Aqueous humor and serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with cataracts
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) levels are associated with various pathologic ocular conditions. Few studies have assessed 25 (OH) D concentrations in non-serum specimens, and none to date has assessed 25 (OH) D concentrations in human ...
Min-Chul Cho +4 more
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Microbial diagnosis of endophthalmitis using nanopore amplicon sequencing
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021 Objectives: We investigated whether nanopore amplicon sequencing of aqueous humor was capable of rapid pathogen identification in infectious endophthalmitis.
Kang Il Jun +4 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Objective To investigate the differences in amino acid metabolism in aqueous humor of patients with cataract, according to diabetes status, using a 1 H-nuclear magnetic resonance approach.
Jing Jin +5 more
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Placenta Growth Factor in Eyes with Neovascular Glaucoma Is Decreased after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in the concentrations of placental growth factor (PlGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) in aqueous humor of patients with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) before and after an intravitreal injection of ranibizumab ...
Minwen Zhou +5 more
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Expression of cytokines in aqueous humor from fungal keratitis patients
BMC Ophthalmology, 2018 Background Although a series of reports on corneal fungal infection have been published, studies on pathogenic mechanisms and inflammation-associated cytokines remain limited.
Yingnan Zhang +6 more
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Modeling the Endothelial Glycocalyx Layer in the Human Conventional Aqueous Outflow Pathway
Cells, 2022 A layer of proteoglycans and glycoproteins known as glycocalyx covers the surface of the trabecular meshwork (TM), juxtacanalicular tissue (JCT), and Schlemm’s canal (SC) inner wall of the conventional aqueous outflow pathway in the eye.
Alireza Karimi +5 more
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Association between aqueous humor and vitreous fluid levels of Th17 cell-related cytokines in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Inflammation is known to be involved in the progression of diabetic retinopathy. We have recently reported that vitreous levels of IL-4, IL-17A, IL-22, IL-31, and TNFα are higher than the respective serum levels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)
Masaru Takeuchi +6 more
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PCR em tempo real em uveites infecciosas como um diagnóstico alternativo [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: Uveitis is a major visual impairment disease affecting parts or the entire uveal tract and occasionally the sclera, the cornea or the optic nerve.
Belfort, Rubens Junior +10 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The four extraocular rectus muscles in the rabbits were disinserted for induction of anterior segment ischemia (ASI) and the changes in the concentrations of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1α), and vascular endothelial growth ...
Ha Suk-Gyu, Boram Kang, Jong Suk Song
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Aqueous Humor Outflow Structure and Function Imaging At the Bench and Bedside: A Review. [PDF]
, 2016 Anterior segment glaucoma clinical care and research has recently gained new focus because of novel imaging modalities and the advent of angle-based surgical treatments. Traditional investigation drawn to the trabecular meshwork now emphasizes the entire
Huang, Alex S +2 more
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