Diet Mimicking "Fast Food" Causes Structural Changes to the Retina Relevant to Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1) To elucidate the role of collector channels in the aqueous humor outflow pathway 2) To suggest anatomic and functional methods of imaging collector channels in-vitro and in-vivo and 3) To discuss the role of such imaging modalities in the surgical management of glaucoma. METHODS:A thorough literature sea...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： M Elhusseiny A,Jamerson EC,Menshawey R,Tam EK,El Sayed YM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To provide a normative data set of swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) peripapillary vessel density (VD) measurements and assess correlations with age, gender, disc area and axial length (AL). Material and Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study conducted on 346 ri...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fernández-Vigo JI,Kudsieh B,Shi H,De-Pablo-Gómez-de-Liaño L,Serrano-Garcia I,Ruiz-Moreno JM,Martínez-de-la-Casa JM,García-Feijóo J,Fernández-Vigo JÁ

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:The mechanism of oxidative damage to the lens through intraocular photochemical generation of superoxide and its derivatization to other oxidants such as singlet oxygen, hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide has been studied. Rat lenses when organ cultured aerobically in TC 199 containing additional amounts of ribofl...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Varma SD,Chand D,Sharma YR,Kuck JF Jr,Richards RD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We performed nailfold capillary microscopy to explore microvasculature abnormalities in uveitis overall and uveitis stratified in various ways. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional, case-control, observational study. One hundred and seven uveitis patients and 130 control subjects were included. We used a JH-1004...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chen X,Yao X,Chi Y,Guo C,Zhang J,Li J,Zhang S,Rong X,Pasquale LR,Yang L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of RNA polymerases I, II and III (distinguished using alpha-amanitin) and activity of DNA polymerases alpha and beta (distinguished using N-ethylmaleimide) were assayed for varying intervals and at varying substrate (UTP or dTTP) concentrations in the purified nuclear fraction from corneal epithelium of carba...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Colley AM,Law ML,Drake LA,Cavanagh HD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular aldehyde oxidase was purified for the first time from bovine ciliary body cytosol by ammonium sulfate fractionation and successive HPLC using DEAE anion-exchange and hydroxyapatite columns. The purified enzyme was homogeneous by the criterion of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The mol...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shimada S,Mishima HK,Nikaido H,Kitamura S,Tatsumi K

更新日期：1989-07-01 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:To determine the plasma levels of the sulfur-containing amino-acids homocysteine, cysteine, cysteinylglycine, glutamylcysteine, glutathione, and taurine in patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and in healthy subjects and to ascertain whether there are statistically significant differences between...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Pinna A,Zinellu A,Franconi F,Carru C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vernier and grating acuity were measured in infants up to 6 months of age using a two-alternative forced-choice preferential looking technique. Vernier resolution was measured using a horizontal vernier grating. The grating was presented on half of the screen while the other half contained horizontal lines which were ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Manny RE,Klein SA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, all the structural features of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy have been demonstrated in mice fed 30% galactose for 21-26 months. To determine whether changes in retinal matrix protein mRNA levels occur early in the course of murine diabetes we used a competitive RT-PCR method to quantitate retinal mR...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nishikawa T,Giardino I,Edelstein D,Brownlee M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules on the cell surface is necessary for the presentation of peptide antigens to helper CD4 T lymphocytes of the immune system. We studied the immunoexpression of HLA class II antigen in conjunctival precursor lesions and conjunctival squamous cell ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Abhyankar D,Lakshmi SA,Pushparaj V,Biswas J,Krishnakumar S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium permeability was significantly increased in lenses from rats 36 h following a single injection of a cataractogenic dose of sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) and this permeability returned to control values by 72 h post-injection (PI). The greater Ca2+ permeability could be partially reversed by incubatin...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wang Z,Bunce GE,Hess JL

更新日期：1993-03-01 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:Oxidative damage of lens tissue contributes to the formation of age-related cataract. Pi-class glutathione-S-transferase (GSTP1) plays a role in the removal of oxidative adducts by transferring them to glutathione. To assess epigenetic regulation of GSTP1 and its potential role in age-related nuclear cataract (...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chen J,Zhou J,Wu J,Zhang G,Kang L,Ben J,Wang Y,Qin B,Guan H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/AIM:Cultured autologous oral mucosal epithelial cells (OMECs) have proven useful in the treatment of ocular surface disorders. This study is the first to investigate the potential of expanding OMEC in a xenobiotic- and serum-free medium using therapeutic contact lenses (CLs) as a substrate and carrier. MATERIA...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Björkblom B,Eidet JR,Utheim TP,Ulltveit-Moe HF,Raeder S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the antiviral effect of a peptide derived from human apolipoprotein E (1% apoEdp) with 1% trifluorothymidine against HSV-1 thymidine kinase (TK)-positive (HSV-1 McKrae) and with 3% foscarnet against HSV-1 TK-negative (KOS background) in the rabbit eye model of acute HSV-1 epithelial keratitis. MATER...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Bhattacharjee PS,Neumann DM,Hill JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbations in capillary endothelial cell function are early events in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. We used tritiated thymidine autoradiography to study the turn-over rate of retinal capillary endothelial cells in retinovascular preparations from normal, untreated diabetic and diabetic mice treated with...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cuthbertson RA,Mandel TE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lens epithelial cells were isolated from samples of C57BL/6 and CD-1 mice at different ages between 1 and 5 months, and assayed for the level of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase and their ability to replicate in-vitro. The lens epithelial cells from C57BL/6 mice had a reduced replicative potential compared to other norma...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Lipman RD,Muggleton-Harris AL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifibrosis agents have improved the success of glaucoma filtration surgery, although undesired side effects are not readily reversible and may present a major limitation in the use of these agents. Our purpose was to study the efficacy of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) as an adjunctive antimetabolite in glaucoma surge...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chu JL,Shields SR,Netland PA

更新日期：1994-11-01 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 quantitatively measure the flow, nonflow, density, and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) assessment tool parameters of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients with nonocular Behcet's Disease (BD), and to compare the results with those obtained in healthy controls. METHODS:FAZ parameters, flow ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Goker YS,Yılmaz S,Kızıltoprak H,Tekin K,Demir G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of a subconjunctival injection of mitomycin-C (MMC) on iridial circulation in rabbits. METHODS:Dutch rabbits anesthetized with pentobarbital received a 0.2-ml subconjunctival injection of 0.4 mg/ml or 0.1 mg/ml MMC; the contralateral eye received 0.2 ml physiological saline. Intraocula...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Tomidokoro A,Araie M,Tamaki Y,Muta K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rhodopsin is a zinc-binding protein. We investigated the effect of low concentrations of zinc on the initial phosphorylation of rhodopsin. METHODS:Dark-adapted bovine rod outer segments (ROS) were incubated with (gamma 32P) ATP and 5 mM magnesium in the presence and absence of micromolar amounts of zinc. The R...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shuster TA,Martin F,Nagy AK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the protective effects of passive immunization with virus specific antibody in newborn rabbits inoculated subcutaneously with type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV-2). Newborn rabbits given anti-HSV-2 antibody intraperitoneally (IP) on days 0, 2 and 4 post infection had smaller herpetic skin lesions and reduced ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Friedlaender RP,Oh JO,Minasi P,Ohashi Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototype automated flicker perimeter was used to investigate flicker luminance thresholds in glaucoma patients (n = 11), ocular hypertensives (high risk n = 10, low and intermediate risk n = 21) and normal controls (n = 10). Differential light sensitivity was measured for one eye of each subject using a flickering ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Austin MW,O'Brien CJ,Wishart PK

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:Although patients with diabetic retinopathy have been reported to have elevated vitreal IGF-I levels, it is not known whether diabetes also affects the levels of vitreal IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) which control IGF's bioavailability. To address this issue, vitreal IGFBP levels were assayed in human diabetics, rats ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Waldbillig RJ,Jones BE,Schoen TJ,Moshayedi P,Heidersbach S,Bitar MS,van Kuijk FJ,de Juan E,Kador P,Chader GJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between pain during cataract surgery and preoperative anxiety.Methods: This prospective observational masked study included 103 eyes of 103 consecutive patients who underwent routine clear corneal incision phacoemulsification surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Healt...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Socea SD,Abualhasan H,Magen O,Zayit-Soudry S,Blumenthal EZ,Duvdevan N,Mimouni M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the cellular mechanisms involved in the hypoxia-induced alteration of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) potentials and the light-evoked responses of the RPE in chicks. In addition, to determine the mechanisms involved in the recovery of the RPE during the post-hypoxic period. METHODS:In vitro p...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nakazaki S,Nao-i N,Sawada A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00