagnosis and treatment especially for the remote areas. As the place of the largest Tibetan population, the Tibetan Plateau has special geographical characteristics such as high altitude, time zone, and eth...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Meng Z,Fu J,Chen W,Li L,Su H,Dai W,Yao Y

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

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：:Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. It is a multifactorial disease primarily associated with oxidative stress produced by free radicals. The protection offered by various antioxidants in cataract development is well established. Polyphenolic compounds present in green tea (Camellia sinensis) are repo...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Gupta SK,Halder N,Srivastava S,Trivedi D,Joshi S,Varma SD

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we used a rat model of retinal detachment (RD) to investigate the effects of transient receptor potential mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) on photoreceptor cells and the underlying mechanism. METHODS:An RD model was established by subretinal injection of sodium hyaluronate, and mucolipin synthetic agonist...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Yan Y,Wang Y,Ding J,Lu L,Ke G,Dong K

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of our study was to investigate the profiles of inflammatory cytokines and the macrophage polarization gene in a choroidal neovascularization (CNV) mouse model before and after intravitreal aflibercept treatment. METHODS:The CNV mouse model was conducted by laser photocoagulation. A total of 58 cyt...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wang C,Zhang R,Zhang Q,Jin H,Wei C,Wu C,Mei L,Liu Y,Zhang P

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the cytotoxic properties of voriconazole and sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBECD) on cultured primary human corneal epithelial cells. METHODS:Human corneal epithelial cells were cultured and exposed to various concentrations of SBECD (0.016-32 mg/ml) and voriconazole (0.001-2 mg/ml). Cellular cy...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Sobolewska B,Guerel G,Hofmann J,Tarek B,Bartz-Schmidt KU,Yoeruek E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostacyclin levels in the vitreous bodies of 5 eyes of patients with diabetic retinopathy complicated by rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and compared them with the corresponding levels in 9 nondiabetic eyes with the same condition as well as with 10 control eyes of dece...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Naveh N,Belkin M,Ben-Chaim O,Weissman C,Treister G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00