In vitro culture of human fetal ...
Purpose To explore and optimize a proper culture system for human fetal corneal endothelial cells (hFCECs), including the methods of primary culture ...
Acute macular neuroretinopathy: ...
Background Acute macular neuroretinopathy is a rare disease which occurs in young women and causes sudden paracentral scotoma and typical reddish-br ...
Comparative evaluation of anato ...
Purpose To compare anatomical and functional outcomes using brilliant blue G (BBG) vs triamcinolone acetonide (TA)-assisted ILM peeling in macular h ...
Single-session combined photody ...
Background To report the anatomic and functional outcomes of a single-session combined photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) and intravitreal ...
A novel mutation (Cys83Tyr) in ...
autosomal recessive retinal disorder characterized by an increased number of S-cones over L/M cones and rods. Mutations in the NR2E3 gene, encoding ...
Determination of absolute size ...
Background Creating multiple beam interference fringes on the retina using the "retina fringe projector" (RFP) provides us with a scale which can be ...
Expression of Orai genes and IC ...
Background The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fulfills a large variety of tasks that are important for visual function. Many of these tasks, such ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab for tr ...
Purpose To report the long-term effect of intravitreal bevacizumab on serous macular detachment (SMD) in central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Met ...
The impact of axial length on r ...
Background To investigate whether ocular axial length influences the tamponade efficacy of three commonly used agents: gas, silicone oil, and heavy ...
Safety threshold of intravitrea ...
Purpose Although activated protein C (APC) is effective in preventing the death of retinal neurons in ischemic retinopathy, it is not known at what ...
Pars plana vitrectomy for diabe ...
Background Diabetes mellitus, as well as subsequent ocular complications such as cystoid macular edema (CME), are of fundametal socio-economic relev ...
Experimental vitreous tamponade ...
Purpose To evaluate polyalkylimide as a possible vitreous tamponading agent. Methods A 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and posterior vitreous detach ...
The symmetry of phenotype betwe ...
Background Macular degeneration is known to be a bilateral disease. This study set out to determine the symmetry of phenotype between eyes of patien ...
Simvastatin suppresses expressi ...
Background Angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), erythropoietin, and angiopoietin play important roles in the pathop ...
Patient characteristics and tre ...
Background Age-related macular degeneration is the primary cause of blindness in developed countries. Current treatments of this degenerative diseas ...
Features of corneal neovascular ...
Purpose To analyze the features of corneal neovascularization and lymphangiogenesis induced by different etiological factors. Methods A total of 15 ...
Nifedipine alters the light-ris ...
Background To determine if the L-type calcium channel participates in the generation of the light-rise of the electrooculogram (EOG) in man. The aim ...
The change of macular thickness ...
Background To demonstrate the change in macular thickness using optical coherence tomography in diabetic patients and to assess its relationship wit ...
Protective effects of human umb ...
Background The majority of studies addressing traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) have focused on drugs, proteins, cytokines, and various surgical tech ...
Effects of intravitreal triamci ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide on the alterations in retinal gene expression i ...
Intravitreal triamcinolone acet ...
Background Triamcinolone acetonide (TA) has applications for the treatment of a large range of intraocular vascular diseases. The present study in p ...
Thermomechanical stability of s ...
Purpose Recently, glyceraldehyde-induced crosslinking was proposed by us for the treatment of progressive myopia, increasing significantly the biome ...
Involvement of advanced glycati ...
Background The purpose of the experiment reported here was to assess the involvement of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), oxidative stress, an ...
Amelioration of selenite toxici ...
Purpose Recent evidence suggests that oxidative stress plays a significant role in the development of cataract. The present study sought to evaluate ...
Comparison of optical low-coher ...
Background The aim of the study was to determine whether the innovative non-contact optical low-coherence reflectometry method utilized by the Lenst ...