abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was conducted to develop and characterize a functional primary culture of pigmented rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells on permeable support exhibiting tight barrier properties. METHODS:Conjunctival epithelial cells were isolated by 0.2% protease treatment, cultured at 0.5-1.8 x 10(6) cells/...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Saha P,Kim KJ,Lee VH

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine whether transforming growth factor-beta 2 (TGF-beta 2) induces the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA), a biochemical marker of myofibroblasts, in cultured bovine retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS:Bovine RPE cells were cultured in F-12 nutrient mixture supplemented with 5% fe...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kurosaka D,Muraki Y,Inoue M,Katsura H

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：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：PURPOSE:Ethacrynic acid (ECA) has been shown to increase facility of aqueous outflow in whole eyes and perfused anterior segments, to open up spaces between cells in the trabecular meshwork and inner wall of Schlemm's canal, and to cause separation and retraction of trabecular meshwork and endothelial cells in culture....

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： O'Brien ET,Lee RE 3rd,Epstein DL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The mechanism by which prostaglandin(PG)F2 alpha increases uveoscleral outflow and lowers intraocular pressure in primates is not known. In cultured human ciliary muscle cells, PGF2 alpha induces the expression of the protooncogene c-fos which is known to induce the transcription of genes such as matrix metallo...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Lindsey JD,Kashiwagi K,Boyle D,Kashiwagi F,Firestein GS,Weinreb RN

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Purpose. To develop a rapid and accurate method for the quantification of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) using micro-quantities of ocular lens. Methods. The epithelium, cortex and nucleus of the lens were separated and also the whole lens was homogenized in 3% metaphosphoric acid. ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Liu S,Ansari NH,Wang C,Wang L,Srivastava SK

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of visual information within the retina depends in large measure upon a complement of chemical neurotransmitters which are released at synaptic contacts between individual neurons. Numerous investigators have participated in the identification of many of these transmitters and their assignment to specific n...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Pourcho RG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate postnatal developmental changes in the amounts of retinal glutamate, glutamine and GABA, and in the distribution of retinal glutamine in the rat. METHODS:Free amino acids were extracted from rat retinas of different postnatal stages, and the concentrations of glutamate, glutamine and GABA were dete...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ishikawa A,Shiono T,Ishiguro S,Tamai M

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To develop an improved diagnostic test for rod-cone dysplasia type 1 (rcd1). The rcd1 phenotype is an early onset, autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation in the canine rod cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit (PDE6B) gene. A G to A transition in codon 807 at nucleotide position 2420 results in a ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ray K,Tejero MD,Baldwin VJ,Aguirre GD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs in the smallest and sickest of premature infants. We hypothesized that, in a rat model of oxygen induced retinopathy, abnormal neovascularization would occur more frequently in larger litters where the pups are subject to postnatal growth retardation. Four litters of newb...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Holmes JM,Duffner LA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of uveitis, we analyzed the expression of memory markers, CD29 and CD45RO antigens, and apoptosis-related Fas antigen on T lymphocytes in the aqueous humor (AH) and peripheral blood (PB) from patients with uveitis. Using three-color flow cytometry, we assessed...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ohta K,Norose K,Wang XC,Ito S,Yano A,Segawa K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of hyaluronan (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) in rabbit tears were determined using high performance liquid chromatography. The tears were taken from both normal eyes and eyes with a corneal epithelial defect. The concentration of CS was 7.61 times higher than that of HA in the tears of normal eye...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Miyauchi S,Morita M,Kuramoto K,Horie K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 4 (IL-4) may play a role in the development of allergic disease. We questioned whether IL-4 related phenomenon occurred on the surface of the conjunctiva during allergic conjunctivitis. Ten patients with cedar pollen-allergic conjunctivitis and 10 patients with postsurgical conjunctivitis were enrolled in ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Fujishima H,Saito I,Takeuchi T,Shinozaki N,Tsubota K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine the effect of extracellular matrix components on the phagocytic function of the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell. Cultured human fetal RPE cells were established in culture and plated on three commercially-prepared substrates: collagen IV, fibronectin and laminin and on thr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Miceli MV,Newsome DA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a multifunctional cytokine which has been identified in normal and inflamed ocular fluids, may play a role in the evolution of inflammatory ocular lesions. In this study we utilized a rabbit model of LPS-induced uveitis to determine if exogenous TGF-beta 2 could alter its co...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Allen JB,McGahan MC,Ogawa Y,Sellon DC,Clark BD,Fleisher LN

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study asks whether retinal adhesiveness is affected by cytochalasin D, a drug that is known to alter the apical morphology of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Cytochalasin D was injected intravitreally in Dutch rabbits and retinal adhesiveness measured 0.5 to 72 h later by two methods: in vitro peeling of th...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Chiang RK,Yao XY,Takeuchi A,Dalal R,Marmor MF

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined jun-B gene expression in the rat retina after a focal retinal injury by in situ hybridization. 30 min after producing a penetrating retinal wound, the retina showed the expression of jun-B mRNA intensively in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and relatively sparsely in the ganglion cell layer. The double-label...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Ohki K,Yoshida K,Yamakawa A,Harada T,Matsuda H,Imaki J

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:In the unsutured partial thickness penetrating wounds of the cornea, the epithelium migrates over the wounded stromal surface prior to the onset of stromal regeneration. To determine the possible affects of the epithelial ingrowth on the organization of the stromal scar tissues, the healing of unsutured and sutured wo...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Melles GR,SundarRaj N,Binder PS,van der Weiden MM,Wijdh RH,Beekhuis WH,Anderson JA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were conducted to test the influence of thapsigargin on the NaK-ATPase activity of cultured cells (ODM2) derived from human nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. The rate of ouabain-sensitive ATP hydrolysis (Na,K-ATPase activity) was diminished in cells that had been pretreated with thapsigargin then permeabili...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Mito T,Kuwahara S,Delamere NA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpains are calcium-activated proteinases which have been implicated in tissue differentiation and degeneration. The aims of the present study were: (1) to determine the relationship between postnatal age and calpain activity in the rat retina; (2) to test if calpain activity was aberrant in the RCS retina at differe...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Azarian SM,Williams DS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full length cDNA sequence for the lens-specific intermediate filament protein, CP49, from chicken is presented. The sequence contains features typical of the other intermediate filament proteins, including two major alpha-helical regions, helix I and II and appropriate linker regions. CP49 lacks a C-terminal non-a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sawada K,Agata J,Eguchi G,Quinlan R,Maisel H

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) affects intraocular pressure (IOP) in rabbits. First, we studied IOP responses to the intravitreal injection of various doses of ET-1 ranging from 5 ng to 5 micrograms in unanesthetized rabbits, and observed a transient rise in IOP, from 0.5 to 2 h in duration, invariably followed by a prolonged IO...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sugiyama K,Haque MS,Okada K,Taniguchi T,Kitazawa Y

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal acidosis has been shown to reduce corneal hydration control (CHC) as measured by the rate, expressed as the percent recovery per hour (PRPH), at which the thickness of the cornea decreases exponentially after an increased hydration load. Since the effect of pH on corneal function is of scientific interest and ...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Cohen SR,Polse KA,Brand RJ,Bonanno JA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial rapid fall in tear film fluorescence after instilling a 1 microliter drop of fluorophore could be a result of stimulated tear flow or of distribution of the dye throughout the tear fluid present in the conjunctival sac. An attempt was made to decide this by comparing the fall in fluorescence of two differe...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Sang NM,Maurice DM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four groups of BALB/c mice were treated locally with different concentrations (0.1-1.0%) of retinoic acid (Etretinate) ointment for a period of one to four weeks. A fifth group was treated with the ointment base only. Ia-positive dendritic cells were identified by an indirect immunofluorescence technique which was con...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kremer I,Gabai U,Arbizo M,Arbizo V,Laibson PR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental work on retinal ischemia and its medical management, we have been disturbed by the large variations in the electroetinogram (ERG) recovery of rabbit eyes subjected to similar degrees of ischemia. We investigated whether body temperature might be one of the critical factors. We studied pigmented Dutch r...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Nayak MS,Marmor MF

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, using retinal ischemia as a model, we examined if different periods of ischemia and recirculation influenced the generation of reactive oxygen species, i.e. in hydrogen peroxide generation and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction. Ischemia was induced for 30 and 90 min by ligation of the optic n...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Zhang H,Agardh CD,Agardh E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroids are widely used in the prevention of corneal neovascularization in a wide range of natural and experimental situations. However, no information is available on their effect on the growth of the individual limbal blood vascular cells or of lymphatic cells involved in corneal neovascularization. In addition, tr...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Boneham GC,Collin HB

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Components of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) have been detected in ocular tissues and fluids. The source of the ocular RAS proteins is unknown but possibilities include diffusion or leakage from the systemic circulation, specific uptake from the blood, or local synthesis. We have used RT-PCR and in situ hybridizat...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Brandt CR,Pumfery AM,Micales B,Bindley CD,Lyons GE,Sramek SJ,Wallow IH

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:The administration of 0.1-0.5% of ethanol produces a slow increase in the transepithelial potential (TEP) of about 2 mV in the bovine pigment epithelium (RPE) under ordinary room lighting. However, virtually no response could be observed when ethanol was administered in the dark. Because of this apparent light sensiti...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Pautler EL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that Ia+ monolayers of LEW rat corneal endothelial (CE) cells were unable to stimulate proliferation of MHC compatible T cell lines or IL-2 release from hybridomas, and inhibited [3H]-thymidine incorporation when added to conventional lymphocyte proliferation assays. Our purpose was to further a...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Kawashima H,Gregerson DS

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：: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：:The effects of repeated exposures to UV-A (335 nm) and UV-B (305 nm) radiation on the crystalline lens were studied by treating cultured bovine lenses daily or weekly. The effects of irradiation on lens optical quality were monitored using an automated scanning laser system that records both relative transmittance and...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Stuart DD,Cullen AP,Sivak JG,Doughty MJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular binding proteins have been identified and isolated from B cells by their ability to bind to the synthetic peptide (1169-1191), the major immunodominant epitope of bovine interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) coupled to cyanogen bromide activated Sepharose 4B. After SDS-PAGE, two discrete pro...

journal_title：Current eye research

authors： Rengarajan K,de Smet MD,Chader GJ,Wiggert B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00