Complement-dependent cytotoxicity in rats bearing human adenovirus type 12-induced primary retinoblastoma-like tumor in the eye.

abstract：PURPOSE:A new technique for the cryopreservation of rabbit corneas in 20% w/w dimethylsulfoxide, which has been shown to preserve significant structural and functional integrity of the endothelium, was tested in porcine corneas. METHODS:The characteristics of uptake of dimethylsulfoxide into porcine corneas were measu...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wusteman MC,Armitage JW,Wang LH,Busza AL,Pegg DE

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 examine the efficacy of oral doxycycline treatment (as compared to oral and topical dexamethasone) for inhibiting corneal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:Following corneal alkali burn, rats were treated daily with oral doxycycline, oral dexamethasone, or topical dexamethasone for 14 days. Control rats wer...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Dan L,Shi-long Y,Miao-li L,Yong-ping L,Hong-jie M,Ying Z,Xiang-gui W

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Statins have been shown to reduce ocular inflammation in animal models of uveitis and to prevent development of uveitis in observational studies. There have been no experimental human studies evaluating statins' efficacy and safety in uveitis. In this study, we aimed to investigate efficacy and safety of simvas...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Shirinsky IV,Biryukova AA,Shirinsky VS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (P-31 NMR) spectroscopy the rat crystalline lens was evaluated as a potential animal model for the study of lens metabolic processes relevant to the human. The P-31 NMR spectra of intact rat lenses and rat lens PCA extracts provided comparable qualitative and quantitative...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kopp SJ,Greiner JV,Glonek T

更新日期：1981-01-01 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:To study the relationship of oxygen level and glucose concentration on the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA and protein in several types of cultured retinal cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Several types of human and bovine retinal cells were cultured in medium without glucose, or contai...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kennedy A,Frank RN

更新日期：2011-02-01 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:To investigate the relationship between meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and incomplete blinking caused by cranial nerve seven (CN VII) palsy. METHODS:A prospective case series of 60 consecutive patients with unilateral CN VII palsy was evaluated for MGD. According to the House-Brackmann scale, patients were ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wan T,Jin X,Lin L,Xu Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) induced damage to blood-retinal barrier (BRB) and the therapeutic effects of minocycline, an MMP inhibitor, against the BRB damages. METHODS:Forty-eight Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to 3 groups (1...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chen YD,Xu X,Xia X,Wu H,Liu K,Zheng Z,Zhu D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To quantify the impact of posterior cornea on toric IOL calculation accuracy using Placido-topography of anterior corneal surface and Scheimpflug measurements of corneal thickness. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three-hundred seventy-nine non-selected eyes undergoing cataract surgery with non-toric intraocular lens (IO...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Preussner PR,Hoffmann P,Wahl J

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to examine the functional connectivity between the primary visual cortex and other cortical areas during rest in normal subjects and patients with comitant strabismus using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS:A prospective, observational study was conducted. Ten pati...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Yan X,Wang Y,Xu L,Liu Y,Song S,Ding K,Zhou Y,Jiang T,Lin X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance efforts directed at unraveling the role and mechanisms of leukocytes in mediating injury to corneal epithelium, an isolated bovine corneal cup was developed and evaluated. Bovine peripheral leukocytes and lysates were added to the corneal epithelial surface of isolated cornea for various periods after which...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Elgebaly SA,Gillies C,Forouhar F,Hashem M,Baddour M,O'Rourke J,Kreutzer DL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous ocular shedding and adrenergic induction of ocular shedding were examined in rabbits infected with ten strains of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1): McKrae, KOS, F, Rodanus, 17 Syn+, RE, E-43, SC-16, MacIntyre, and CGA-3. All ocular inoculations were with 50 microliter of HSV-1 with titers between 1-10 X...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hill JM,Rayfield MA,Haruta Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 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:The fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are a family of 9 heparin binding proteins which have been proposed to play key roles in angiogenesis. Basic FGF (bFGF), acidic FGF (aFGF) and FGF5 have previously been demonstrated to be expressed in the normal retina and RPE. In this study, the expression of FGF5 was explo...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kitaoka T,Morse LS,Schneeberger S,Ishigooka H,Hjelmeland LM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loteprednol etabonate (LE) is a new corticosteroid based on the "soft drug" concept. Contact lens-associated giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) was studied as a model for the anti-inflammatory effect of LE. Patients with bilateral GPC were enrolled in a multicenter, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, par...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Bartlett JD,Howes JF,Ghormley NR,Amos JF,Laibovitz R,Horwitz B

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate choroidal thickness (CT) and retinal morphological changes in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) following ranibizumab or aflibercept intravitreal treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a prospective, observational, comparative study where 76 eyes of 76 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Gharbiya M,Giustolisi R,Marchiori J,Bruscolini A,Mallone F,Fameli V,Nebbioso M,Abdolrahimzadeh S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Importance: To analyze the characteristics and risk factors for pupillary capture (PC) of the intraocular lens (IOL) in congenital ectopia lentis (CEL) patients.Methods: Data of CEL patients who underwent lens extraction and intraocular implantation from 2013 to 2016 at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in China were collec...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Jin G,Lin J,Xiao B,Chen A,Young CA,Zheng D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mechanical stimulation induces intercellular Ca(2 +) waves in the corneal endothelium. The extent of the wave propagation is dependent on the activity of gap junctions, hemichannels, and ectonucleotidases. To further establish the use of a cell culture model to investigate intercellular communication, in this s...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： D'hondt C,Ponsaerts R,Srinivas SP,Vereecke J,Himpens B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Phagocytosis of rod outer segments (ROS) is an important function of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Since the details of the process are not fully known, we studied effects of cytokines produced by RPE and photoreceptor cells on phagocytosis of ROS by rat RPE cells. METHODS:RPE cells were isolated and...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Hayashi A,Nakae K,Naka H,Ohji M,Tano Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content of rhodopsin in the eyes of 15 donors (30 eyes) was determined. Both retinal and pigment epithelial fractions were collected from each globe, extracted using 1% CTAB, and the rhodopsin difference spectrum of each fraction was obtained separately. The total amount of rhodopsin, obtained by summing the amoun...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fulton AB,Dodge J,Schremser JL,Armstrong A,Lanier F,Dawson WW,Williams TP

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:Water-soluble (WS) and water-insoluble (WI) crystallins were prepared from calf and bovine lenses. The WS-crystallins were analyzed by capillary isotachophoresis and by immunoelectrophoresis with polyvalent and alpha-, beta-, gamma-crystallin specific antisera. The WI-crystallins were first solubilized in formamide an...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Bours J

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Proliferative vitreoretinopathy is a serious complication of retinal detachment surgery in which retinal pigment epithelial cells abnormally proliferate within the vitreous cavity and under the retinal surface. Octreotide acetate, a somatostatin analog, has been shown to inhibit the cellular proliferation of a ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Luo Q,Peyman GA,Conway MD,Woltering EA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two anti-fibrotic agents were evaluated in vitro for potential application in trabeculectomy. The rate of collagen formation by cultured rabbit corneal fibroblasts was determined by [3H]proline uptake and hydroxylation assay. Incubation of fibroblasts, for 96 hours, with 16 mM 2,4-pyridine dicarboxylic acid (2,4-PDCA)...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sharir M,Zimmerman TJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the stability of successive applanation tonometry measurements in glaucomatous eyes. METHODS:A prospective, comparative, randomized, and evaluator-masked study was conducted in a tertiary medical center. Sixty-seven patients with glaucoma attending our glaucoma clinic underwent four successive intr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Gaton DD,Ehrenberg M,Lusky M,Wussuki-Lior O,Dotan G,Weinberger D,Snir M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using experimental model of uveitis, the inflammation-associated chemiluminescence was measured by luminol amplification method. The induction of uveitis in Lewis rats was carried out by immunizing bovine S-antigen in complete Freund's adjuvant on hind foot-pad. The chemiluminescence activity from six sets of retina a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Wu GS,Goto H,Sevanian A,Rao NA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model system for retinal adhesion, consisting of interacting bovine pigment, epithelium (PE) cells and photoreceptor outer segments, was utilized to examine any adhesive role of the interphotoreceptor matrix. PE cells were dissociated by trypsin treatment of the eyecup, and were allowed to replenish their surface pr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Adler AJ,Klucznik KM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00