Biological compatibility of polymethyl methacrylate, hydrophilic acrylic and hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses.

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：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：:HY-1 genotype chick lenses display epithelial hyperplasia and associated lens opacities. Membrane proteins from HY-1 and normal chick lenses were separated by isoelectric focusing, and 45Ca2+ binding capacities were determined. Markedly higher (congruent to 900-fold) binding of 45Ca2+ was observed in high molecular we...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Odeigah PG,Patmore L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) can reduce the retinal damage induced by transient retinal ischemia. METHODS:Retinal ischemia was induced by increasing intraocular pressure (IOP). Retinal circulation was restored by lowering IOP. An intraperitoneal injection of 1,000 mg/kg of DHA-ester (DHA-E) ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Miyauchi O,Mizota A,Adachi-Usami E,Nishikawa M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the combined influence of age and light, the b-wave and oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the electroretinogram (ERG) were recorded in 1.5-, 7- and 12-month-old WAG/Rij rats, reared under homogenous low-intensity cyclic light exposure. Wistar albino rats of the same ages, reared under the same co...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Cillino S,Guarneri R,Guarneri P,Pennica C,Chichi G,Piccoli F,Ponte F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of C constant for ray tracing-assisted intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation in the patients with different refractive power, we compared the refractive outcome of ray-tracing method based on C constant and conventional IOL calculation formula. METHODS:215 eyes which underwent phaco...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Chang P,Zhang F,Wang J,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to characterize the mechanism of ocular irritation to YAG laser capsulotomy in rabbits. The blocking agents were administered intravitreally. (D-Arg1,D-Pro2,D-Trp7,9)-SP, a substance P antagonist, tended to reduce miosis but had no effect on intraocular pressure (IOP). It had less effect on m...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Oksala O,Stjernschantz J,von Dickhoff K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the ability to appreciate qualitative features that indicate disease activity in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to analyze the differences in automated retinal thickness measurement, using 1 time domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) and 2 different spectral...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Querques G,Forte R,Berboucha E,Martinelli D,Coscas G,Soubrane G,Souied EH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mutations in the PAX6 are the major cause of congenital aniridia. The objective of this study was to analyze genetic mutations in PAX6 in Chinese patients with congenital aniridia. METHODS:Total genomic DNA was isolated from the peripheral blood of the aniridia patients, all healthy family members and 100 healthy...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Luo F,Zhou L,Ma X,He Y,Zou L,Jie Y,Liu J,Pan Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mice to hyperbaric oxygen leads to an inhibition of the mitotic activity in the germinative epithelium of the lens. This is followed by an eventual development of cataracts. Cataracts have also been observed in human beings treated with hyperbaric oxygen for different afflictions. The lens damage and catar...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Varma SD,Richards RD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels are involved in neovascularization repairing after vascular injury in many tissues. However, whether TRPCs play a regulatory role in the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) has rarely been reported. In the present study, we selected TRPC1, 3, and 6 t...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lang HB,Xie RX,Huang ML,Fang LY,Tang YB,Zhang F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this work was to describe the optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA) features in paediatric Leber-Coats disease. METHODS:Three children presenting with unilateral, clinically active Leber-Coats disease were evaluated using spectral domain OCT and OCTA. OCT angiograms were analyse...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Fortunato M,Turtoro A,Cennamo G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed bleb morphology and the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of trabeculectomy with ologen compared to mitomycin C (MMC) in juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG). METHODS:This is a prospective interventional comparative study conducted on 40 eyes (20 patients) with medically uncontrolled JOA...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： El-Sayyad F,El-Saied HMA,Abdelhakim MASE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied lens opacification of rabbit lenses in culture. Opacification was produced by maintaining rabbit lenses in medium containing calcium concentrations as high as 10 mmol/l and the opacity was measured using LASER spectroscopy. Increasing calcium caused significant opacification in lens cortex while the transpa...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Clark JI,Danford ME

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects, and their reversibility, of multiple oral voriconazole doses on a variety of visual tests in healthy male volunteers. METHODS:Single-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study in 36 volunteers who received voriconazole (n=18, 400 mg every 12 h on day ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Zrenner E,Tomaszewski K,Hamlin J,Layton G,Wood N

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Dragomirescu et al. [1983] described a 2-chamber flow system for the incubation of lenses with an inserted photometer to measure changes in lens transparency. Mester et al. [1984] applied the method to simulate conditions occurring during vitrectomy, which occasionally leads to reversible lens opacification. Using Sch...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hockwin O,Dragomirescu V,Schwarz B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to characterize the development of after-cataract in the rabbit by measuring its wet weight, protein, DNA and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) contents and using Scheimpflug and slitlamp analysis. Further, aqueous humor (AqH) leukocytes, protein and lens epithelial cell proliferation act...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wallentin N,Lundgren B,Holmén JB,Lundberg C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoid receptor involvement in the intraocular-pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of the cannabinoids has not been determined. These receptors bind four structural classes of agonists: the classical and the nonclassical cannabinoids, the aminoalkylindoles and the arachidonylethanolamides (the endogenous ligands). We ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hodges LC,Reggio PH,Green K

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:The tear levels of cholesterol of 17 patients with chronic blepharitis and 17 healthy subjects were determined by the photometric method. The mean cholesterol level of the patients was determined to be 56.1 +/- 8.9 (SEM) mg/dl. No statistically significant difference between the tear cholesterol levels of the two grou...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Saatçi AO,Irkeç M,Unlü N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The turnover and migration of synthesized glycoproteins in the cultured retinal pigment epithelium have been studied. Quantitative study indicated that half-time of 3H-fucosylglycoproteins was 11.6 days. Autoradiography was performed several times after incubation of 3H-fucose. Retinal pigment epithelium constantly sy...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Entani S,Yoshimura N,Chihara E,Tsukahara I

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to know the correlation of a drug with high affinity to melanin in the iris ciliary body with the amount of melanin contained in the iris ciliary tissues, an in vivo study was performed on pigmented rabbits with brown or blue irises and albino rabbits. The melanin concentrations in the iris ciliary bodies of ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Fukuda M,Sasaki K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pineal organ of the pike is a functional photoreceptive organ in which a multiplicity of the cells of the receptor line (CRL i.e. typical and modified photoreceptors) was demonstrated. The CRL appeared to be (i) regionally distributed, (ii) photosensitive, and (iii) responsible for the storage of various indoles (...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Falcón J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experimental retinal research has gained great importance due to the ophthalmic pharmacotherapy era. An increasing number of drugs are constantly released into the market for the treatment of retinal diseases. In this review, animal species, animal models and toxicity assays in retinal research are discussed. MET...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Penha FM,Rodrigues EB,Maia M,Dib E,Fiod Costa E,Furlani BA,Nunes Moraes Filho M,Dreyfuss JL,Bottós J,Farah ME

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Naphthalene-induced rat cataract is a useful experimental cataract--however, because of its short survival period, studies using this model have been for limited purposes. Based on the consideration that the short survival might be caused by systemic toxicity of an overdose of naphthalene administration (1 g/kg body w...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Nagata M,Murano H,Kojima M,Sasaki K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lens is the ocular structure most susceptible to oxidative damage. Antioxidants, micronutrients and phytochemicals have been extensively studied for their possible effects to prevent or delay the progression of various eye diseases. OBJECTIVES:A brief overview of the updated literature on the role of an...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Agte V,Tarwadi K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidants sodium benzoate and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid reduced the inflammatory response in experimental phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis. The 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid was by far the more effective antiphlogistic agent. The molecular mechanisms that may have contributed to the observed difference in antiphlo...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Marak GE Jr,Rao NA,Sevanian A,Zdravkovich V,Till GO,Ward PA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00