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TGFβ Signaling Dysregulation May Contribute to COL4A1-Related Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage
Purpose: Mutations in the genes encoding type IV collagen alpha 1 (COL4A1) and alpha 2 (COL4A2)...
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Racial Differences in Diagnostic Accuracy of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) by...
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Disease progression, despite intraocular pressure, should guide escalation of treatment in glaucoma
The Science behind the Tip NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL...
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The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with higher odds of chronic diseases, with...
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Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank
Author(s): Oana A Zeleznik ° (1,2), Jae H Kang ° (3,4), Jessica Lasky-Su (3,4), A Heather...
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Be aware of the potential influence of the vitreoretinal interface when interpreting OCT images of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients
Vitreous traction can cause artifacts that may obscure RNFL thinning, potentially leading to...
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Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis
Author(s): Sooyeon Choe (1), Young Kook Kim (2), Woosuk Chung (3), Donghyun Ko (3), Marvin Lee...
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Angle Closure SIG
SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG...
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Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists
Author(s): Mário Lima-Fontes (1), Ana Faria-Pereira (1), Mariana Leuzinger-Dias (1), Marta Inês...
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Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure
The mechanism is thought to be an idiosyncratic reaction to sulphonamides, similar to that which...
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Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery
The accelerated development of cataract is frequently seen in the years following glaucoma...
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel loci that influence cupping and the glaucomatous process
Author(s): Springelkamp H, Höhn R, Mishra A, Hysi PG, Khor CC, Loomis SJ, Bailey JN, Gibson J, Thorleifsson G, Janssen SF, Luo X, Ramdas WD,...
November 30, 2014
Genome-wide analysis of multi-ancestry cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma
Author(s): Hysi PG(1), Cheng CY(2), Springelkamp H(3), Macgregor S(4), Bailey JN(5), Wojciechowski R(6), Vitart V(7), Nag A(8), Hewitt AW(9), Höhn...
October 31, 2014
Artemin augments survival and axon regeneration in axotomized retinal ganglion cells
Author(s): Omodaka K(1), Kurimoto T, Nakamura O, Sato K, Yasuda M, Tanaka Y, Himori N, Yokoyama Y, Nakazawa T 1 Department of Ophthalmology and...
September 30, 2014
Optic Nerve Head Blood Flow Response to Reduced Ocular Perfusion Pressure by Alteration of Either the Blood Pressure or Intraocular Pressure
Author(s): Wang L(1), Cull GA, Fortune B. 1 Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR, USA. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To test the...
July 31, 2014
Discovery and Functional Annotation of SIX6 Variants in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Author(s): Ulmer Carnes M(1), Liu YP(2), Allingham RR(3), Whigham BT(3), Havens S(3), Garrett ME(1), Qiao C(4); NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium...
June 30, 2014
MMPs in the neuroretina and optic nerve: modulators of glaucoma pathogenesis and repair?
Author(s): De Groef L(1), Van Hove I, Dekeyster E, Stalmans I, Moons L. 1 Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Animal...
May 31, 2014
γ-Synuclein Antibodies Have Neuroprotective Potential on Neuroretinal Cells via Proteins of the Mitochondrial Apoptosis Pathway
Author(s): Wilding C, Bell K, Beck S, Funke S, Pfeiffer N, Grus FH. Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Center of the...
April 30, 2014
Mitochondrial DNA Variant Discovery in Normal-Tension Glaucoma Patients by Next-Generation Sequencing
Author(s): Jeoung JW(1), Seong MW, Park SS, Kim DM, Kim SH, Park KH. 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul,...
March 31, 2014
Emerging novel roles of neuropeptide Y in the retina: From neuromodulation to neuroprotection
Author(s): Santos-Carvalho A (1), Alvaro AR (2), Martins J (3), Ambrósio AF (4), Cavadas C (5) Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY receptors are widely...
February 28, 2014
Regulation of Plasticity and Fibrogenic Activity of Trabecular Meshwork Cells by Rho GTPase Signaling
Author(s): Pattabiraman PP, Maddala R, Rao PV. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710. Glaucoma, a...
January 31, 2014
Anti-Connective Tissue Growth Factor Antibody Treatment Reduces Extracellular Matrix production in Trabecular Meshwork and Lamina Cribrosa cells
Author(s): Wallace DM, Clark AF, Lipson K, Andrews D, Crean J, O'Brien CJ. PURPOSE: We have previously demonstrated elevated levels of Connective...
December 31, 2013
Identification of retinal ganglion cell neuroprotection conferred by platelet-derived growth factor through analysis of the mesenchymal stem cell secretome
Author(s): Johnson TV, Dekorver NW, Levasseur VA, Osborne A, Tassoni A, Lorber B, Heller JP, Villasmil R, Bull ND, Martin KR, Tomarev SI 1 Section...
November 30, 2013
Immune response against ocular tissues after immunization with optic nerve antigens in a model of autoimmuneglaucoma
Author(s): Joachim SC, Reinehr S, Kuehn S, Laspas P, Gramlich OW, Kuehn M, Tischoff I, von Pein HD, Dick HB, Grus FH Experimental Eye Research...
October 31, 2013
Onset and Progression of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Retardance Changes Occur Earlier than RNFL Thickness Changes in Experimental Glaucoma
Author(s): Fortune B, Burgoyne CF, Cull G, Reynaud J, Wang L. Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Research Institute, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor,...
September 30, 2013
Ocular Rigidity, Outflow facility, Ocular Pulse Amplitude and Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow in Open AngleGlaucoma; a manometric study
Author(s): Dastiridou AI, Tsironi EE, Tsilimbaris M, Ginis H, Karyotakis N, Cholevas P, Androudi S, Pallikaris IG. Ophthalmology Department,...
July 31, 2013
Acetylcholinesterase inhibition promotes retinal vasoprotection and increases ocular blood flow in experimental glaucoma
Author(s): Almasieh M, Macintyre JN, Pouliot M, Casanova C, Vaucher E, Kelly ME, Di Polo A. Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Groupe de...
June 30, 2013
Reduction in Blood Glutathione Levels Occurs Similarly in Patients with Primary-Open Angle or Normal Tension Glaucoma
Author(s): Gherghel D, Mroczkowska S, Qin L Vascular Research Laboratory, Ophthalmic Research Group, Aston University, School of Life and Health...
May 31, 2013
Tissue engineering the retinal ganglion cell nerve fiber layer
Author(s): Kador KE, Montero RB, Venugopalan P, Hertz J, Zindell AN, Valenzuela DA, Uddin MS, Lavik EB, Muller KJ, Andreopoulos FM, Goldberg JL...
April 30, 2013
Discovery of novel human aquaporin-1 blockers
Author(s): Seeliger D, Zapater C, Krenc D, Haddoub R, Flitsch S, Beitz E, Cerdà J, de Groot BL. Human aquaporin-1 (hAQP1) is a water channel found...
March 31, 2013
Protective effect of lipoic acid against oxidative stress is mediated by Keap1/Nrf2-dependent heme oxygenase-1 induction in the RGC-5 cell line
Author(s): Koriyama Y, Nakayama Y, Matsugo S, Kato S. Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine. Electronic address:...
February 28, 2013
A new safety concern for glaucoma treatment demonstrated by mass spectrometry imaging of benzalkonium chloride distribution in the eye, an experimental study in rabbits
Author(s): Brignole-Baudouin F, Desbenoit N, Hamm G, Liang H, Both JP, Brunelle A, Fournier I, Guerineau V, Legouffe R, Stauber J, Touboul D,...
January 31, 2013
Dorsomedial/Perifornical hypothalamic stimulation increases intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure, and the translaminar pressure gradient
Author(s): Samuels BC, Hammes NM, Johnson PL, Shekhar A, McKinnon SJ, Allingham RR Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, the. PURPOSE:...
December 31, 2012
Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma
Author(s): Vithana EN, Khor CC, Qiao C, Nongpiur ME, George R, Chen LJ, Do T, Abu-Amero K, Huang CK, Low S, Tajudin LS, Perera SA, Cheng CY, Xu L,...
November 30, 2012
Intraocular pressure magnitude and variability as predictors of rates of structural change in non-human primate experimental glaucoma
Author(s): Gardiner SK, Fortune B, Wang L, Downs JC, Burgoyne CF Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health, 1225 NE 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97232, USA....
October 31, 2012
siRNA Silencing of Gene Expression in Trabecular Meshwork: RhoA siRNA Reduces IOP in Mice
Author(s): Liu Q, Wu K, Qiu X, Yang Y, Lin X, Yu M Few reports described efficient transfection in the trabecular meshwork (TM) in vivo. In the...
September 30, 2012