Changes in lens protein in concentric fractions from individual normal human lenses.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in biometric parameters in myopic eyes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:412 eyes of 412 young myopic patients underwent ophthalmic examinations including assessments of refractive error, axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), and central corneal thickness (CCT). By using spectral domain opt...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chung HJ,Park CK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of shaking on corneal endothelial preservation. METHODS:Thirty-six dog corneal buttons were obtained under standard eye bank procedure, after the animals had been sacrificed for cardiovascular experiments in the surgical department. They were equally divided into two groups. In Group ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wang IJ,Hu FR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of protein immobilization to provide a hydrogel surface with a high affinity for corneal epithelial cells was investigated. The cell adhesive proteins collagen and fibronectin, and the cell adhesive oligopeptide RGDS (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-serine) were successfully covalently immobilized on pol...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kobayashi H,Ikada Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal scarring is a common poor outcome of corneal trauma. Transforming growth factor β-1 plays a vital role in corneal fibrosis, inducing keratocyte transformation to myofibroblasts. Other than corneal transplantation, no other curative treatment methods for corneal scarring are currently available. Hypercap...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chang YM,Cian AA,Weng TH,Liang CM,Pao SI,Chen YJ

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypercarbia has been suggested as a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). We investigated the effect of hypercarbia on the retinal vasculature of the neonatal rat to determine whether hypercarbia alone could induce preretinal neovascularization analogous to ROP. METHODS:In a preliminary blood gas s...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Holmes JM,Zhang S,Leske DA,Lanier WL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of ciliary process adenylate cyclase was studied on rabbit membrane preparations. When considered individually, epinephrine, GTP and NaCl did not inhibit adenylate cyclase activity. On the other hand, when present together, epinephrine, GTP (10(-5) M) and NaCl (200 mM) acted synergistically to cause a 27% i...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kintz P,Himber J,de Burlet G,Andermann G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goggles that degrade the retinal image produce axial enlargement of the ocular globe and large myopic refractive errors. Many authors have assumed that visual image degradation itself leads to myopia. Hodos and co-authors have shown, however, that goggled eyes in chicks are considerably warmer than normal. Such temper...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shih YF,Fitzgerald ME,Norton TT,Gamlin PD,Hodos W,Reiner A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Dual wavelength retinal oximetry allows the quantification of oxygen saturation in the larger retinal vessels. However, the technique might be refined further by identifying factors that are responsible for the different oxygen saturations in first order arterioles from the same eye shortly after their branch...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Jeppesen SK,Bek T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the distribution of dark-light changes in iris features and associated factors amongst American Caucasians, American Chinese and mainland Chinese aged 40 years and over. METHODS:Four gender- and age-matched cohorts: Caucasians, American Chinese, Southern Chinese and Northern Chinese comprised the stu...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wang D,He M,Wu L,Kao A,Pekmezci M,Singh K,Lin S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the mechanisms of peroxynitrite-induced photoreceptor cell damage, using retinal cultures and a peroxynitrite donor, 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1). METHODS:Retinal explants obtained from 20-day-old Lewis rat pups, were exposed to SIN-1 for varying lengths of time at varying concentrations. Apoptosis...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ito S,Wu GS,Kimoto T,Hisatomi T,Ishibashi T,Rao NA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequence analysis of overlapping shotgun and restriction fragments have revealed the entire sequence of the human lens fiber cell intrinsic membrane protein MP19 gene (also termed MP17, MP18, and MP20). The 8,056 bp MP19 gene contains 5 exons encoding a mature protein of 173 amino acids, which displayed a very hig...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Church RL,Wang JH

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/AIM:To quantitatively analyse the evolution of TUNEL-labeling, after in vivo exposure to UVB. METHODS:Altogether, 16 Sprague Dawley rats were unilaterally exposed in vivo for 15 min to close to threshold dose, 5 kJ/m(2), of ultraviolet radiation in the 300 nm wavelength region. Animals were sacrificed in group...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kronschläger M,Yu Z,Talebizadeh N,Meyer LM,Hallböök F,Söderberg PG

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether environmental factors or bacterial viability affect the binding of two strains of P. aeruginosa to mouse cornea. METHODS:Scarified corneas were placed in organ culture and inoculated with P. aeruginosa cell suspensions containing either ATCC 19660 or PAO1 bacterial strains classed as cytot...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chen L,Hobden JA,Masinick SA,Hazlett LD

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：PURPOSE:To generate toxicology profiles of individual drugs on human corneal epithelial cells (HCEC) and compare their in vitro cytotoxicity. METHODS:Monolayer cultures of HCEC were harvested from two human donor eyes. Sunitinib (0.3-10 µg/mL) and Sorafenib (0.3-100 µg/mL), diluted in culture medium (CnT-BM.1, CELLnTE...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Bayyoud T,Hofmann J,Spitzer M,Bartz-Schmidt KU,Yoeruek E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Raman spectroscopy could potentially be used as a diagnostic tool for the detection of meibomian gland dysfunction by measuring the composition, conformation, and amount of meibum lipid on the lid margin. Toward this goal and to test our studies of meibum lipid using infrared spectroscopy, we measured the Raman...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Oshima Y,Sato H,Zaghloul A,Foulks GN,Yappert MC,Borchman D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous attempts to prepare monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against S-antigen, a photoreceptor cell protein involved in the visual process and a potent autoantigen for the induction of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), have yielded MAbs which define only carboxyl terminal epitopes. In this study we devised alternat...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Donoso LA,Gregerson DS,Smith L,Robertson S,Knospe V,Vrabec T,Kalsow CM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 express LAT during viral latency. Previous studies indicated that deletion of either LAT impairs viral reactivation from latency, but that the HSV-1 LAT confers the ability to reactivate efficiently from trigeminal ganglia onto HSV-2. We sought to determine whether the HSV-2 LAT could funct...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hill J,Patel A,Bhattacharjee P,Krause P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare patient satisfaction and experience after external dacryocystorhinostomy (EX-DCR) versus transcanalicular DCR (TC-DCR) with a diode laser and to evaluate the change in quality of life following simultaneous bilateral DCR. METHODS:Prospective evaluation of 38 eyes of 19 patients with bilateral nasolacrim...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yeniad B,Uludag G,Kozer-Bilgin L

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:The effect of cytochalasin D (CD), an actin monomer-stabilizer, has been studied on cataract development in rat lenses. Cataractogenesis was induced by incubating the rat lenses in medium 199 (M199) containing 10(-5) M CD; by the end of 24 h, lenses first developed a visible opacity. The increased lactate dehydrogenas...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kilic F,Trevithick JR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid-induced ocular hypertension has been demonstrated in both animals and humans. It is possible that glucocorticoid-induced changes in trabecular meshwork (TM) cells are responsible for this hypertension. In order to elaborate further the effect of glucocorticoids on the trabecular meshwork, the ultrastruc...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wilson K,McCartney MD,Miggans ST,Clark AF

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birefringence variations, seen as regularly spaced altering light and dark rings (bands), have been observed along the length of unfixed, freshly isolated rod outer segments (ROS) of both Rana pipiens and Xenopus laevis. In our hands, the spatial frequency of the banding pattern is from 1.3-1.6u/band in Rana pipiens a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Andrews LD,Mackenzie JM Jr,Basinger SF

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the therapeutic role of topical and oral fluconazole treatment using a rabbit model of Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis. METHODS:Aspergillus fumigatus spores were injected into the corneal stroma of the right eye of 20 rabbits. Forty-eight hours later the rabbits were randomly divided into three ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Avunduk AM,Beuerman RW,Warnel ED,Kaufman HE,Greer D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the hand-guided Moria Carriazo-Barraquer (CBm) microkeratome with the fully automatic SLc microkeratome for Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK)-lamella preparation and storage, vis-à-vis accuracy, endothelial cell loss (ECL), and lamellar surface roughness (LSR). METHODS...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fuest M,Salla S,Walter P,Plange N,Kuerten D,Flammersfeld A,Hermel M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cornea endothelial cells sensitized with rose bengal and exposed to light demonstrated a wavelength dependent alteration in physiological response. Corneas exposed to 549 millimicron swelled at rates similar to controls exposed to identical energy levels of incandescent light. Corneas exposed to 451, 500, 612, and 651...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hull DS,Csukas S,Green K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Membrane-associated mucins (MAMs) play important roles in barrier function and tear stability, and their expression on the ocular surface is altered in dry eye disease. Rebamipide is a mucin secretagogue that promotes the production of mucin-like glycoproteins in human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. However, t...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Itoh S,Itoh K,Shinohara H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EDGF, a growth factor purified from bovine retina is able to increase the rate of wound healing of rabbit corneal epithelium in a dose dependent way. Two applications a day are enough to obtain the maximum rate. The most purified preparation of EDGF is as effective as EGF or pFGF in promoting this phenomenon and allow...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Petroutsos G,Courty J,Guimaraes R,Pouliquen Y,Barritault D,Plouët J,Courtois Y

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal autofluorescence is related to advanced glycation end products formed by glucose that reaches the cornea via the aqueous humour. The aim of the study was to examine the influence on autofluorescence of changes in permeability of the blood aqueous barrier. METHODS:Corneal autofluorescence was measured i...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kessel L,Moldow B,van Best JA,Sander B

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate how corneal deturgescence after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) influences the posterior corneal surface area and the endothelial cell density (ECD) measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A mathematical model was formulated to estimate the increase in posterior corneal surface area a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Quilendrino R,Höhn H,Tse WH,Chi H,Dapena I,Ham L,Oellerich S,Melles GR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00