Recent RPB Research & Archives

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Recent Research

A Peptide Derived from Type 1 Thrombospondin Repeat–Containing Protein WISP-1 Inhibits Corneal and Choroidal Neovascularization

Marisol del Valle Cano, Emmanouil D. Karagiannis, Mohamed Soliman, Belal Bakir, Wenjuan Zhuang, Aleksander S. Popel, and Peter L. Gehlbach
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 3840-3845.

Association between High Tear Epidermal Growth Factor Levels and Corneal Subepithelial Fibrosis in Dry Eye Conditions

Kavita Rao, William J. Farley, and Stephen C. Pflugfelder
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 844-849.

C-Terminal Cleavage of Np63 Is Associated with TSA-Induced Apoptosis in Immortalized Corneal Epithelial Cells

Danielle M. Robertson, Su-Inn Ho, and H. Dwight Cavanagh
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 3977-3985. 

Central Corneal Thickness and Thickness of the Lamina Cribrosa and Peripapillary Sclera in Monkeys

Jost B. Jonas; Sohan Singh Hayreh; Yong Tao
Arch Ophthalmol, Oct 2009; 127: 1395 – 1396

Collagen Cross-Links Reduce Corneal Permeability

Jay M. Stewart, David S. Schultz, On-Tat Lee, and Monique L. Trinidad
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 1606-1612.

Common and Distinct Pathways for Cellular Activities in FGF-2 Signaling Induced by IL-1β in Corneal Endothelial Cells

Jeong Goo Lee and EunDuck P. Kay
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 2067-2076.

Comparison of Corneal Powers Obtained from 4 Different Devices , 22 June 2009

Mariko Shirayama, Li Wang, Mitchell P. Weikert, Douglas D. Koch
American Journal of Ophthalmology
October 2009 (Vol. 148, Issue 4, Pages 528-535.e1)

Confocal Microscopy of Corneal Wound Healing After Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty in Rabbits

Almamoun Abdelkader; El-Sayed M. Elewah; Herbert E. Kaufman
Arch Ophthalmol, Jan 2010; 128: 75 - 80.

Corneal Aberrations and Visual Acuity After Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: Femtosecond Laser Versus Mechanical Microkeratome , 15 March 2010

Ramón Calvo, Jay W. McLaren, David O. Hodge, William M. Bourne, Sanjay V. Patel
American Journal of Ophthalmology
May 2010 (Vol. 149, Issue 5, Pages 785-793)

Corneal Aberrations and Visual Acuity After Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: Femtosecond Laser Versus Mechanical Microkeratome Corrected Proof, 15 March 2010

Ramón Calvo, Jay W. McLaren, David O. Hodge, William M. Bourne, Sanjay V. Patel
American Journal of Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.12.023

Corneal Deturgescence after Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Evaluated by Visante Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography , 27 March 2009

Mario A. Di Pascuale, Pawan Prasher, Charlie Schlecte, Mark Arey, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley, V. Vinod Mootha
American Journal of Ophthalmology
July 2009 (Vol. 148, Issue 1, Pages 32-37.e1)

Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss 9 Years After Excimer Laser Keratorefractive Surgery

Sanjay V. Patel; William M. Bourne
Arch Ophthalmol, Nov 2009; 127: 1423 – 1427

Corneal Endothelial Cell Proliferation: A Function of Cell Density

Sangita P. Patel and William M. Bourne
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 2742-2746.

Corneal Epithelial Opacity in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome , 22 June 2009

Joseph J. Chen, Kavita Rao, Stephen C. Pflugfelder
American Journal of Ophthalmology
September 2009 (Vol. 148, Issue 3, Pages 376-382.e1)

Corneal Wavefront Errors 24 Months after Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty , 19 March 2009

Jay W. McLaren, Sanjay V. Patel, William M. Bourne, Keith H. Baratz
American Journal of Ophthalmology
June 2009 (Vol. 147, Issue 6, Pages 959-965.e2)

Correlation Between Epithelial Ingrowth and Basement Membrane Remodeling in Human Corneas After Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis

Pierre R. Fournié; Gabriel M. Gordon; Daniel G. Dawson; François J. Malecaze; Henry F. Edelhauser; M. Elizabeth Fini
Arch Ophthalmol, Apr 2010; 128: 426 - 436.

Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Outcomes Compared with Penetrating Keratoplasty from the Cornea Donor Study , 24 December 2009

Marianne O. Price, Mark Gorovoy, Beth A. Benetz, Francis W. Price, Harry J. Menegay, Sara M. Debanne, Jonathan H. Lass
Ophthalmology
March 2010 (Vol. 117, Issue 3, Pages 438-444)

Differences in the TGF-{beta}1-Induced Profibrotic Response of Anterior and Posterior Corneal Keratocytes In Vitro CORNEA:

Holly B. Hindman, Jennifer N. Swanton, Richard P. Phipps, Patricia J. Sime, and Krystel R. Huxlin
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 1935-1942.

Epifluorescence Intravital Microscopy of Murine Corneal Dendritic Cells

Ellen J. Lee, James T. Rosenbaum, and Stephen R. Planck
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 2101-2108.

Essential Role for c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase 2 in Corneal Epithelial Response to Desiccating Stress

Cintia S. De Paiva; Solherny B. Pangelinan; Emmanuel Chang; K.-C. Yoon; William J. Farley; De-Quan Li; Stephen C. Pflugfelder
Arch Ophthalmol, Dec 2009; 127: 1625 - 1631.

Functional CNTF Receptor Subunit Restored by Its Recombinant in Corneal Endothelial Cells in Stored Human Donor Corneas: Connexin-43 Upregulation

Shay-Whey M. Koh, Jordan Celeste, and C. Y. Paul Ku
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 1801-1807.

Global Corneal Blindness and the Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I

Jared D. Ament, Amit Todani, Roberto Pineda, Tueng T. Shen, Anthony J. Aldave, Claes H. Dohlman, James Chodosh
American Journal of Ophthalmology
April 2010 (Vol. 149, Issue 4, Pages 537-539)

Growth Factor Regulation of Corneal Keratocyte Differentiation and Migration in Compressed Collagen Matrices

Areum Kim, Neema Lakshman, Dimitris Karamichos, and W. Matthew Petroll
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 864-875.

Heritability Analysis of Spherical Equivalent, Axial Length, Corneal Curvature, and Anterior Chamber Depth in the Beaver Dam Eye Study

Alison P. Klein; Bhoom Suktitipat; Priya Duggal; Kristine E. Lee; Ronald Klein; Joan E. Bailey-Wilson; Barbara E. K. Klein
Arch Ophthalmol, May 2009; 127: 649 - 655.

Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis: Histopathologic Inflammation and Corneal Allograft Rejection

Roni M. Shtein, Denise D. Garcia, David C. Musch, Victor M. Elner
Ophthalmology
July 2009 (Vol. 116, Issue 7, Pages 1301-1305)

Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Transplantation in a Human Ex Vivo Model

Sanjay V. Patel, Lori A. Bachman, Cheryl R. Hann, Cindy K. Bahler, and Michael P. Fautsch
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 2123-2131

Human Corneal Epithelium-Derived Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Links the Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses via TLRs and Th2 Cytokines

Ping Ma, Fang Bian, Zhichong Wang, Xiaofen Zheng, Suksri Chotikavanich, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, and De-Quan Li
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 2702-2709.

Induction of FGF-2 Synthesis by IL-1β in Aqueous Humor through P13-Kinase and p38 in Rabbit Corneal Endothelium

Jong-Suk Song, Jeong Goo Lee, and EunDuck P. Kay
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 822-829.

Kindred With Prominent Corneal Nerves Associated With a Mutation in Codon 804 of RET on Chromosome 10q11

Desiree S. Ong; Vipul Lakhani; John A. Oates Jr; Denis M. O’Day
Arch Ophthalmol, Feb 2010; 128: 247 - 249.

LL-37 via EGFR Transactivation to Promote High Glucose–Attenuated Epithelial Wound Healing in Organ-Cultured Corneas

Jia Yin and Fu-Shin X. Yu
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 1891-1897.

Mechanisms of Corneal Tissue Cross-linking in Response to Treatment with Topical Riboflavin and Long-Wavelength Ultraviolet Radiation (UVA)

A. Scott McCall, Stefan Kraft, Henry F. Edelhauser, George W. Kidder, Richard R. Lundquist, Helen E. Bradshaw, Zinaida Dedeic, Megan J. C. Dionne, Ethan M. Clement, and Gary W. Conrad
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 129-138.

Molecular Genetics and the Classification of the Corneal Dystrophies: What is Next?

Jayne S. Weiss
American Journal of Ophthalmology
October 2009 (Vol. 148, Issue 4, Pages 477-478)

Outcomes of PermaVision Intracorneal Implants for the Correction of Hyperopia , 09 March 2009

Steven M. Verity, James P. McCulley, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, W. Matthew Petroll
American Journal of Ophthalmology
June 2009 (Vol. 147, Issue 6, Pages 973-977)

Potentiation of Femtosecond Laser Intratissue Refractive Index Shaping (IRIS) in the Living Cornea with Sodium Fluorescein

Lana J. Nagy, Li Ding, Lisen Xu, Wayne H. Knox, and Krystel R. Huxlin
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 850-856.

Rho-Mediated Regulation of TGF-β1– and FGF-2–Induced Activation of Corneal Stromal Keratocytes

Jian Chen, Emily Guerriero, Yoshikazu Sado, and Nirmala SundarRaj
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 3662-3670.

Stromal Edema in Klf4 Conditional Null Mouse Cornea Is Associated with Altered Collagen Fibril Organization and Reduced Proteoglycans

Robert D. Young, Shivalingappa K. Swamynathan, Craig Boote, Mary Mann, Andrew J. Quantock, Joram Piatigorsky, James L. Funderburgh, and Keith M. Meek
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 4155-4161

The Path to Open-Angle Glaucoma Gene Discovery: Endophenotypic Status of Intraocular Pressure, Cup-to-Disc Ratio, and Central Corneal Thickness Jac Charlesworth, Patricia L. Kramer, Tom Dyer, Victor Diego, John R. Samples, Jamie E. Craig, David A. Mackey,

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: 3509-3514.

Trichostatin A Inhibits Corneal Haze In Vitro and In Vivo

Ajay Sharma, Maneesh M. Mehan, Sunilima Sinha, John W. Cowden, and Rajiv R. Mohan
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: 2695-2701.

Unfolded Protein Response in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Unifying Pathogenic Pathway?

Christoph Engler, Clare Kelliher, Arielle R. Spitze, Caroline L. Speck, Charles G. Eberhart, Albert S. Jun
American Journal of Ophthalmology
1 February 2010 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Pages 194-202.e2)

Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema Syndrome and Corneal Decompensation in Association With Cosmetic Iris Implants , 05 August 2009

Stella N. Arthur, Martha M. Wright, Natalia Kramarevsky, Stephen C. Kaufman, Alana L. Grajewski
American Journal of Ophthalmology
November 2009 (Vol. 148, Issue 5, Pages 790-793)

 

2009 Research Archive

Activity of antibiotics against Fusarium and Aspergillus

Day S, Lalitha P, Haug S, Fothergill AW, Cevallos V, Vijaykumar R, Prajna NV, Acharya NR, McLeod SD, Lietman TM
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:116-119 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant, Career Development Awd and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Adsorption of human tear lipocalin to human meibomian lipid films

Millar TJ, Mudgil P, Butovich IA, Palaniappan CK
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:140-151 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye, Cornea

Advances in anterior segment imaging and analysis

Salomão MQ, Esposito A, Dupps WJ
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2009;20:324-332 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cornea

A genital tract peptide epitope vaccine targeting TLR-2 efficiently induces local and systemic CD8+ T cells and protects against herpes simplex virus type 2 Challenge

Zhang X, Chentoufi AA, Dasgupta G, Nesburn AB, Wu M, Zhu X, Carpenter D, Wechsler SL, You S, BenMohamed L
Mucosal Immunol 2009;2:129-143. (Univ. of California, Irvine – Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Air-bubble associated endothelial trauma in descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Hong A, Caldwell M, Kuo AN, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:256-9 (Duke Univ.– Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Allergic airway hyperreactivity increases the risk for corneal allograft rejection

Niederkorn JY, Chen PW, Mellon J, Stevens C, Mayhew E
Am J Transplant 2009;9:1017-1026 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Allergy, Corneal Allografts

Alternatively spliced vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 is an essential endogenous inhibitor of lymphatic vessel growth

Albuquerque RJC, Hayashi T, Cho WG, Kleinman ME, Dridi S, Takeda A, Baffi JZ, Yamada K, Kaneko H, Green MG, Chappell J, Wilting J, Weich HA, Yamagami S, Amano S, Mizuki N, Alexander JS, Peterson ML, Brekken RA, Hirashima M, Capoor S, Usui T, Ambati BK, Ambati J
Nature Medicine 2009;15:1023-30 (Univ. of Kentucky – Unres. Grant, Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplants

Analysis of inflammatory cytokines in the tears of dry eye patients

Massingale ML, Li X, Vallabhajosyula M, Chen D, Wei Y, Asbell PA
Cornea 2009;28:1023-1027 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

An experimental model for assessing fibroblast migration in 3-D collagen matrices

Karamichos D, Lakshman N, Petroll WM
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 2009;66(1):1-9 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Imaging

A novel protocol of whole mount electro-immunofluorescence staining

Liu H, Kao WW
Mol Vis 2009;15:505-17 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Imaging

A peptide derived from type 1 thrombospondin repeat-containing protein WISP-1 inhibits corneal and choroidal neovascularization

Cano MV, Karagiannis ED, Soliman M, Bakir B, Zhuang W, Poel AS, Gehlbach PL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:3840-3845 (Johns Hopkins Univ. - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Retinal Vein and Artery Occlusion

Assessment and impact of the time of day on aqueous tear evaporation in normal subjects

Wojtowicz JC, McCulley JP
Eye Con Lens 2009;35(3):117-119 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye, Cornea

Association of Cell Surface Mucins with Galectin-3 Contributes to the Ocular Surface Epithelial Barrier

Argüeso P, Guzman-Aranguez A, Mantelli F, Cao Z, Ricciuto J, Panjwani N
J Biol Chem 2009;284:23037-23045 (Tufts Univ. - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Autologous serum 50% eyedrops in the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects

Jeng BH, Dupps WJ
Cornea 2009;28:1104-1108 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Blueberry eye: acquired total anterior staphyloma after a fungal corneal ulcer

Grieser EJ, Tuli SS, Chabi A, Schultz S, Downer D
Cornea 2009;28:231-232 (Univ. of Florida – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bone marrow chimeras and c-fms conditional ablation (Mafia) mice reveal an essential role for resident myeloid cells in lipopolysaccharide/TLR4-induced corneal inflammation

Chinnery HR, Carlson EC, Sun Y, Lin M, Burnett SH, Perez VL, McMenamin PG, Pearlman E
J Immunol 2009;182(5):2738-2744 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bone Marrow Chimeras and c-fms Conditional Ablation (Mafia) Mice Reveal an Essential Role for Resident Myeloid Cells in Lipopolysaccharide/TLR4- Induced Corneal Inflammation

Chinnery HR, Carlson EC, Sun Y, Lin M, Burnett SH, Perez VL, McMenamin PG, Pearlman E
J Immunol 2009;182:2738-2744 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Bacterial Keratitis

Candida keratitis after Descemet stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

Koenig SB, Wirostko WJ, Fish RI, Covert DJ
Cornea 2009;28:471-473 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Central and peripheral corneal thickness measured with optical coherence tomography, Scheimpflug imaging, and ultrasound pachymetry in normal, keratoconus-suspect, and post-laser in situ keratomileusis eyes

Ponce CMP, Rocha KM, Smith SD, Krueger RR
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:1055-1062 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Central corneal thickness and thickness of the lamina cribrosa and peripapillary sclera in monkeys

Jonas JB, Hayreh SS, Tao Y
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:1395-6 (Univ. of Iowa - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma

Cholesteryl esters as a depot for very long chain fatty acids in human meibum

Butovich IA
Lipid Res 2009;50:501-513 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Meibomian Glands, Cornea

Clinicopathologic series of primary graft failure after Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

Oster SF, Ebrahimi KB, Eberhart CG, Schein OD, Stark WJ, Jun AS
Opthhalmology 2009;116:609-614 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Dolly Green Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Collagen cross-links reduced corneal permeability: modeling the effects of age-related crosslink accumulation

Stewart JM, Schultz DS, Lee O-T, Trinidad ML
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:1606-1612 (Univ. of California, San Francisco - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Common and distinct pathways for cellular activities in FGF-2 signaling induced by IL-1beta in corneal endothelial cells

Lee JG, Kay EP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:2067-2076 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of corneal powers obtained from 4 different devices

Shirayama M, Wang LI, Weikert MP, Koch DD
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:528-535 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of non-viral methods to genetically modify and enrich populations of primary human corneal endothelial cells

Engler C, Kelliher C, Wahlin KJ, Speck CL, Jun AS
Mol Vis 2009;15:629-637 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Dolly Green Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Research/Therapy

Comparison of the corneal endothelial protective effects of Healon-D and Viscoat

Peck CM, Joos ZP, Zaugg BE, Abdel-Aziz S, Stringham JD, Werner L, Mamalis N, Olson RJ
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2009;37(4):397-401 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract, Cornea

Confocal microscopy in ophthalmology

Erie JC, McLaren JW, Patel SV
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:639-646 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Conjunctival lichen planus in a patient with herpes simplex virus keratitis

Crosby MB, Crosby CV, Wojno TH, Grossniklaus HE
Cornea 2009;28:936-937 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal collagen cross-linking: a confocal, electron, and light microscopy study of eye bank corneas

Dhaliwal JS, Kaufman SC
Cornea 2009;28:62-67 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal deturgescence after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty evaluated by visante anterior segment optical coherence tomography

Di Pascuale MA, Prasher P, Schlecte C, Arey M, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Mootha VV
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148(1):32-37 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea/Imaging

Corneal endothelial cell loss 9 years after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery

Patel SV, Bourne WM
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:1423-1427 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal endothelial cell proliferation: A function of cell density

Patel SP, Bourne WM
Invest Ophthlamol Vis Sci 2009;50:2742-2746 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal epithelial opacity in dysfunctional tear syndrome

Chen JJ, Rao K, Pflugfelder SC
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:376-382 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Corneal myofibroblast viability: opposing effects of IL-1 and TGF β1

Kaur H, Chaurasia SS, Agrawal V, Suto C, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2009;89:152-158 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing, Myofibroblast Biology

Corneal refractive power estimation and intraocular lens calculation after hyperopic LASIK

Awwad ST, Kelley PS, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP
Ophthalmol 2009;116(3):393-400 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal stroma PDGF blockade and myofibroblast development

Kaur H, Chaurasia SS, de Medeiros FW, Agrawal V, Salomão MQ, Singh N, Ambati BK, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2009;88:960-965. (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Myofibroblast Biology

Corneal thickness association with ocular and corneal high-order aberrations

Mohamed EM, Wojtowicz JC, Bowman W, Cavanagh HD, Mootha V, Verity S, McCulley JP
Eye Con Lens 2009;35(6):297-301 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal wavefront errors 24 months after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty

McLaren JW, Patel SV, Bourne WM, Baratz KH
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:959-965 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Correlation of anterior chamber angle and ciliary sulcus diameters with white-to-white corneal diameter in high myopes using Artemis VHF digital ultrasound

Reinstein DZ, Archer TJ, Silverman RH, Rondeau MJ, Coleman DJ
Jour Refr Surgery 2009;25(2):185-194 (Weill Cornell Medical College – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corticosteroids for bacterial keratitis

Srinivasan MS, Lalitha P, Mahalakshmi R, Prajna NV, Chidambaram JD, Lee S, Zegans M, Glidden D, McLeod S, Whitcher JW, Lietman TM, Acharya NR
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:198-202 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant, Career Development Awd and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

CRB1 gene mutations are associated with keratoconus in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis

McMahon TT, Kim LS, Fishman GA, Stone EM, Zhao XC, Yee RW, Malicki M
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50(7):3185-3187 (Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

CRB1 gene mutations are associated with keratoconus in patients with leber congenital amaurosis

McMahon TT, Kim LS, Fishman GA, Stone EM, Zhao XC, Yee RW, Malicki J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:3185-3187 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Genetics, Cornea

Cytokines and signaling pathways regulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression in corneal epithelial cells

Gordon GM, Ledee DR, Feuer WJ, Fini ME
J Cell Physiol 2009;221(2):402-411 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cytokines and signaling pathways regulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression in corneal epithelial cells

Gordon GM, Ledee DR, Feuer WJ, Fini ME
J Cell Physiol 2009;221:402-411 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Genetics

Delayed, bilateral Descemet’s membrane detachments with spontaneous resolution: Implications for nonsurgical treatment

Couch SM, Baratz KH
Cornea 2009;28:1160-1163 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Denaturation and solvent effect on the conformation and fibril formation of TGFBIp

Grothe HL, Little MR, Cho AS, Huang AJW, Yuan C
Mol Vis 2009;15:2617-2626 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Descement’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty: safety and outcomes

Lee WB, Jacobs DS, Musch DC, Kaufman SC, Reinhart WJ, Shtein RM
Ophthalmology 2009;116:1818-1830 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Detection of Differentially Expressed Wound-Healing-Related Glycogenes in Galectin-3-Deficient Mice

Saravanan C, Cao Z, Head SR, Panjwani N
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:5690-5696 (Tufts Univ. - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Differential gene expression in the pig limbal side population; implications for stem cell cycling, replication and survival

Akinci MA, Turner HC, Taveras M, Wolosin JM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009;50:5630-5638. (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Distribution of Label-retaining Cells in the Limbal Epithelium of a Mouse Eye

Zhao J, Mo V, Nagasaki T
J Histochem Cytochem 2009;57:177-185 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Dry eye associated with laser in situ kertomileusis: mechanical microkeratome versus femtosecond laser

Salomão MQ, Ambróso Jr R, Wilson SE
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:1756-1760 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Dynamics of the expression of intermediate filaments vimentin and desmin during myofibroblast differentiation after corneal injury

Chaurasia SS, Kaur H, de Medeiros FW, Smith SD, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2009;89:133-139 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing, Myofibroblast Biology

Early keratocyte apoptosis after epithelial scrape injury in the human cornea

Ambrósio Jr R, Newton K-J, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2009;89:597-599 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing

Effect of corneal hydration on ultrasound velocity and backscatter

Silverman RH, Patel MS, Gal O, Sarup A, Deobhakta A, Dababneh H, Reinstein DZ, Feleppa EJ, Coleman DJ
Ultrasound Med and Biol 2009;35(5):839-846 (Weill Cornell Medical College – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Edema

Effect of femtosecond laser energy level on corneal stromal cell death and inflammation

de Medeiros FW, Kaur H, Agrawal V, Chaurasia SS, Hammel J, Dupps WJ, Wilson SE
J Refract Surg 2009;25:869-874 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant, Career Development Awd and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Effects of altered corneal stiffness on native and postoperative LASIK corneal biomechanical behavior: a whole-eye finite element analysis

Sinha Roy A, Dupps WJ
J Refract Surg 2009;25:875-887 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Effects of Sp1 overexpression on cultured human corneal stromal cells

Shen X, Park JS, Qiu Y, Sugar J, Yue BY
Genes Cells 2009;14:1133-1139 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Electrically assisted delivery of macromolecules into the corneal epithelium

Hao J, Li SK, Liu CY, Kao WW
Exp Eye Res 2009;89(6):934-41 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Research/Therapy

Epithelial debridement for the treatment of epithelial basement membrane abnormalities coincident with endothelial disorders

Jeng BH, Dupps WJ
Cornea 2009;27:1207-1211 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Epithelial downgrowth after Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Phillips PM, Terry MA, Kaufman SC, Chen ES
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:193-196 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

ERK1/2 mediate wounding- and G-protein-coupled receptor ligands-induced epidermal growth factor receptor activation via regulating ADAM17 and heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor shedding

Yin J, Yu FS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:132-139 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing

Evaluation of patients with dry eye for presence of underlying Sjogren syndrome

Akpek EK, Klimava A, Thorne JE, Martin D, Lekhanont K, Ostrovsky A
Cornea 2009;28:493-497 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sybil B. Harrington Scholar) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in human cornea

Heur M, Chaurasia SS, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2009;88:992-994 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing

Expression of matrix metalloproteinases during experimental Candida albicans keratitis

Yuan X, Mitchell BM, Wilhelmus KR
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:737-742 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Feasibility study of lamellar keratoplasty in a murine model

Huang T, Planck SR, Rosenbaum JT, Lee EJ
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2009;17(4):257-264 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Femtosecond dovetail penetrating keratoplasty: surgical technique and case report

Lee J, Winokur J, Hallak J, Azar DT
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:861-863 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty: laboratory studies in eye bank eyes

Malta JB, Soong HK, Shtein R, Banitt M, Musch DC, Sugar A, Mian SI
Curr Eye Res 2009;34:18-25 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Focus on molecules: interleukin-1: a master regulator of the corneal response to injury

Wilson SE, Esposito A
Exp Eye Res 2009;89:124-125 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd ) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing

Galectin-3 promotes lamellipodia formation in epithelial cells by interacting with complex N-glycans on α3β1 integrin

Saravanan C, Liu FT, Gipson IK, Panjwani N
J Cell Sci 2009;122:3674-3693 (Tufts Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-1 Receptor 1 Regulate Neutrophil Recruitment to the ‘corneal Stroma in a Murine Model of Onchocerca volvulus Keratitis

Gentil K, Pearlman E
Infection and Immunity 2009;77(4):1606-1612 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratitis, River Blindness

Heritability analysis of spherical equivalent, axial length, corneal curvature, and anterior chamber depth in the Beaver Dam Eye Study

Klein AP, Suktitipat B, Duggal P, Lee KE, Klein R, Bailey-Wilson JE, Klein BEK
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127(5):649-655 (Univ. of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Ocular Biometry

Herpetic Eye Disease Study Group: Slitlamp biomicroscopy and photographic image analysis of herpes simplex virus stromal keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Mitchell BM, Dawson CR, Jones DB, Barron BA, Kaufman HE, Sugar J, Hyndiuk RA, Laibson PR, Stulting RD, Asbell PA
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:161-166 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cornea, Virology

Higher-order aberrations after wavefront-optimized photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis

Randleman JB, Perez-Straziota CE, Hu MH, White AJ, Loft ES, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg. 2009;25:260-264 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

High glucose suppresses epidermal growth factor receptor/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway and attenuates corneal epithelial wound healing

Xu K, Li Y, Ljubimov AV, Yu FS
Diabetes 2009;58:1077-1085 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Diabetic Corneal Wound Healing

Historical brief on composition of human meibum lipids

Wojtowicz JC, Butovich IA, McCulley JP
Ocul Surf 2009;7(3):29-37 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Tear Film, Cornea

HSV-1 DNA in human corneas: What are the virological and clinical implications?

Hill JM, Clement C
J Inf Dis 2009;200:1-4 (Louisiana State Univ. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

HSV keratitis: histopathologic inflammation and corneal allograft rejection

Shtein RM, Garcia DD, Musch DC, Elner VM
Ophthalmology 2009;116:1301-5 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Human corneal endothelial cell transplantation in a human ex vivo model

Patel SV, Bachman LA, Hann CR, Bahler CK, Fautsch MP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:2123-2131 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Human corneal epithelium-derived thymic stromal lymphopoietin links in the innate and adaptive immune responses via TLRs and TH2 cytokines

Ma P, Bian F, Wang Z, Zheng X, Chotikavanich S, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:2702-2709 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Identification of a novel herpes simplex virus type 1 transcript and protein (AL3) expressed during latency

Jaber T, Henderson G, Li S, Perng GC, Carpenter D, Wechsler SL, Jones C
J Gen Virol 2009;90:2342-2352 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

IL-17 disrupts corneal barrier following desiccating stress

De Paiva CS, Chotikavanich S, Pangelinan SB, Pitcher III JD, Fang B, Zheng X, Ma P, Farley WJ, Siemasko KF, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC
Mucosal Immunol 2009;2(3):243-253 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye Disease, Ocular Immunology

Incidence of rainbow glare after laser in situ keratomileusis flap creation with a 60 kHz femtosecond laser

Bamba S, Rocha KM, Ramos-Esteban JC, Krueger RR
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:1082-1086 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Increased Resistance of Contact Lens-Related Bacterial Biofilms to Antimicrobial Activity of Soft Contact Lens Care Solutions

Szczotka-Flynn LB, Imamura Y, Chandra J, Yu C, Mukherjee PK, Pearlman E, Ghannoum MA
Cornea 2009;28(8):918-926 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Inhibition of Corneal Inflammation by the TLR4 Antagonist Eritoran Tetrasodium (E5564)

Sun Y, Pearlman E
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50(3)1247-1254 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Lack of MD-2 expression in human corneal epithelial cells is an underlying mechanism of lipopolysaccharide(LPS) unresponsiveness

Zhang J, Kumar A, Wheater M, Yu FS
Immunol Cell Biol 2009;87:141-148 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Innate Immunity

Laser in situ keratomileusis versus long-term contact lens wear: decision analysis

McGee HT, Mathers WD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35(11):1860-1867 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

LASIK world literature review: Quality of life and patient satisfaction

Solomon KD, Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Biber JM, Groat B, Neff KD, Ying M, French JW, Donnenfeld ED, Lindstrom RL, Joint LASIK Study Task Force
Ophthalmology 2009;116:691-701 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy of lymphangiectasia

Fraunfelder FW
Cornea 2009;28(5):594-596 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy of superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis

Fraunfelder FW
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147(2):234-238 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Long-term keratometric changes after penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus and Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Raecker ME, Erie JC, Patel SV, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:227-233 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Long-term outcome of combined penetrating keratoplasty with scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation

Malta JB, Banitt M, Musch DC, Sugar A, Mian SI, Soong HK
Cornea 2009;28:741-6 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cataract

Long-term visual outcome of penetrating keratoplasty in infants and children with Peters anomaly

Yang LH, Lambert SR, Drews-Botsch C, Stulting RD
J AAPOS 2009;13:175-180 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pediatric, Cornea Transplants

Marked reduction of alcohol dehydrogenase in keratoconus corneal fibroblasts

Mootha VV, Kanoff JM, Shankardas J, Dimitrijevich S
Mol Vis 2009;15:706-712 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Fibroblasts

Minimal movement zoom lens

Schwiegerling J, Paleta-Toxqui C
Appl Opt 2009;48:1932-1935 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cataract, Cornea

Molecular identification of t4 and t5 genotypes in isolates from acanthamoeba keratitis patients

Ledee DR, Iovieno A, Miller D, Mandal N, Diaz M, Fell J, Fini ME, Alfonso EC
J Clin Microbiol 2009;47(5):1458-1462 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Molecular profiling of conjunctival epithelial side-population stem cells: Atypical cell surface markers and sources of a slow-cycling phenotype

Akinci MA, Turner H, Taveras M, Barash A, Wang Z, Reinach P, Wolosin JML
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:4162-4172 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

NADPH oxidase expression and production of superoxide by human corneal stromal cells

O’Brien WJ, Heimann T, Rizvi F
Molecular Vision 2009;15:2535-2543 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Nepafenac-associated bilaterial corneal melt after photorefractive keratectomy

Feiz V, Oberg TJ, Kurz TJ, Mamalis N, Moshirfar M
Cornea 2009;28(8):948-50 (Univ. of California, Davis - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Nonimmunologic graft failure after Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) for presumed Amantadine-induced corneal edema

Koenig SB, McDermott ML, Simons KB
Eye Contact Lens 2009;35:209-211 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Objective and subjective preoperative refraction techniques for wavefront-optimized and wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis

Perez-Straziota CE, Randleman JB, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:256-259 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid: The role of scleral lenses in disease management

Schornack MM, Baratz KH
Cornea 2009;28:1170-1172 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Optical effects of anti-TGFβ treatment after photorefractive keratectomy in a cat model

Bühren J, Nagy L, Swanton J, Kenner S, MacRae S, Phipps R, Huxlin K
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:634-643 (Univ. of Rochester - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Outcomes of LASIK and PRK in previous penetrating corneal transplant recipients

Kovoor TA, Mohamed EM, Cavanagh HD, Bowman RW
Eye Con Lens 2009;35(5):242-245 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Transplantation

Outcomes of PermaVision intracorneal implants for the correction of hyperopia

Verity SM, McCulley JP, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, Petroll WM
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147(6):973-977 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Implants

Pathogenesis and outcome of Paecilomyces keratitis

Yuan X, Wilhelmus KR, Matoba AY, Alexandrakis G, Miller D, Huang AJ
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147(4):691-696 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Pathogenesis and outcome of Paecilomyces keratitis

Yuan X, Wilhelmus KR, Matoba AY, Alexandrakis G, Miller D, Huang AJ
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:691-693 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Persistent corneal epithelial defect associated with erlotinib treatment

Johnson K, Levin F, Chu DS
Cornea 2009;28:706–7 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 regulates integrin αvβ3 expression and autocrine TGFβ signaling

Pedroja BS, Kang, LE, Imas AO, Carmeliet P, Bernstein AM
J Biol Chem 2009; 284:20708-20717 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Practice patterns in the management of fungal corneal ulcers

Loh A, Hong K, Lee S, Mannis M, Acharya NR
Cornea 2009;28:856-859 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Primary pediatric keratoplasty: indications and outcomes

Huang C, O’Hara M, Mannis MJ
Cornea 2009;28(9):1003-1008 (Univ. of California, Davis - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Recurrent ectasia in corneal grafts and outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for keratoconus

Patel SV, Malta JB, Banitt MR, Mian SI, Sugar A, Elner VM, Tester RA, Farjo QA, Soong HK
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:191-197 (Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Refractive change following Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) surgery and its correlation with graft thickness and diameter

Jun BK, Kuo AN, Afshari NA, Carlson AN, Kim T
Cornea 2009;28:19-23 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Remote-controlled scanning and automated confocal microscopy through focusing using a modified HRT rostock corneal module

Petroll WM, Cavanagh HD
Eye Con Lens 2009;35(6):302-308 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern at Dallas – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal, Imaging

Rho-mediated regulation of TGF-beta1- and FGF-2-induced activation of corneal stromal keratocytes

Chen J, Guerriero E, Sado Y, Sundarraj N
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:3662-3670 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Slc4a11 gene disruption in mice: cellular targets of sensorineuronal abnormalities

Lopez IA, Rosenblatt MI, Kim C, Galbraith GC, Jones SM, Kao L, Newman D, Liu W, Yeh S, Pushkin A, Abuladze N, Kurtz I
J Biol Chem. 2009;284(39):26882-96 (Weill Cornell Medical College – Challenge Grant and Career Development Award) Keyword(s): Cornea

Slitlamp biomicroscopy and photographic image analysis of herpes simplex virus stromal keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Mitchell BM, Dawson CR, Jones DB, Barron BA, Kaufman HE, Sugar J, Hyndiuk RA, Laibson RP, Stulting RD, Asbell PA, Herpetic Eye Disease Study Group
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:161-166 (Louisiana State Univ. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cornea

Slitlamp biomicroscopy and photographic image analysis of herpes simplex virus stromal keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Mitchell BM, Dawson CR, Jones DB, Barron BA, Kaufman HE, Sugar J, Hyndiuk RA, Laibson PR, Stulting RD, Asbell PA
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:161-166 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Slitlamp biomicroscopy and photographic image analysis of herpes simplex virus stromal keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Mitchell BM, Dawson CR, Jones DB, Barron BA, Kaufman HE, Sugar J, Hyndiuk RA, Laibson PR, Stulting RD, Asbell PA
Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(2):161-166 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Small interfering RNA-induced TLR3 activation inhibits blood and lymphatic vessel growth

Cho WG, Albuquerque RJC, Kleinman ME, Tarallo, V, Greco A, Nozaki M, Rich MG, Baffi JZ, Ambati BK, De Falco M, Alexander JS, Brunetti A, De Falco S, Ambati J
PNAS 2009;106(17):7137-7142 (Univ. of Kentucky – Unres. Grant, Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, AMD

Spontaneous T cell mediated keratoconjunctivitis in Aire-deficient mice

Yeh S, de Paiva CS, Hwang CS, Trinca K, Lingappan A, Rafati JK, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93(9):1260-1264 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Stem cell therapy restores transparency to defective murine corneas

Du Y, Carlson EC, Funderburgh ML, Birk DE, Pearlman E, Guo N, Kao WW, Funderburgh JL
Stem Cells 2009;27:1635-1642 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School - Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein Prof) Keyword(s): Cornea

Stem Cell Therapy Restores Transparency to Defective Murine Corneas

Du Y, Carlson EC, Funderburgh ML, Birk DE, Pearlman E, Guo N, Kao WW-Y, Funderburgh JL
Stem Cell 2009;7:1635-1642 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Stem Cell Transplantation

Stem cell therapy restores transparency to defective murine corneas

Du Y, Carlson EC, Funderburgh ML, Birk DE, Pearlman E, Guo N, Kao WW, Funderburgh JL
Stem Cells 2009;27(7):1635-42 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Stromal edema in klf4 conditional null mouse cornea is associated with altered collagen fibril organization and reduced proteoglycans

Young RD, Swamynathan SK, Boote C, Mann M, Quantock AJ, Piatigorsky J, Funderburgh JL, Meek KM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:4155-4161 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Subconjunctival mycetoma after sub-Tenon's corticosteroid injection

Galor A, Karp CL, Forster RK, Dubovy SR, Gaunt ML, Miller D
Cornea 2009;28(8):933-935 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Systematic errors analysis for a large dynamic range aberrometer

Wu P, Lui S, DeHoog E, Schwiegerling J
Appl Opt 2009;48:6376-6380 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cataract, Cornea

Systematic errors analysis for a large dynamic range aberrometer based on aberration theory

Wu P, Lui S, DeHoog E, Schwiegerling J
Appl Opt 2009;48:6324-6331 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Imaging, Cataract, Cornea

The effect of corneal light scatter on vision after Descemet stripping with endothelial keratoplasty

Patel SV, Baratz KH, Hodge DO, Maguire LJ, McLaren JW
Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:153-160 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

The histology of graft adhesion in descemet’s stripping with endothelial keratoplasty

Caldwell M, Afshari NA, DeCross FC, Proia A
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:277-81 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Thresholds for interface haze formation after thin-flap femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia

Rocha KM, Kagan R, Smith SD, Krueger RR
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:966-971 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Toxic corneal oedema associated with amantadine use

Pond A, Lee MS, Hardten DR, Harrison AR, Krachmer JH
Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:281 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Trichostatin A inhibits corneal haze in vitro and in vivo

Sharma A, Mehan MM, Sinha S, Cowden JW, Mohan RR
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:2695-2701 (Univ. of Missouri – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ultrastructural features of posterior crocodile shagreen of the cornea

Belliveau MJ, Brownstein S, Agapitos P, Font RL
Surv Ophthalmol 2009:54;569-575 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Utility of molecular sequence analysis of the ITS rRNA region for identification of Fusarium spp. from ocular sources

Oechsler RA, Feilmeier MR, Ledee DR, Miller D, Diaz MR, Fini ME, Fell JW, Alfonso EC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50(5):2230-2236 (Univ. of Miami, FL - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome and corneal decompensation in association with cosmetic iris implants

Arthur SN, Wright MM, Kramarevsky N, Kauman SC, Grajewski AL
Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:790-793 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Viral entry mechanisms: cellular and viral mediators of herpes simplex virus entry

Akhtar J, Shukla D
FEBS J 2009;276:7228-7236 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Uveitis/Infectious Diseases, Cornea

Viral entry mechanisms: simplicity drives complexity

Shukla D
FEBS J 2009;276:7205 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Virology

Visualization of 3-D high speed ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomographic data identifies structures visible in 2D frames

Kagemann L, Ishikawa H, Wollstein G, Gabriele M, Schuman JS
Opt Express 2009;17:4208-4220 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Visual performance after correcting higher order aberrations in keratoconic eyes

Sabesan R, Yoon G
Journ Vis 2009;9(5):1-10 (Univ. of Rochester - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Imaging

Wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy in eyes with prior radial keratotomy: a multicenter study

Koch DD, Maloney R, Hardten DR, Dell S, Sweeney AD, Wang L
Ophthalmology 2009;116:1688-1692 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Well-tolerated intracorneal wood foreign body of 40-year duration

Covert DJ, Henry CR, Sheth BP
Cornea 2009;28:597-598 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Wound integrity of clear corneal incisions closed with fibrin and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesives

Banitt M, Malta JB, Soong HK, Musch DC, Mian SI
Curr Eye Res 2009; 34:706-10 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

 

2008 Research Archive

Abnormal epithelial homeostasis in the cornea of mice with a destrin deletion

Zhang W, Zhao J, Chen L, Urbanowicz MM, and Nagasaki T
Molecular Vision 2008;14:1929-1939 (Columbia Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Activated inflammatory infiltrate in HSV-1-infected corneas without herpes stromal keratitis

Divito SJ, Hendricks RL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:1488-1495 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by hydrogels in artificial tears

Lozano JS, Chay EY, Healey J, Sullenberger R, Klarlund JK
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:500-505 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Acute-onset endophthalmitis after clear corneal cataract surgery (1996-2005). Clinical features, causative organisms, and visual acuity outcomes

Lalwani GA, Flynn HW Jr, Scott IU, Quinn CM, Berrocal AM, Davis JL, Murray TG, Smiddy WE, Miller D
Ophthalmology 2008;115:473-476 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract

Age and racial variation in central corneal thickness of preschool and school-aged children

Haider KM, Mickler C, Oliver D, Moya FJ, Cruz OA, Davitt BV
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2008;45:227-233 (Saint Louis Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma, Pediatrics

Aliphatic β-nitro alcohols for non-enzymatic collagen cross-linking of scleral tissue

Paik DC, Wen Q, Airiani S, Braunstein RE, Trokel SL
Exp Eye Res 2008;87:279-285 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Amantadine-associated corneal edema potentially irreversible even after cessation of the medication

Jeng BH, Galor A, Lee MS, Meisler DM, Hollyfield JG, Schoenfield L, McMahon JT, Langston RH
Ophthalmology 2008;115(9):1540-4 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Amantadine induced corneal edema: potentially irreversible even after cessation of the medication

Jeng BH, Galor A, Lee MS, Hollyfield JG, Schoenfield L, McMahon JT, Langston RHS
Ophthalmology 2008;115:1540-4 (Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Edema

Analysis of the pattern of subcellular force generation by corneal fibroblasts after rho activation

Petroll W, Ma L, Ly L, Vishwanath M
Eye & Contact Lens 2008;34:65–70, (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Fibroblasts

A novel delivery method to reduce endothelial injury in descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK)

Kuo A, Harvey T, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2008; 145:91-6 (Duke Univ. School of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

A novel method for generating corneal haze in anterior stroma of the mouse eye with the excimer laser

Mohan RR, Stapleton WM, Sinha S, Netto MV, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2008;86(2):235-40 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

A novel method for generating corneal haze in anterior stroma of the mouse eye with the excimer laser

Mohan RR, Stapleton WM, Sinha S, Netto NV, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:235-240 (Univ. of Missouri − Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Assessing the relationship between central corneal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in healthy subjects

Mumcuoglu T, Townsend KA, Wollstein G, Ishikawa H, Bilonick RA, Sung KR, Kagemann L, Schuman JS
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;146:561-566 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma

Assessment of keratocyte activation following LASIK with flap creation using the intraLase FS60 laser

Petroll W, Bowman R, Cavanagh H, Verity S, Mootha V, McCulley J
Journal of Refractive Surgery 2008; 24:847-849: (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Atypical asymmetric lattice corneal dystrophy associated with a novel homozygous mutation (Val624Met) in the TGFBI gene

Afshari NA, Bahadur RP, Eifrig DE Jr, Thogersen IB, Enghild JJ, Klintworth GK
Mol Vis 2008;14:495-9 (Duke Univ. School of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Automated assessment of keratocyte density in clinical confocal microscopy of the corneal stroma

McLaren JW, Patel SV, Nau CB, Bourne WM
J Microscopy 2008;229(Pt1):21-31 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Avellino corneal dystrophy worsening after laser in-situ keratomileusis: further clinicopathologic observations and proposed pathogenesis

Awwad S, Pascuale M, Hogan R, Forstot S, McCulley J, Cavanagh H
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:656-661 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Dystrophy

Bilateral Acanthamoeba keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Jones DB, Matoba AY, Hamill MB, Pflugfelder SC, Weikert MP
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:193-197 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bilateral recurrent self-induced keratoconus

Koenig SB
Eye Contact Lens 2008;34:343-344 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Biomechanical and wound healing characteristics of corneas after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery: Is there a difference between advanced surface ablation and sub-bowman’s keratomileusis?

Dawson DG, Grossniklaus HE, McCarey BE, Edelhauser
J Refract Surg. 2008;24:590-596 (Emory Univ. Eye Center Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Blade source effect on laser in situ keratomileusis flap thickness with the Amadeum I microkeratome

Ruth AL, Lynn MJ, Randleman JB, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:407-410 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

C-Jun NH2 Terminal kinase (JNK) is an essential mediator of toll-like receptor 2-induced corneal inflammation

Adhikary G, Sun Y, Pearlman E
J. Leukoc Biol 2008;83:991-997 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

CCL3 protects mice from corneal pathology during recurrent HSV-1 infection

Stuart PM, Morris JE, Sidhu M, Keadle TL
Front Biosci 2008;13:4407-15 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): HSK, Herpes

Cell penetrating peptide for enhanced delivery of nucleic acids and drugs to ocular tissues including retina and cornea

Johnson LA, Cashman S, Kumar-Singh R
Molecular Therapy 2008; 16(1):107-114 (Tufts Univ. - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Therapy, Retina

Central corneal thickness measured by the Orbscan II system, contact ultrasound pachymetry, and the Artemis 2 system

Paul T, Lim M, Starr CE, Lloyd HO, Coleman DJ, Silverman RH
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2008;34:1906-1912 (Weill Cornell Medical College -Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Changes in central corneal thickness over time

Brandt JD, Gordon MO, Beiser JA, Lin SC, Alexander MY, Kass MA, Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group
Ophthalmology 2008;115:1550-1556 (Univ. of California, Davis - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Changes in central corneal thickness over time in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

Brandt JD, Gordon MO, Beiser JA, Lin SC, Alexander MY, Kass MA, and the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group
Ophthalmology 2008;115:1550-1556 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Changes in the quality-of-life of people with keratoconus

Kymes SM, Walline JJ, Zadnik K, Sterling J, Gordon MO, and the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus Study Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:611-7 (Washington Univ.– Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratoconus

Characterization of ∆Np63 isoforms in normal and telomerase-immortalized human corneal epithelial cells

Robertson D, Ho S, Cavanagh H
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:576-585 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Collagen XVIII and corneal reinnervation following keratectomy

Sakimoto T, Kim TI, Ellenberg D, Fukai N, Jain S, Azar DT, Chang JH
FEBS Lett 2008;582:3674-3680 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of central corneal thickness using anterior segment optical coherence tomography vs ultrasound achymetry

Kim HY, Budenz DL, Lee PS, Feuer WJ, Barton K
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:228-232 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of Zernike and Fourier Wavefront Reconstruction Algorithms in Representing Corneal Aberration of Normal and Abnormal Eyes

Yoon G, Pantanelli S, MacRae SM
J. Refract. Surg 2008;24:582-590 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant and Dolly Green Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Confocal microscopic diagnosis of epithelial downgrowth

Lenhart PD, Randleman JB, Grossniklaus HE, Stulting RD
Cornea 2008;27:1138-1141 (Emory Univ. Eye Center – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Control-matched analysis of laser in situ keratomileusis outcomes in high myopia

Kojima T, Hallak JA, Azar DT
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:544-550 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal abnormalities in incontinentia pigmenti. Histopatholgoical and confocal correlations

Selvadurai D, Salomao DR, Baratz KH
Cornea 2008;27:833-6 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal crystallins and the development of cellular transparency

Jester J
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2008;19:82-93 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

corneal ectasia after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery: histopathology, ultrastructure, and pathophysiology

Dawson DG, Randleman JB, Grossniklaus HE, O’Brien TP, Dubovy SR, Schmack I, Stulting RD, Edelhauser HF
Ophthalmology 2008;115:2181-2191 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal ectasia after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery: histopathology, ultrastructure, and pathophysiology

Dawson DG, Randleman JB, Grossniklaus HE, O'Brien TP, Dubovy SR, Schmack I, Stulting RD, Edelhauser HF
Ophthalmology 2008;115:2181-2191 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal melting after use of nepafenac in a patient with chronic cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery

Mario A, Pascuale D, Whitson J, Mootha V
Eye & Contact Lens 2008;34:129-130, (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal

Corneal pathology in microphthalmia with linear skin defects syndrome

Kapur R, Tu EY, Toyran S, Shah P, Vangveeravong S, Lloyd WC 3rd, Edward DP
Cornea. 2008;27:734-738 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal response to femtosecond laser photodisruption in the rabbit

Naoyuki M, Kesler-Diaz A, Wahlert A, Kurtz R, Juhasz T, Sarayba M, Jester J
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:835-843 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal subbasal nerve density: A comparison of two confocal microscopes

Erie EA, McLaren JW, Kittleson KM, Patel SV, Erie JC, Bourne WM
Eye & Contact Lens 2008;34:322-5 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Weiss Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal wound healing in an osteopontin-deficient mouse

Miyazaki K, Okada Y, Yamanaka O, Kitano A, Ikeda K, Kon S, Uede T, Rittling S, Denhardt DT, Kao WWK, Saika S
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2008;49(4):1367-1375 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal wound healing is modulated by topical application of amniotic fluid in an ex vivo organ culture model

Castro-Combs J, Noguera G, Cano M, Yew M, Gehlbach PL, Palmer J, Behrens A
Exp Eye Res 2008;87:56-63 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Correlations of long-term matrix metalloproteinase localization in human corneas after successful laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis with minor complications at the flap margin

Fournié PR, Gordon GM, Dawson DG, Edelhauser HF, Fini ME
Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:162-170 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Correlations of long-term matrix metalloproteinase localization in human corneas after successful laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis with minor complications at the flap margin

Fournie PR, Gordon GM, Dawson DG, Edelhauser HF
Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126(2):162-170 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cutting edge: membrane nanotubes in vivo: a feature of MHC class II+ cells in the mouse cornea

Chinnery HR, Pearlman E, McMenamin PG
Journal of Immunology 2008;180:5779-5783 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Depth-dependent cohesive tensile strength in human donor corneas: Implications for refractive surgery

Randleman JB, Dawson DG, Grossniklaus HE, McCarey BE, Edelhauser HF
J Refract Surg. 2008;24;585-589 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty in a child

Fernandez M, Buckley EG, Afshari NA
JAAPOS 2008;12:314-6 (Duke Univ. School of Medicine - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd ) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Detection of corneal fibrosis by imaging second harmonic-generated signals in rabbit corneas treated with Mitomycin C after excimer laser surface ablation

Farid M, Morishige N, Lam L, Wahlert A, Steinert R, Jester J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49(10): 4377-4383 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Disease severity and family history in keratoconus

Szczotka-Flynn LB, Slaughter M, McMahon T, Barr J, Edrington T, Fink B, Lass JH, Belin M, Iyengar SK, CLEK Study Group
Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92:1108-1111 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

DNA cross-linking, double-strand breaks, and apoptosis in corneal endothelial cells after a single exposure to mitomycin C

Roh DS, Cook AL, Rhee SS, Joshi A, Kowalski R, Dhaliwal DK, Funderburgh JL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:4837-4843 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant, Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof, and Medical Student Fellowship) Keyword(s): Endothelium

Does asymptomatic shedding of herpes simplex virus on the ocular surface lead to false-positive diagnostic PCR results?

Leigh JF, Acharya N, Cevallos V, Margolis TP
Br J Ophthalmol. 2008;92:435-436 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Does in vitro susceptibility predict clinical outcome in bacterial keratitis?

Chen A, Prajna L, Srinivasan M, Mahalakshmi R, Whitcher JP, McLeod S, Lietman TM, Acharya NR
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:409-412 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant, Career Development Awd, and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Down-regulation of Notch signaling during corneal epithelial proliferation

Djalilian AR, Namavari A, Ito A, Balali S, Afshar A, Lavker RM, Yue BY
Mol Vis 2008;14:1041-1049 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

During herpes simplex virus type 1 infection of rabbits, the ability to express latency-associated transcript increases latent-phase transcription of lytic genes

Giordani NV, Neumann DM, Kwiatkowski DL, Bhattacharjee PS, McAnany PK, Hill JM, Bloom DC
J Virol 2008;82:6056-6060 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Dynamic assessment of fibroblast mechanical activity during rac-induced cell spreading in 3-d culture

Petroll W, Ma L, Kim A, Ly L, Vishwanath M
J. Cell. Physiol 2008;217:162–171 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Fibroblasts

Effective treatment of ocular HSK with a human apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide in a mouse eye model

Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM, Foster ATP, Clement C, Singh G, Thompson HW, Kaufman HE, Hill JM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:4263-4268 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Effect of CXCL-1/KC production in high risk vascularized corneal allografts on T cell recruitment and graft rejection

Amescua G, Collings F, Sidani A, Bonfield TL, Rodriguez JP, Galor A, Medina C, Yang X, Perez VL
Transplantation 2008;85:615-625 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplant

Effect of human apolipoprotein E genotype on the pathogenesis of experimental ocular HSV-1

Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM, Foster TP, Bouhanik S, Clement C, Vinay D, Thompson HW, Hill JM
Exp Eye Res 2008;87:122-130 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Effect of human tears on acanthamoeba-induced cytopathic effect

Cao Z, Saravanan C, Goldstein MH, Wu HK, Pasricha G, Sharma S, Panjwani N
Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(3):348-352 (Tufts Univ. - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Effects of central corneal thickness on the efficacy of topical ocular hypotensive medications

Johnson TV, Toris CB, Fan S, Camras CB
J Glaucoma 2008;17:89-99 (Univ. of Nebraska – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure

Efficacy of a helicase-primase inhibitor in animal models of ocular herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Kaufman HE, Varnell ED, Gebhardt BM, Thompson HW, Atwal E, Rubsamen-Waigmann H, Kleymann G
J Ocul Pharm Ther 2008;24:34-42 (Louisiana State Univ. –Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Epigenetic silencing of maspin expression occurs early in the conversion of keratocytes to fibroblasts

Horswill MA, Narayan M, Warejcka, DJ, Cirillo LA, Twining SS
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:586-600 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Epithelial-immune cell interaction in dry eye

Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS, Li D-Q, Stern ME
Cornea 2008;27:S1, S9-S11 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Epithelial downgrowth following Descemet's-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Walker BM, Hindman HB, Ebrahimi KB, Green WR, Eberhart CG, Garcia I, Jun AS
Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126:278-280 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Transplants

Epithelial ingrowth after Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Koenig, SB, Covert DJ
Cornea 2008;27:727-729 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Evaluaton of endothelial mucin layer thickness after phacoemulsification with next generation ophthalmic irrigating solution

Ghate DA, Holley G, Dollinger H, Bullock JP, Markwardt K, Edelhauser HF
Cornea 2008;27:1050-1056 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Excess FGF-7 in corneal epithelium causes corneal intraepithelial neoplasia in young mice and epithelium hyperplasia in adult mice

Chikama T, Liu CY, Meij JTA, Hayashi Y, Wang IJ, Liu Y, Nishida T, Kao WW
American J of Path 2008;172(3):638-649 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Expression of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in the stem-cell-containing human limbal epithelium

Qi H, Li D-Q, Bian F, Chuang EY, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC
Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92:1269-1274 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye, Cornea

External refinement of the donor lenticule position during Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

Koenig SB, Meisler DM, Dupps WJ, Rubenstein JB, Kumar R
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:522-523 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplants

Flagellin suppresses the inflammatory response and enhances bacterial clearance in a murine model of pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis

Kumar A, Hazlett LD, Yu FS
Infect Immun 2008;76:89-96 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fluid transport phenomena in ocular epithelia

Candia OA, Alvarez LJ
Prog Retin Eye Res 2008;27:197-212 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Epithelia

Fusarium and acanthamoeba keratitis: can a single centre detect outbreaks?

Sansanayudh W, Cevallos V, Porco TC, Margolis TP, Lietman TM, Acharya NR
Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92:720-721 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s):Cornea

Fusarium and Candida albicans biofilms on soft contact lenses: model development, influence of lens type, and susceptibility to lens care solutions

Imamura Y, Chandra J, Mukherjee PK, Lattif AA, Szczotka-Flynn LB, Pearlman E, Lass JH, O’Donnell K, Ghannoum MA
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2008;52(1):171-182 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Gene profiling and signaling pathways of Candida albicans keratitis

Yuan X, Mitchell BMM, Wilhelmus KR
Mol Vis 2008;14:1792-1798 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor gene delivery enhances survival of human corneal epithelium in culture and the overexpression of GDNF in bioengineered constructs

Qi H, Shine HD, Li D-Q, De Paiva CS, Farley WJ, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC
Exp Eye Res 2008;87:580-586 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Glostridium perfringens keratitis leading to blinding panophthalmitis

Hsu HY, Lee SF, Hartstein ME, Harocopos GJ
Cornea 2008;27:1200-1203 (Saint Louis Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplant, Corneal Dystrophy

High-resolution imaging of complicated lasik flap interface fluid syndrome

Ramos JLB, Zhou S, Yo C, Tang M, Huang D
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:S80-S82 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Histopathology of Salzmann nodular corneal degeneration

Stone DU, Astley RA, Shaver RP, Chodosh J
Cornea 2008;27(2):148-151 (Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Human adenovirus type 19 infection of corneal cells induces p38 MAPK-dependent interlukin-8 expression

Rajaiya J, Xiao J, Rajala RV, Chodosh J
Virology Journal 2008;5:17 (Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Hyperosmolarity-induced cornification of human corneal epithelial cells is regulated by JNK MAPK

Chen Z, Tong L, Li Z, Yoon K-C, Qi H, Farley W, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:539-549 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Hypersensitive response to oxidative stress in keratoconus corneal fibroblasts

Chwa M, Atilano S, Hertzog D, Zheng H, Langberg J, Kim D, Kenney M
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49(10):4361-4369 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Identification of a novel intracellular interaction domain essential for Bves function

Kawaguchi M, Hager HA, Wada A, Koyama T, Chang MS, Bader DM
PLoS One 2008;3:1-10 (Vanderbilt Univ. – Unres. Grant and Robert E. McCormick Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Identification of candidate Klf4 target genes reveals the molecular basis of the diverse regulatory roles of Klf4 in the mouse cornea

Swamynathan SK, Davis J, Piatigorsky J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:3360-3370 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Infectious disease risk factors of corneal graft donors

Hassan SS, Wilhelmus KR, Dahl P, Davis GC, Roberts RT, Ross KW, Varnum BH, for the Medical Review Subcommittee of the Eye Bank Association of America
Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:235-239 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Inhibition of corneal inflammation by liposomal delivery of short-chain, C-6 ceramide

Sun Y, Fox T, Adhikary G, Kester M, Pearlman E
J Leukoc Biol 2008;83:1512-1521 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Interleukin-1 Receptor-1 – deficient mice show attenuated production of ocular surface inflammatory cytokines in experimental dry eye

Narayanan S, Corrales RM, Farley W, McDrmott AM, Pflugfelder SC
Cornea 2008;27:811-817 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Intraocular lens power calculation after myopic laser in situ keratomileusis: Estimating the corneal refractive power

Awwad S, Manasseh C, Bowman R, Cavanagh H, Verity S, Mootha V, McCulley J
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:1070-1076 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Refractive Surgery

Intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness, and prevalence of open-angle glaucoma: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

Francis BA, Varma R, Chopra V, Lai MY, Shtir C, Azen SP
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;146:741-746 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant, Sybil B. Harrington Scholar) Keyword(s): Glaucoma, Cornea

Intraocular pressure measurements following Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Vajaranant TS, Price MO, Price FW, Wilensky JT, Edward DP
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:780-786 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Intratissue Refractive Index Shaping (IRIS) of the Cornea and Lens Using a Low-Pulse-Energy Femtosecond Laser Oscillator

Ding L, Knox W, Buhren J, Nagy L, Huxlin K
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:5332 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant and Robt E. McCormick Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Introducing point mutations into the ATGs of the putative open reading frames of the HSV-1 gene encoding the latency associated transcript (LAT) reduces its anti-apoptosis activity

Carpenter D, Henderson G, Hsiang C, Osorio N, BenMohamed L, Jones C, Wechsler S
Microbial Pathogenesis 2008;44:98-102 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Infectious Disease

Involvement of two distinct ubiquitin e3 ligase systems for p27 degradation in corneal endothelial cells

Lee JG, Kay EP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:189-196 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocyte phenotype is enhanced in the absence of attachment to the substratum

Funderburgh ML, Mann MM, Funderburgh JL
Mol Vis 2008;14:308-317 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Localized application of mechanical and biochemical stimuli in 3-d culture

Petroll W, Ma L
Developmental Dynamics 2008;237:2726-2736 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Matrix metalloproteinase-8 facilitates neutrophil migration through the corneal stromal matrix by collagen degradation and production of the chemotactic peptide Pro-Gly-Pro

Lin M, Jackson P, Tester AM, Diaconu E, Overall CM, Blalock JE, Pearlman E
AJP 2008; 173(1):144-153 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Menicon Z rigid gas permeable lenses for keratoconus and irregular corneas: a retrospective case series

Szczotka-Flynn LB, Patel S
Eye & Contact Lens 2008;34(5):254-260 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Microarray analysis of host gene expression for comparison between naïve and HSV-1 latent rabbit trigeminal ganglia

Clement C, Popp MP, Bloom DC, Schultz G, Liu L, Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Hill JM
Mol Vis 2008;14:1209-1221 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Milk components inhibit acanthamoeba-induced cytopathic effect

Saravanan C, Cao Z, Kumar J, Qiu J, Plaut AG, Newburg DS, Panjwani N
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008;49:1010-1015 (Tufts Univ. - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Modulation of angiogenesis by a tetrameric tripeptide that antagonizes vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1

Ponticelli S, Marasco D, Tarallo V, Albuquerque RJC, Mitola S, Takeda A, Stassen JM, Presta M, Ambati J, Ruvo M, Falco SD
J Biological Chemistry 2008;283:34250-34259 (Univ. of Kentucky – Challenge Grant and Med Student Fellowship) Keyword(s): VEGF, Cornea

Mutation in the slc4a11 gene associated with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy in a large Saudi family

Shah SS, Al-Rajhi A, Brandt JD, Mannis MJ, Roos B, Sheffield VC, Syed NA, Stone EM, Fingert JH
Ophthalmic Genet 2008;29:41-5 (Univ. of Iowa – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Mutation in the SLC4A11 gene associated with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy in a large saudi family

Shah SS, Al-Rajhi A, Brandt JD, Mannis MJ, Roos B, Sheffield VC, Syed NA, Stone EM, Finger JH
Ophthalmic Genetics 2008;29:41-45 (Univ. of California, Davis - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

MyD88 functions as a negative regulator of TLR3/TRIF-induced corneal inflammation by inhibiting activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase

Johnson AC, Li X, Pearlman E
JBC 2008;283(7):3988-3996 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

MyD88 regulation of Fusarium keratitis is dependent on TLR4 and IL-1R1 but not TLR2

Tarabishy AB, Aldabagh B, Sun Y, Imamura Y, Mukherjee PK, Lass JH, Ghannoum MA, Pearlman E
Journal of Immunology 2008;181:593-600 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Neostatin-7 regulates bFGF-induced corneal lymphangiogenesis. Neostatin-7 regulates bFGF-induced corneal lymphangiogenesis

Kojima T, Azar DT, Chang JH
FEBS Lett 2008;582:2515-2520 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Nerve growth factor and its receptor TrkA serve as potential markers for human corneal epithelial progenitor cells

Qi H, Li D-Q, Shine HD, Chen Z, Yoon K-C, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC
Exp Eye Res 2008;86:34-40 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Ocular HSV-1 latency, reactivation and recurrent disease

Toma HS, Murina AT, Areaux RG Jr, Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Foster TP, Kaufman HE, Hill JM
Sem Ophthalmol 2008;23:247-273 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Ocular hypertension treatment study: changes in central corneal thickness over time

Brandt J, Beiser J, Gordon M, Lin S, Alexander M, Kass M, The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) Group
Ophthalmol. 2008;115:1550-1556 (Univ. of California, San Francisco - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma

Optical coherence tomography of clear corneal incisions for cataract surgery

Schallhorn JM, Tang M, Li Y, Song JC, Huang D
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:1561-1565 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract

Outer segment oligomerization of Rds: Evidence from mouse models and subcellular fractionation

Chakraborty D, Ding XQ, Fliesler SJ, Naash M
Biochemistry 2008;47:1144-1156 (Saint Louis Univ. – Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Endophthalmitis

PDGF-drive proliferation, migration, and IL8 chemokine secretion in human corneal fibroblasts involve JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway

Vij N, Sharma A, Thakkar M, Sinha S, Mohan RR
Mol Vis 2008;14:1020-1027 (Univ. of Missouri − Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of residual refractive error with intacs intrastromal corneal ring segments in place

Tan BU, Purcell TL, Nalgirkar A, Ehrenhaus MP, Torres LF, Schanzlin DJ
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:909-915 (Univ. of California, San Diego - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): PRK, Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments, INTACS, Refractive Error, Myopia

Posterior corneal aberrations and their compensation effects on anterior corneal aberrations in keratoconic eyes

Chen M, Yoon G
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:5645-5652 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant and Dolly Green Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the conjunctiva arising from the accessory lacrimal glands

Font RL, Del Valle M, Avedaño J, Longo M, Boniuk M
Cornea 2008;27:494-497 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cancer, Carcinoma

Promiscuous recombination of LoxPalleles during gametogenesis in Cornea Cre driver mice

Weng DY, Zhang Y, Hayashi Y, Kuan CY, Liu CY, Babcock G, Weng WL, Schwemberger S, Kao WW
Mol Vis 2008;14:562-571 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Gene Therapy, Cornea

Proteomic analysis of climatic keratopathy droplets

Menegay M, Lee D, Tabbara KF, Cafaro TA, Urrets-Zavalía JA, Serra HM, Bhattacharya SK
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:2829-2837 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Rapid communication-genetic analysis of 14 families with Schnyder Crystalline Corneal Dystrophy reveals clues to UBIAD1 protein function

Weiss JS, Kruth HS, Kuivaniemi H, Tromp G, Karkera J, Mahurkar S, Lisch W, Dupps Jr W, White P, Winters R, Kim C, Rapuano C, Sutphin J, Reidy J, Hu FR, Lu DW, Ebenezer N, Nickerson M
American Journal of Medical Genetics 2008;146:271-283 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Rapidly progressive cataract and iris atrophy during treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Herz NL, Matoba AY, Wilhelmus KR
Ophthalmology 2008;115:866-869 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Uveitis/Infectious Diseases, Cornea

Relationship between central corneal thickness and hypotony-related complications after glaucoma surgery

Wellik SR, Schiffman JC, Budenz DL, Greenfield DS
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:281-287 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Relationship between preoperative aberrations and postoperative refractive error in enhancement of previous laser in situ keratomileusis with the LADAR Vision system

Steinert R, Flynn-Thompson N
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:1267-1272 (Univ. of California Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Review of corneal endothelial specular microscopy for FDA clinical trials of refractive procedures, surgical devices, and new intraocular drugs and solutions

McCarey BE, Edelhauser HF, Lynn MJ
Cornea 2008;27:1-16 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Rho/ROCK signaling in regulation of corneal epithelial cell cycle progression

Chen J, Guerriero E, Lathrop K, Sundarraj N
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:175-183 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant and Medical Student Fellowship) Keyword(s): Epithelium, Cornea

Rho kinases (ROCKs) regulate corneal epithelial wound healing

Yin J, Yu FS
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008;64:C378-387 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Risk assessment for ectasia after corneal refractive surgery

Randleman JB, Woodward M, Lynn MJ, Stulting RD
Ophthalmology 2008;115:37-50 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Role of small GTPase Rho regulates corneal epithelial wound healing

Yin J, Lu J, Yu FX
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:900-909 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Scattered light and visual function in a randomized trial of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty

Patel SV, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Baratz KH
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:97-105 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Signaling pathways in morphogenesis of cornea and eyelid

Kao WW, Xia Y, Liu CY, Saika S
Ocular Surface 2008;6(1):9-23 (Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Gene Therapy, Cornea

Staged automated lamellar keratoplasty for anterior stromal corneal dystrophies

Hsu HY, Culbertson WW, Alfonso EC
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:196-202 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Staged automated lamellar keratoplasty for anterior stromal corneal dystrophies

Hsu HY, Culbertson WW, Alfonso EC
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:196-202 (Saint Louis Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Staphylococcus aureus lipoproteins trigger human corneal epithelial innate response through toll-like receptor-2

Li Q, Kumar A, Gui GF, Yu FS
Microb Pathog 2008;44:426-434 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Successful delayed surgical revision of a dislocated LASIK flap

Davies JB, Randleman JB
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers And Imaging;Case Report 2008;39;3:221-224 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Sucrose octasulfate regulates fibroblast growth factor-2 binding, transport, and activity:potential for regulation of tumor growth

Fannon M, Forsten-Williams K, Nugent MA, Gregory KJ, Chu CL, Goerges-Wildt AL, Panigraphy D, Kaipainen A, Barnes C, Lapp C, Yuen S
J Cellular Physiology 2008;215:434-441 (Univ. of Kentucky – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Surface ablation

Lacayo GO, Randleman JB
Int Ophthalmol Clinic 2008;48:1:17-28. (Emory Univ. Eye Center – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The effect of corneal light scatter on vision after penetrating keratoplasty

Patel SV, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;146:913-9 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Weiss Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

The high prevalence of HSV-1 DNA in human trigeminal ganglia is not a function of age or gender

Hill JM, Ball MJ, Neumann DM, Azcuy AM, Bhattacharjee PS, Bouhanik S, Clement C, Lukiw WJ, Foster TP, Kumar M, Kaufman HE, Thompson TW
J Virol 2008;82:8230-8234 (Louisiana State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

The IC3D classification of corneal dystrophies

Weiss JS, Moller H, Lisch W, Kinoshita S, Aldave AA, Belin MW, Kivela T, Busin M Munier FL, Seitz B, Sutphin J, Bredrup C, Mannis MJ, Rapuano C, Van Rij G, Kim EK, Klintworth GK
Cornea 2008;27:1-42 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The value of keratometry and central corneal thickness measurements in the clinical diagnosis of Marfan syndrome

Heur M, Costin B, Crowe S, Grimm RA, Moran R, Svensson LG, Traboulsi EI
American Journal of Ophthalmology 2008;145(6):997-1001 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Thin-flap (sub-Bowman keratomileusis) versus thick-flap laser in situ keratomileusis for moderate to high myopia: Case-control analysis

Azar DT, Ghanem RC, de la Cruz J, Hallak JA, Kojima T, Al-Tobaigy FM, Jain S
J Cataract Refract Surg. 2008;34:2073-2078 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Three-dimensional spectral domain optical coherence tomography of a clear corneal cataract incision

Leng T, Lujan BJ, Yoo SH, Wang J
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:S132-134 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Toll-like receptors at the ocular surface

Pearlman E, Johnson A, Adhikary G, Sun Y, Chinnery HR, Fox T, Kester M, McMenamin PG
Ocular Surface 2008;6(3):108-116 (Case Western Reserve Univ.- Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Topical interleukin-1 receptor antagonist inhibits inflammatory cell infiltration into the cornea

Stapleton WM, Chaurasia SS, Medeiros FW, Mohan RR, Sinha S, Wilson SE
Exp Eye Res 2008;86(5):753-7 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Traumatic epithelial downgrowth after radial keratotomy

Nemi A, Bahadur RP, Randleman JB
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:327-329 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Trends in resistance to ciprofloxacin, cefazolin, and gentamicin in the treatment of bacterial keratitis

Afshari NA, Ma JJ, Duncan SM, Pineda R, Starr CE, Decroos FC, Johnson CS, Adelman RA
J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2008;24:217-23 (Duke Univ. School of Medicine- Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Turnover of bone marrow-derived cells in the irradiated mouse cornea

Chinnery HR, Humphries T, Clare A, Dixon AE, Howes K, Moran CB, Scott D, Zakrzewski M, Pearlman E, McMenamin PG
Immunology 2008;125:541-548 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Validation of the ectasia risk score system for peroperative laser in situ keratomileusis screening

Randleman JB, Trattler WB, Stulting RD
Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145:813-818 (Emory Univ. Eye Center – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 66 protein kinase is required for efficient viral growth in primary human corneal stromal fibroblast cells

Erazo A, Yee MB, Osterrieder N, Kinchington PR
J Virol 2008;82:7653-7665 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Virology

Visual rehabilitation and outcomes for ectasia after corneal refractive surgery

Woodward MA, Randleman JB, Russell B, Lynn MJ, Ward MA, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008;34:383-388 (Emory Univ. Eye Center - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis in the treatment of high myopia by using the customVue wavefront platform

Kulkamthorn T, Silao JNI, Torres LF, Lim JN, Purcell TL, Tantayakom T, Schanzlin DJ
Cornea 2008;27(7):787-790 (Univ. of California, San Diego - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Excimer Laser, LASIK, Myopia, Refractive Surgery

Zeb 1 mutant mice as a model of posterior corneal dystrophy

Liu Y, Peng X, Tan J, Darling DS, Kaplan HJ, Dean DC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49(5):1843-1849 (Univ. of Louisville – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

ß2-adrenergic receptor signaling mediates corneal epithelial wound repair

Ghoghawala SY, Mannis MJ, Pullar CE, Rosenblatt MI, Isseroff RR
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:1857-1863 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

 

2007 Research Archive

Acquired trichomegaly and symptomatic external ocular changes in patients receiving epidermal growth receptor inhibitors

Zhang G, Basti S, Jampol LM
Cornea 2007;26:858-860 (Northwestern Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Adenovirus type 37 keratitis in the C57BL/6J mouse

Chintakuntlawar AV, Astley RA, Chodosh J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:781-788 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Advanced glycation end products and receptors in Fuchs' dystrophy corneas undergoing Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty

Wang Z, Handa JT, Green WR, Stark WJ, Weinberg RS, Jun AS
Ophthalmology 2007;114:1453-1460 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Agreement of physician treatment practices with the international task force guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease

Wilson SE, Stulting RD
Cornea 2007;26:284-289 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

An outbreak of Fusarium keratits associated with contact lens use in the northeastern United States

Gorscak JJ, Ayres BD, Bhagat N, Hammersmith KM, Rapuano CJ, Cohen EJ, Burday M, Mirani N, Jungkind D, Chu DS
Cornea 2007;26:1187–1194 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

A novel mutation of the keratin 12 gene responsible for a severe phenotype of Meesmann's corneal dystrophy

Sullivan LS, Baylin EB, Font R, Daiger SP, Pepose JS, Clinch TE, Nakamura H, Zhao XC, Yee RW
Mol Vis 2007;13:975-80 (Univ. of Texas, Houston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with human immunodeficiency virus disease

Jeng BH, Holland GN, Lowder CY, Deegan WF, Raizman MB, Meisler DM
Suv Ophthalmol 2007;52:329-368 (Univ. of California, Los Angeles – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Uveitis, Cornea

Antimicrobial susceptibility of fusarium, aspergillus, and other filamentous fungi isolated from keratitis

Lalitha P, Shapiro BL, Srinivasan M, Prajna NV, Acharya NR, Fothergill AW, Ruiz J, Chidambaram JD, Maxey KJ, Hong KC, McLeod SD, Lietman TM
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:789-93 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Apolipoprotein E alleles can contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous clinical conditions including HSV-1 corneal disease

Hill JM, Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM
Exp Eye Res 2007;84:801-811 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Apoptosis in the initiation, modulation and termination of the corneal wound healing response

Wilson SE, Chaurasia SS, Medeiros FW
Exp Eye Res 2007;85:305-311 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

A rapid transient increase in hyaluronan synthase-2 MRNA initiates secretion of hyaluronan by corneal keratocytes in response to transforming growth factor beta

Guo N, Kanter D, Funderburgh ML, Mann MM, Du Y, Funderburgh JL
J Biol Chem 2007;282:12475-12483 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules and Doris Stein RPB Prof) Keyword(s): Cornea

Avellino dystrophy in a patient after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis surgery manifesting as granular dystrophy

Chiu EK, Lin AY, Folberg R, Saidel M
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:703-705 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bilateral methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus keratitis after photorefractive keratectomy

Woodward M, Randleman JB
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:316-319 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Biomechanical effects of femtosecond and microkeratome-based flap creation: prospective contralateral examination of two patients

Krueger RR, Dupps WJ Jr
J Refract Surg 2007;23:800-807 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Candida albicans strain-dependent virulence and rim13p-mediated filamentation in experimental keratomycosis

Mitchell BM, Wu TG, Jackson BE, Wilhelmus KR
Cornea 2007;48:774-780 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Caspase-8, -12, and -3 activation by 7-ketocholesterol in retinal neurosensory cells

Neekhra A, Luthra S, Chwa M, Seigel G, Gramajo, Kuppermann BD, Kenney MC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007:48(3):1362-1367 (Univ. of California Irvine—Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

CD4+ T cell migration into the cornea is reduced in CXCL9 deficient but not CXCL10 deficient mice following herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Wuest T, Farber J, Luster A, Carr DJJ
Cell Immunol 2007;243:83-89 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cell lines and transgenic mice expressing a matrix metalloproteinase-9 promoter-driven reporter gene: potential for assay of ultraviolet light effects and light-inhibiting compounds

Bargagna-Mohan P, Mohan R, Russo L, Kochevar IE, Fini ME
Cutan Ocul Toxicol. 2007;26:383-976 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Central corneal thickness and visual field loss in fellow eyes of patients with open-angle glaucoma

Rogers DL, Cantor RN, Catoira Y, Cantor LB, WuDunn D
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:159-161 (Indiana Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma

Ciliary body melanoma with limited nodular extrascleral extension and diffuse iris-angle infiltration treated by whole anterior segment plaque radiotherapy

Gray ME, Corrêa ZM, Augsburger JJ, Barrett W
Int Ophthalmol 2007;27:273-6 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Classifying the severity of corneal ulcers by using the "1, 2, 3" rule

Vital M, Belloso M, Prager T, Lanier J
Cornea 2007;26:16-20 (Univ. of Texas, Houston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Clinical characteristics and outcome of Candida keratitis

Sun RL, Jones DB, Wilhelmus KR
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:1043-1045 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of EphA receptor tyrosine kinases and ephrinA ligand expression to EphB-ephrinB in vascularized corneas

Kojima T, Chung TY, Chang JH, Sayegh R, Casanova FH, Azar DT
Cornea 2007;26:569-578 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparison of the corneal response to laser in situ keratomileusis with flap creation using the fs15 and fs30 femtosecond lasers

Hu MY, McCulley JP, Cavanagh DH, Bowman RW, Verity SM, Mootha VV, Petroll WM
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2007;33:673-681 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Confocal microscopy changes in epithelial and stromal thickness up to 7 years after LASIK and photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

Patel SV, Erie J, McLaren JW, Bourne WM
J Refract Surg 2007;23:385-392 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Confocal microscopy of a femtosecond laser LASIK flap before separation

Kitzmann AS, Bourne WM, Patel SV
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:691-693 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Constitutive collagenase-1 synthesis through MAPK pathways is mediated, in part, by endogenous IL-1alpha during fibrotic repair in corneal stroma

Jung J-C, Huh, M-I and Fini ME
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2007;102:453-62 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal blood staining secondary to hemorrhagic Descemet’s membrane detachment

Sharma PS, Stone DU
Cornea 2007;26(10):1273-1274. (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal ectasia after hyperopic LASIK

Randleman JB, Banning CS, Stulting RD
Journal of Refractive Surgery 2007;23:98-102 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal edema and permanent blue discoloration of a silicone intraocular lens by Methylene Blue

Stevens S, Werner L, Mamalis N
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 2007;38:136-141 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cataract, Intraocular Lens

Corneal endothelial safety with the irradiation system for light-adjusted intraocular lenses

Werner L, Yeh O, Haymore J, Haugen B, Romaniv N, Mamalis N
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:873-878 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract, Intraocular Lens

Corneal haze following PRK with mitomycin C as a retreatment versus prophylactic use in the contralateral eye

Netto MV, Chalita MR, Krueger RR
J Refract Surg 2007;23:96-98 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal melting and perforation in Stevens Johnson syndrome following topical bromfenac use

Isawi H, Dhaliwal DK
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:1644-1646 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal virulence of Candida albicans strain deficient in Tup1-regulated genes

Jackson BE, Mitchell BM, Wilhelmus KR
Cornea 2007;48:2535-2539 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Correcting anterior corneal aberration and variability of lens movements in keratoconic eyes with back-surface customized soft contact lenses

Chen M, Sabesan R, Ahmad K, Yoon G
Optics Letters 2007;32:3203-3205 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cross-talk between c-Met and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor during Retinal Pigment Epithelial Wound Healing

Xu K, Yu F
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:2242-8 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cryopreservation and lentiviral-mediated genetic modification of human primary cultured corneal endothelial cells

Suh LH, Zhang C, Chuck RS, Stark WJ, Naylor S, Binley K, Chakravarti S, Jun AS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:3056-61 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Cryopreservation and lentiviral-mediated genetic modification of human primary cultured corneal endothelial cells

Suh LH, Zhang C, Chuck RS, Stark WJ, Naylor S, Binley K, Chakravarti S, Jun AS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:3056-3061 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Current concepts: contact lens related pseudomonas keratitis

Robertson DM, Petroll WM, Jester JV, Cavanagh HD
Contact Lens & Anterior Eye 2007;30:94-107 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty technique in patients with anterior chamber intraocular lenses

Groat B, Ying MS, Vroman DT, Fernández de Castro LE
Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:714 (Video Report) (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cataract

Descemet stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in eyes with failed penetrating keratoplasty

Covert DJ, Koenig SB
Cornea 2007;26:692-696 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Determining factors for corneal endothelial cell loss by using bimanual microincision phacoemulsification and power modulation

Mathys KC, Cohen KL, Armstrong BD
Cornea 2007;26:1049-55 (Univ. of North Carolina – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Dexamethasone inhibits interleukin-1beta-induced corneal neovascularization: role of nuclear factor-kappaB-activated stromal cells in inflammatory angiogenesis

Nakao S, Hata Y, Miura M, Noda K, Kimura YN, Kawahara S, Kita T, Hisatomi T, Nakazawa T, Jin Y, Dana M R, Kuwano M, Ono M, Ishibashi T, Hafezi-Moghadam A
Am J Pathol 2007;171:1058-1065 (Harvard Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Angiogenesis, Corneal Transplants

Differential dependence of regulatory volume decrease behavior in rabbit corneal epithelial cells on MAPK superfamily activation

Pan Z, Capo-Aponte JE, Zhang F, Wang Z, Pokorny KS, Reinach PS
Exp Eye Res 2007;84:978–990 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Early results of small-incision Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

Koenig SB, Covert DJ
Ophthalmology 2007;114:221-226 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Economical LED based, real-time, in vivo imaging of murine corneal wound healing

Ghoghawala SY, Mannis MJ, Murphy CJ, Rosenblatt MI, Isseroff RR
Exp Eye Res 2007;84:1031-1038 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Effect of overexpression of PPAR(gamma) on the healing process of corneal alkali burn in mice

Saika S, Yamanaka O, Okada Y, Miyamoto T, Kitano A, Flanders KC, Ohnishi Y, Nakajima Y, Kao WW, Ikeda K
Am. J. Physiol Cell Physiol 2007;293:C75-C86 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Endothelial keratoplasty using donor tissue not suitable for full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty

Armour RL, Ousley PJ, Wall J, Hoar K, Stoeger C, Terry MA
Cornea 2007; 26:515-519 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Evaluation and treatment of children with ocular rosacea

Donaldson KE, Karp CL, Dunbar MT
Cornea 2007;26:42-6 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pedriatric

Evaluation of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty surgery using scatterometry and wavefront analyses

Hindman HB, McCally RL, Myrowitz E, Terry MA, Stark WJ, Weinberg RS, Jun AS
Ophthalmology 2007;114:2006-2012 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Evaluation of the relationship between ablation diameter, pupil size, and visual function with vision-specific quality-of-life measures after laser in situ keratomileusis

Schmidt GW, Yoon M, McGwin G, Lee PP, McLeod SD
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:1037-42 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Other: Refractive Surgery

Evidance based treatment of herpes simplex virus keratitis: a systemic review

Guess S, Stone DU, Chodosh J
Ocular Surf 2007;5:240-250 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Expression and function of the OX40/OX40L costimulatory pair during herpes stromal keratitis

Lepisto AJ, Xu M, Yagita H, Weinberg AD, Hendricks RL
J Leukoc Biol 2007;81:766-774 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Expression of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in experimental corneal injury and fungal keratitis

Mitchell BM, Wu TG, Chong E-M, Pate JC, Wilhelmus KR
Cornea 2007;26:589-593 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Expression of Sp1 and KLF6 in the developing human cornea

Nakamura H, Edward DP, Sugar J, Yue BYJT
Molec Vis 2007;13:1451-1457 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fate of hypertonicity-stressed corneal epithelial cells depends on differential MAPK activation and p38MAPK/Na-K-Cl cotransporter1 interaction

Capo-Aponte JE, Wang Z, Bildin VN, Pokorny KS, Reinach PS
Exp Eye Res 2007;83:361–372 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Femtosecond laser and microkeratome corneal flaps: comparison of stromal wound healing and inflammation

Netto MV, Mohan RR, Medeiros FW, Dupps WJ Jr, Sinha S, Krueger RR, Stapleton WM, Rayborn ME, Suto C, Wilson SE
J Refract Surg 2007;23:667-676 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Femtosecond laser verus mechanical microkeratome for LASIK

Patel SV, Maguire LJ, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
A randomized controlled study. Ophthalmology 2207;114:1482-1490 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fitting behaviors of Fourier transform and Zernike polynomials

Wang L, Chernyak D, Yeh D, Koch DD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:999-1004 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Functional and molecular characterization of multiple K-Cl cotransporter isoforms in corneal epithelial cells

Capo-Aponte JE, Wang Z, Bildin VN, Iserovich O, Pan Z, Zhang F, Pokorny KS, Reinach PS
Exp Eye Res 2007;84:1090–1103 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Genetically regulated filamentation contributes to Candida albicans virulence during corneal infection

Jackson BE, Wilhelmus KR, Mitchell BM
Microb Pathog 2007;42:88-4293 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Herpes simplex virus type 2 entry into cultured human corneal fibroblasts is mediated by herpes virus entry mediator

Tiwari V, Shukla SY, Yue BYJT, Shukla D
J Gen Virol 2007;88:2106-2110 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

High-order aberrations and preoperative associated factors

Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Bartholomew LR, Vroman DT, Solomon KD
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2007;85:106-110 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Histopathologic and immunologic aspects of alphacor artificial corneal failure

Coassin M, Zhang C, Green WR, Aquavella JV, Akpek EK
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;144:699-704 (Johns Hopkins Univ. and Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant and Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Historical review: the field of protein methylation

Paik WK, Paik DC, Kim S
Trends in Biochemical Sciences 2007; 32:146-152 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Hyperosmolarity-induced apoptosis in human corneal epithelial cells is mediated by cytochrome c and MAPK pathways

Luo L, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Cornea 2007;26:452-460 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Identification of an amyloidogenic region on keratoepithelin via synthetic peptides

Yuan C, Berscheit H, Huang AJW
FEBS Letters 2007;58:241-247(Univ. of Minnesota – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Dystrophies

Identification of Notch-1 expression in the limbal basal epithelium

Thomas PB, Liu YH, Zhuang FF, Selvam S, Song SW, Smith RE, Trousdale MD, Yiu SC
Mol Vision 2007;13:337-344 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Imaging mitochondria in living corneal endothelial cells using autofluorescence microscopy

Ramey NA, Park CY, Gehlbach PL, Chuck RS
Photochem Photobiol 2007;83:1325-1329 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Influence of actin cytoskeletal integrity on matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation in cultured human trabecular meshwork cells

Sanka K, Maddala R, Epstein DL, Rao PV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:2105-2114 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Inhibition of human corneal epithelial production of fibrotic mediator TGF-beta2 by basement membrane-like extracellular matrix

LaGier AJ, Yoo SH, Alfonso EC, Meiners S, Fini ME
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:1061-71 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 expression and apoptosis in the corneal epithelium

Robertson DM, Ho SI, Hansen BS, Petroll WM, Cavanagh HD
Exp Eye Res 2007;83:492-501 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Epithelium

Inter- and intraobserver reliability of pupil diameter measurement during 24 hours using the Colvard pupillometer

Yoon M, Schmidt G, Lietman T, McLeod S
J Refract Surg 2007;23:266-271 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Refractive Surgery

Interface fluid syndrome in human eye bank corneas after LASIK

Dawson DG, Schmack I, Holley GP, Waring III GO, Grossniklaus HE, Edelhauser HF
Ophthalmology 2007;114:1848-1859 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Intraocular lens power calculation after radial keratotomy: estimating the refractive corneal power

Awwad ST, Dwarakanathan S, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, Verity SM, Mootha VV, McCulley JP
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2007;33:1045-1050 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Refractive Surgery

In vivo changes in the patterns of chromatin structure associated with the latent herpes simplex virus type 1 genome in mouse trigeminal ganglia can be detected at early times after butyrate treatment

Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Giordani NV, Bloom DC, Hill JM
J Virol 2007;81:13248-13253 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

In vivo confocal microscopy of polymorphic amyloid degeneration and posterior crocodile shagreen

Woodward, M, Randleman JB, Larson PM
Cornea 2007;26:98-101 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

In vivo corneal high-speed, ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography

Christopoulos V, Kagemann L, Wollstein G, Ishikawa H, Gabriele ML, Wojtkowski M, Srinivasan VJ, Fujimoto JG, Duker JS, Dhaliwal DK, Schuman JS
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:1027-1035 (Tufts Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Cataract

In vivo corneal high-speed, ultra high-resolution optical coherence tomography

Christopoulos V, Kagemann L, Wollstein G, Ishikawa H, Gabriele ML, Wojtkowski M, Srinivasan V, Fujimoto JG, Duker JS, Dhaliwal DK, Schuman JS
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:1027-1035 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract

Keratocan and lumican regulate neutrophil infiltration and corneal clarity in lipopolysaccharide-induced keratitis by direct interaction with CXCL1

Carlson EC, Lin M, Liu CY, Kao WW, Perez VL, Pearlman E
J Biol Chem. 20077;282:35502-9 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocan and lumican regulate neutrophil infiltration ans corneal clarity in lipopolysaccharide-induced keratitis by direct interaction with CXCL1

Carlson EC, Lin M, Liu C-Y, Kao WWY, Perez VL and Pearlman E
J Biol Chem 2007;282:35502-35509 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocyte density and recovery of subbasal nerves after penetrating keratoplasty and in late endothleial failure

Patel SV, Erie JC, McLaren JW, Bourne WM
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:1693-1698 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

LASIK in the presbyopic age group: safety, efficacy, and predictability in 40- to 69-year-old patients

Ghanem RC, de la Cruz J, Tobaigy FM, Ang LP, Azar DT
Ophthalmol 2007;114:1303-1310 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Late spontaneous haptic disinsertion from a three-piece intraocular lens

Solano JM, Baratz KH, Mahr MA, Erie JC
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:521-522 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Lemon juice and Candida endophthalmitis in crack-cocaine misuse

Albini TA, Sun RL, Holz ER, Khurana RN, Rao NA
Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:702-703 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Loss of alpha3(IV) collagen expression associated with corneal keratocyte activation

Guerriero E, Chen J, Sado Y, Mohan RR, Wilson SE, Funderburgh JL, Sundarraj N
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:627-635 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Loss of osteopontin perturbs the epithelial-mesenchyme transition in an injured mouse lens epithelium

Saika S, Shirai K, Yamanaka O, Miyazaki K, Okada Y, Kitano A, Flanders KC, Kon S, Ueda T, Kao WW, Rittlin SR, Denhardt DT, and Ohnishi Y
Lab Invest 2007;87:130-138 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Low-dose mitomycin C as a prophylaxis for corneal haze in myopic surface ablation

Thornton I, Puri A, Xu M, Krueger RR
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;144:673-684 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Lysophosphatidic acid promoting corneal epithelial wound healing by transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor

Xu KP, Yin J, Yu FS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:636-43 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Management of unsuccessful LASIK surgery

Ambrósio R Jr, Jardim D, Netto MV, Wilson SE
Compr Ophthalmol Update 2007;8:125-141 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Matrix metalloproteinase activity is necessary for thymosin beta 4 promotion of epithelial cell migration

Qiu P, Kurpakus-Wheater M, Sosne G
J Cell Physiol 2007;212:165-73 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Measuring corneal thickness with the ConfoScan 4 and Z-ring adapter

McLaren JW, Nau CB, Patel SV, Bourne WM
Eye & Contact Lens 2007;33:185-190 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Microtubule regulation of corneal fibroblast morphology and mechanical activity in 3-D culture

Kim A, Petroll WM
Exp Eye Res 2007;85:546-556 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Corneal Fibroblast

Modulation of CD8+ CTL effector function by fibroblasts derived from the immunoprivileged cornea

Knickelbein JE, Divito S, Hendricks RL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:2194-2202 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Modulation of corneal epithelial innate immune response to pseudomonas infection by flagellin pretreatment

Kumar A, Yin J, Zhang J, Yu FS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:4664-70 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

New triple procedure: Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation

Covert DJ, Koenig SB
Ophthalmology 2007;114:1272-1277 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Objective measurement of backscattered light from the anterior and posterior cornea in vivo

Patel SV, Winter EJ, McLaren JW, Bourne WM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:166-172 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Occurrence and prognosis of nonpenetrating injuries in eyes with verisyse iris-supported phakic intraocular lens

Moshirfar M, Dodd JG, Muir GJ, Gagnon MR
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:166-169 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Contact Lens

Oligoadenylate synthetase/protein kinase R pathways and αβ TCR+ T cells are required for adenovirus vector: IFN-γ inhibition of herpes simplex virus-1 in cornea

Austin BA, Halford WP, Williams BRG, Carr DJJ
J Immunol 2007;178:5166-5172 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof) Keyword(s): Cornea

Optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment in secondary glaucoma with corneal opacity after penetrating keratoplasty

Memarzadeh F, Li Y, Francis BA, Smith RE, Gutmark J, Huang D
Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:189-192 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Glaucoma

Outcome of wavefront-optimized surface ablation

Randleman JB, Loft ES, Banning CS, Lynn MJ, Stulting RD
Ophthalmology 2007;114:983-988 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Outcomes of Boston keratoprosthesis in aniridia: a retrospective multi-center study

Akpek EK, Harissi-Dagher M, Petrarca R, Butrus SI, Pineda R II, Aquavella JV, Dohlman CH
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;144:227-231 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Outcomes of epithelial debridement for anterior basement membrane dystrophy

Itty S, Hamilton SS, Baratz KH, Diehl NN, Maguire LJ
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;144:217-221 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Overnight orthokeratology and corneal infection risk in children

McLeod SD
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:688-9 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pediatric, Cornea

Patterned expression of neurotrophic factors and receptors in human limbal and corneal regions

Qi H, Chuang EY, Yoon K-C, De Paiva CS, Shine HD, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC, Li D-Q
Mol Vis 2007;13:1934-1941 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd.) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Pediatric keratoprosthesis

Aquavella JV, Gearinger MD, Akpek EK, McCormick GJ
Ophthalmology 2007;114:989-994 (Univ. of Rochester –Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplant

Pediatric keratoprosthesis

Aquavella JV, Gearinger MD, Akpek EK, McCormick GJ
Ophthalmology 2007;114:989-994 (Johns Hopkins Univ. and Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant and Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with filgrastim

Fraunfelder FW, Harrison D
Cornea 2007;26:368-369 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant). Keyword(s): Cornea

Photorefractive keratectomy in the cat eye: biological and optical outcomes

Nagy LJ, MacRae S, Yoon G, Wyble M, Wang J, Cox I, Huxlin KR
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:1051-1064 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Postnatal corneal transparency, keratocyte cell cycle exit and expression of ALDH1A1

Jester JV, Lee YG, Huang J, Houston J, Adam B, Cavanagh HD, Petrol WM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48(9):4061-4069 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Postnatal corneal transparency, keratocyte cell cycle exit and expression of ALDH1A1

Jester JV, Lee YG, Huang J, Houston J, Adams B, Cavanagh HD, Petroll WM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:4061-4069 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd, and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s):Cornea Transplants

Postoperative endophthalmitis associated with sutured versus unsutured clear corneal cataract incisions

Thoms SS, Musch DC, Soong HK
Br J Ophthalmol. 2007;91:728-30 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Predictive factors for corneal infiltrates with continuous wear of silicone hydrogel contact lenses

Szczotka-Flynn L, Debanne SM, Cheruvu VK, Long B, Dillehay S, Barr J, Bergenske P, Donshik P, Secor G, Yoakum J
PRIVATE HREF="javascript:AL_get(this,%20'jour',%20'Arch%20Ophthalmol.');" MACROBUTTON HtmlResAnchor Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(4):488-492 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea. Contact Lenses

Proangiogenic role of ephrinB1/EphB1 in basic fibroblast growth factor-induced corneal angiogenesis

Kojima T, Chang JH, Azar DT
Am J Pathol 2007;170:764-773 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Prospective evaluation of permavision intracorneal implants using in vivo confocal microscopy

Lindsey SS, McCulley JP, Cavanagh HD, Verity SM, Bowman RW, Petroll WM
JRS 2007;23:410-419 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Refractive Surgery

Prospective randomized trial of wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis with the CustomCornea and CustomVue laser systems

Moshirfar M, Espandar L, Meyer JJ, Tanner JR, Holz HA
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:1727-1733 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Protective immunity against ocular herpes infection and disease induced by highly immunogenic self-adjuvanting glycoprotein D lipopeptide vaccines

Bettahi I, Nesburn AB, Yoon S, Mohebbi A, Suey V, Vanderberg A, Wechsler SL, BenMohamed L
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:4643-4653 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea, Infectious Disease

Quality assessment and microbiologic screening of donor corneas

Hassan SS, Wilhelmus KR
Cornea 2007;26:953-955 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Rapid progression of amebic keratitis 1 week after corneal trauma and 1 year after LASIk

Kaur H, Maguire LJ, Salomao DR, Cameron JD
Cornea 2007;26:212-214 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Reactivation phenotype in rabbits of a herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutant containing an unrelated anti-apoptosis gene in place of LAT

Jin L, Perng GC, Carpenter D, Mott KR, Osorio N, Naito J, Brick DJ, Jones C, Wechsler SL
J Neurovirol 2007;13:78-84 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Infectious Disease

Regulation of corneal fibroblast morphology and collagen reorganization by extracellular matrix mechanical properties

Karamichos D, Lakshman N, Petroll WM.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:5030-5037 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Requirements for discrete actuator and segmented wavefront correctors for aberration compensation in two large populations of human eyes

Doble N, Miller DT, Yoon G, Williams DR
Applied Optics 2007;46:4501-4514 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Results of phototherapeutic keratectomy in the management of flap striae after LASIK before and after developing a standardized protocol

Ashrafzadeh A, Steinert R
Ophthalmol 2007;114:1118-1123 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Rho plays a central role in regulating local cell-matrix mechanical interactions in 3-D culture

Lakshman N, Kim A, Bayless KJ, Davis GE, Petroll WM
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 2007;64:434-445 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Rho, Corneal

Risk factors for epithelial defect formation during laser in situ keratomileusis

Randleman JB, Lynn MJ, Banning CS, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:1738-1743 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Risk of corneal inflammatory events with silicone hydrogel and low dk hydrogel extended contact lens wear: a meta-analysis

Szczotka-Flynn L, Diaz M
Optom Vis Sci 2007;84:247-2 56 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Contact lenses

Role of 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate in virus-induced polykaryocyte formation

Tiwari V, ten Dam GB, Yue BYJT, van Kuppevelt TH, Shukla D
FEBS Lett 2007;581:4468-4472 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Role of corneal elasticity in damping of intraocular pressure

Johnson CS, Mian S, Moroi S, Epstein D, Izatt J, Afshari NA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2007;48:2540-2544 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Roles of MMP/TIMP in regulating matrix swelling and cell migration during corneal development

Huh M-I, Lee Y-M, Seo S-K, Kang B-S, Chang Y, Lee Y-S, Fini ME, Kang S-S, and Jung J-C
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2007;101:1222-37 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation and optical coherence tomography in normal and glaucomatous eyes

Sehi M, Guaqueta DC, Feuer WJ, Greenfield DS
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:272-9 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis

Galor A, Thorne JE
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2007;33:835-854 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Second harmonic imaging microscopy of normal human and keratoconus cornea

Morishige N, Wahlert AJ, Kenney MC, Brown DJ, Kawamoto K, Chikama T, Nishida T, Jester JV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:1087-1094 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratoconus

Secretion and organization of a cornea-like tissue in vitro by stem cells from human corneal stroma

Du Y, SundarRaj N, Funderburgh ML, Harvey SA, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:5038-5045 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Simple technique to unfold the donor corneal lenticule during Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

Koenig SB, Dupps WJ Jr, Covert DJ, Meisler DM
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:189-190 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Simple technique to unfold the donor corneal lenticule during Descemet’s stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasy

Koenig SB, Dupps WJ Jr, Covert DJ, Meisler DM
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:189-190 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Sodium butyrate: a chemical inducer of in vivo reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the ocular mouse model

Neumann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Hill JM
J Virol 2007;81:6106-6110 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Spontaneous and inheritable R555Q mutation in the TGFBI/BIGH3 gene in two unrelated families exhibiting Bowman's layer corneal dystrophy

Zhao XC, Nakamura H, Subramanyam S, Stock LE, Gillette TE, Yoshikawa S, Ma X, Yee RW
Ophthalmology 2007;114:e39-46 (Univ. of Texas, Houston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Stable cell lines expressing high levels of the herpes simplex virus type 1 LAT are refractory to caspase 3 activation and DNA laddering following cold shock induced apoptosis

Carpenter D, Hsiang C, Brown DJ, Jin L, Osorio N, BenMohamed, L, Jones C, Wechsler SL
Virol 2007;369:12-18 (Univ. of California Irvine - Challenge Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea, Infectious Disease

Staphylococcus aureus protein A induced inflammatory response in human corneal epithelial cells

Kumar A, Tassopoulos AM, Li Q, Yu FS
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007;354:955-61 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Strain-related cytokine profiles on the murine ocular surface in response to desiccating stress

Corrales RM, Villarreal AL, Farley WJ, Stern ME, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Cornea 2007;26:579-584 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Successful nonsurgical management of corneal perforation in a patient with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy

Yeh S, Matoba AY
Cornea 2007;26:880-882 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Other – Cornea

Suppression of keratoepithelin and myocilin by small interfering RNAs (siRNA) in vitro

Yuan C, Zins EJ, Clark AF, Huang AJW
Mol Vis 2007;13:2083-2095 (Washington Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Glaucoma

Surface wave elastrometry of the cornea in porcine and human donor eyes

Dupps, WJ Jr, Netto MV, Herekar S, Krueger RR
J Refract Surg 2007;23:66-75 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Targeted expression of a lumican transgene rescues corneal deficiency in lumican-null mice

Meij JTA, Carlson EC, Wang L, Liu C-Y, Jester JV, Birk DE and Kao WWY
Mol Vis 2007;13:2012-2018 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Targeted inactivation of synaptic HRG4 (UNC119) causes dysfunction in the distal photoreceptor and slow retinal degeneration, revealing a new function

Ishiba Y, Higashide T, Mori N, Kobayashi A, Kubota S, McLaren MJ, Satoh H, Wong F, Inana G
Exp Eye Res. 2007;84:473-85. (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The clinical diagnosis of microbial keratitis

Dalhgren MA, Lingappan A, Wilhelmus KR
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:940-944 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Fusarium keratitis outbreak: not done yet?

Jeng BH, Hall GS, Schoenfield L, Meisler DM
Arch Ophthalmol 2007;125:981-983 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The prognostic role of donor corneoscleral rim cultures in corneal transplantation

Wilhelmus KR, Hassan SS
Ophthalmology 2007;440-445 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

The role of contact lens type, oxygen transmission and care-related solutions in mediating epithelial homeostasis and pseudomonas binding to corneal cells: an overview

Robertson DM, Petroll WM, Jester JV, Cavanagh HD
Eye and Contact Lens 2007;33:394-398 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Contact Lens

The role of secreted aspartyl proteinases in Candida albicans keratitis

Jackson BE, Wilhelmus KR, Hube B
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48:3559-3565 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Thymosin beta 4 suppression of corneal NFkappaB: a potential anti-inflammatory pathway

Sosne G, Qiu P, Christopherson PL, Wheater MK
Exp Eye Res 2007;84:663-9 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Award) Keyword(s): Cornea

TNF-alpha suppression of corneal epithelium migration

Okada Y, Ikeda K, Yamanaka O, Miyamoto T, Kitano A, Kao WW and Saika S
Mol Vis 2007;13:1428-1435 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Toll-like receptor 2 regulates cxc chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment to the cornea in onchocerca volvulus/wolbachia-induced keratitis

Gillette-Ferguson I, Daehnel K, Hise AG, Sun Y, Carlson E, Diaconu E, McGarry HF, Taylor MJ, Pearlman E
Infect Immun 2007;75:5908-5915 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): River Blindness

Transgenic analysis of the anterior eye-specific enhancers of the zebrafish gelsolin-like 1 (gsnl1) gene

Yoshikawa S, Norcom E, Nakamura H, Yee RW, Zhao XC
Dev Dyn 2007;236:1929-38 (Univ. of Texas, Houston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Two patients with the von Szily reaction: herpetic keratitis and contralateral retinal necrosis

Smith LK, Kurz PA, Wilson DJ, Flaxel CJ, Rosenbaum JT
Am J Ophthalmol 2007;143:536-538 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Two populations of p27 use differential kinetics to phosphorylate Ser-10 and Thr-187 via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in response to fibroblast growth factor-2 stimulation

Lee JG, Kay EP
J Biol Chem 2007;282:6444-6454 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Urokinase receptor cleavage: a crucial step in fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation

Bernstein AM, Twining SS, Warejcka DJ, Tall E, Masur SK
Mol Bio Cell 2007;18:2716-2727 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing

Use of an air-fluid exchange system to promote graft adhesion during Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Meisler DM, Dupps WJ Jr, Covert DJ, Koenig SB
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:770-772 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Use of an air-fluid exchange system to promote graft adhesion during Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Meisler DM, Dupps WJ Jr, Covert DJ, Koenig SB
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:770-772 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Vasoactive intestinal peptide induction by ciliary neurotrophic factor in donor human corneal endothelium in situ

Koh SM, Guo Y, Bernstein SL, Waschek JA, Liu X, Symes AJ
Neurosci Lett 2007; 423:89-94 (Univ. of Maryland – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Vision improvement by correcting higher-order aberrations with customized soft contact lenses in keratoconic eyes

Sabesan R, Jeong TM, Carvalho L, Cox IG, Williams DR, Yoon G
Optics Letters 2007;32:1000-1002 (Univ. of Rochester – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea

Visual acuity, refractive error, and endothelial cell density six months after Descemet stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK)

Koenig SB, Covert DJ, Dupps WJ Jr, Meisler DM
Cornea 2007;26:670-674 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Visual acuity, refractive error and endothelial cell density six months after Descemet's stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK)

Koenig SB, Covert DJ, Dupps WJ Jr, Meisler DM
Cornea 2007;26:670-674 (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Wavefront-guided lasik for myopia using the ladar customcornea & the visx customvue

Awwad S, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP
JRS 2007;23:26-38 (Univ. of Texas, Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Refractive Surgery

Wound-induced ATP release and epidermal growth factor receptor activation in epithelial cells

Yin J, Xu K, Zhang J, Kumar K, Yu F
J Cell Science 2007;120:815-25 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Award) Keyword(s): Cornea

Zymar (Gatifloxacin 0,3%) shows excellent gram-negative activity against serratia marcescens and pseudomonas aeruginosa in a New Zealand white rabbit keratitis model

Mah FS, Romanowski EG, Kowalski RP, Yates KA, Gordon YJ
Cornea 2007;26:585-588 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pseudomonas aeruginosa/Serratia marcescens

 

2006 Research Archive

75 Mhz Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Of The Anterior Segment Of The Eye

Silverman RH, Cannata J, Shung KK, Gal O, Patel M, Lloyd HO, Feleppa EJ, Coleman DJ
Ultrasonic Imaging 2006;28:1-17 (Weill-Cornell Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Abnormal Immune Response Of CCR5-Deficient Mice To Ocular Infection With Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

Carr DJJ, Ash J, Lane TE, Kuziel WA
J Gen Virol 2006;87:489-499 (Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Jules and Doris Stein RPB Prof and Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Accuracy, Repeatability And Reproducibility Of Artemis Very High Frequency Digital Ultrasound Arc Scan Lateral Dimension Measurements

Reinstein DZ, Archer TJ, Silverman RH, Coleman DJ
J Cat Refract Surg 2006;32:1799-1802 (Weill-Cornell Univ. –Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Adenoviral Keratoconjunctivitis In A Tertiary Care Eye Clinic

Butt AL, Chodosh J
Cornea 2006;25:199-202 (Univ of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Adult-Onset Syphilitic Stromal Keratitis

Wilhelmus KR, Jones DB
Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 142:319-321 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Aging Changes of Mouse Control Endothelium and Descemet’s Membrane

Jun AS, Chakravarti S, Edelhauser HF, Kimos M
Exp Eye Res 2006;83:890-896 (Emory Univ.–Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Aging Changes of Mouse Corneal Endothelium and Descemet's Membrane

Jun AS, Chakravarti S, Edelhauser HF, Kimos M
Exp Eye Res 2006;83:890-896 (Johns Hopkins Univ.- Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

A Mutant Deleted For Most Of The Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) UOL Gene Does Not Affect The Spontaneous Reactivation Phenotype In Rabbits

Chan D, Cohen J, Naito J, Mott KR, Osorio N, Jin L, Fraser NW, Jones C, Wechsler SL, Perng GC
J Neurovirology 2006;12:5-16 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Herpes Simplex, Cornea

Analysis of Bacterial Cultures in Infectious Keratitis, 1997 to 2004

Yeh DL, Stinnet SS, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:1066-1068 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

An Atypical Presentation Of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Of The Lacrimal Gland

Tse DT, Benedetto P, Morcos JJ, Johnson TE, Weed D, Dubovy S
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141(1):187-9 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

A One-Step Method Of 10, 17-Dihydro(Pero)Xydocosahexa-4Z, 7Z, 11E, 13Z, 15E, 19Z-Enoic Acid Synthesis By Soybean Lipoxygenase

Butovich IA
J Lipid Res 2006;47:854-870 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Apical Corneal Barrier Disruption in Experimental Murine Dry Eye is Abrogated by Methylprednisolone and Doxycycline

De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Villarreal AL, Farley W, Li D-Q, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2006;47:2847-2856 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Apolipoprotein E Modulates Establishment Of HSV-1 Latency And Survival In A Mouse Ocular Model

Bhattacharjee PS, Neumann DM, Stark D, Thompson HW, Hill JM
Curr Eye Res 2006;31:703-708 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

A Role For The Mitogen-Activated Proteing Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 In Epithelial Wound Healing

Deng M, Chen WL, Takatori A, Peng Z, Zhang L, Mongan M, Parthasarathy R, Sartor M, Miller M, Yang J, Su B, Kao WW, Xia Y
Mol Biol Cell 2006;17:3446-3455 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Wound Healing

Atopic Disease and Herpes Simplex Eye Disease: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Prabriputaloong T, Margolis TP, Lietman TM, Wong IG, Mather R, Gritz DC
Am J Ophthamol 2006;142:745-9 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Azar DT, Harminder SD, Hom M, Karpecki PM, Laibson PR, Lemp MA, Meisler DM, Murube del Castillo J, O’Brien T, Pflugfelder SC, Rolando M, Schein OD, Seitz B, Tseng SC, von Setten G, Wilson SE, Yiu SC: Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome: A Delphi Approach to Tre

Behrens A, Doyle JJ, Sterns L, Chuck RS, McDonnell PJ, Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome Study Group
Cornea 2006;25:900-907 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Baseline Factors Predictive of Incident Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus

Gordon MO, Steger-May K, Szczotka-Flynn L, Riley C, Joslin CE, Weissman BA, Fink BA, Edrington TB, Olafsson HE, Zadnik K, The CLEK Study Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:923-930 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplants

Basement Membrane and Collagen Deposition after Laser Subepithelial Keratomileusis and Photorefractive Keratectomy in the Leghorn Chick Eye

Javier JA, Lee JB, Oliveira HB, Chang JH, Azar DT
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:703-9 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bcl-2 And Bax Regulation Of Corneal Homeostasis In Genetically Altered Mice

Robertson DM, Ladage PM, Yamamoto N, Jester JV, Petroll WM, Cavanagh HD
Eye Contact Lens 2006;32:3-7 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Epithelium

Bcl-2 and Bax Regulation of Corneal Homeostasis in Genetically Altered Mice

Robertson DM, Ladage PM, Yamamoto N, Jester JV, Petroll WM, Cavanagh HD
Eye & Contact Lens 2006;32(1):3-7 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Therapy and Corneal Wound Healing

Bronchogenic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Cicatrizing Conjunctivitis

Vroman DT, Breckenridge RR, Solomon KD, Sandoval HP, Fernández de Castro LE
Cornea 2006;25:611-613 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Calcineurin Promotes Infection of the Cornea by Candida Albicans and Can be Targeted to Enhance Fluconazole Therapy

Onyewu C, Afshari NA, Heitman J
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006;50(11):3963-3965 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

CD4+ T-Cell-Independent Rejection of Corneal Allografts

Niederkorn JY, Stevens C, Mellon J, Mayhew E
Transplantation 2006;81:1171-1178 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants, Cornea and Ocular Immunology

CD8 T Cells Mediate Transient Herpes Stromal Keratitis in CD4-Deficient Mice

Lepisto AJ, Frank GM, Xu M, Stuart PM, Hendricks RL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3400-9 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Infectious Disease, Herpes

CD8 T Cells Mediate Transient Herpes Stromal Keratitis in CD4-Deficient Mice

Lepisto AJ, Frank GM, Xu M, Stuart PM, Hendricks RL
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3400-3409 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Corneal Stroma

Cell Size Correlates with Phenotype and Proliferative Capacity in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li D-Q
Stem Cells 2006;24:368-375 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Changes in Corneal thickness in Patients With Treated and Untreated Ocular Hypertension

Herman DC, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Cornea 2006;25:639-643 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Chronic Pain after Intacs Implantation

Randleman JB, Dawson DG, Larson PM, Russell B, Edelhauser HF
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:875-878 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Clinical Analysis Of The Effect Of Intraarterial Cytoreductive Chemotherapy In The Treatment Of Lacrimal Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Tse DT, Benedetto P, Dubovy S, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141(1):44-53 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Clinical Study of Fuchs Corneal Endothelial Dystrophy Leading to Penetrating Keratoplasty: A 30-Year Experience

Afshari NA, Pittard AB, Siddiqui A, Klintworth GK
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:777-780 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Clinical Trial of Povidone-Iodine (Betadine) Versus Placebo in the Pretreatment Of Corneal Ulcers

Gregori NZ, Schiffman JC, Miller DM, Alfonso EC
Cornea 2006;25(5):558-63 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Comparative Higher-order Aberration Measurement of the LADARWave and Visx WaveScan Aberrometers at Varying Pupil Sizes and after Pharmacologic Dilation and Cycloplegia

Awwad ST, El-Kateb M, McCulley JP
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:203-214 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Wound Healing

Confocal Assessment of the Corneal Response to Intracorneal Lens Insertion and Laser in situ Keratomileusis with Flap Creation Using Intralase

Petroll WM, Goldberg D, Lindsey SS, Kelley PS, Cavanagh HD, Bowman RW, Parmar DN, Verity SM, McCulley JP
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1119-1128 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Wound Healing

Confocal Assessment of the Effects of Fourth-Generation Fluoroquinolones on the Cornea

Ly LT, Cavanagh HD, Petroll WM
Eye & Contact Lens 2006;32(4):161-165 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Infections

Conjunctival Melanoma in Children: A Clinicopathologic Study of 2 Cases

Brownstein S, Hamidreza F, Jackson WB, Font RL
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:1190-1193 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Pediatric

Cornea Ectasia after Photorefractive Keratectomy

Randleman JB, Caster AI, Banning CS, Stulting RD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1395-1398 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Avascularity is Due to Soluble VEGF Receptor-1

Balamurali AK, Nozaki M, Singh N, Takeda A, Jani PD, Suthar T, Albuquerque RJC, Richter E, Sakurai E, Newcomb MT, Kleinman ME, Caldwell RB, Lin Q, Ogura Y, Orecchia A, Samuelson DA, Agnew DW, St. Leger J, Green RW, Mahasreshti PJ, Curiel DT, Kwan D, Marsh H, Ikeda S, Leiper LJ, Collinson JM, Bogdanovich S, Khurana TS, Shibuya M, Baldwin ME, Ferrara N, Gerber H-P, DeFalco S, Witta J, Baffi JZ, Raisler BJ, Ambati J
Nature 2006;443:993-997 (Univ. of Kentucky – Challenge Grant, Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd and Medical Student Fellowship) Keyword(s): Angiogenesis; Vision

Corneal Copper Deposition Secondary to a Variant of Multiple Myeloma: 30 Year Catamnesis

Garg J, Jampol LM, Lewis RA, Penner JA
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:130-132 (Northwestern Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Copper Deposition Secondary to a Variant of Multiple Myeloma: 30-Year Catamnesis

Garg S, Jampol LM, Lewis RA, Penner JA
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:130-132 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Decompensation Following Bleb Revision with Absolute Alcohol: Clinical Pathological Correlation

Perkins TW, Kumar A, Kiland JA
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124(5):738-741 (Univ. of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Graft Folds: A Complication of Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty

Faia LJ, Baratz KH, Bourne WM
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:593-595 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea Transplants

Corneal Keratocyte Deficits After Photorefractive Keratectomy and Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

Erie JC, Patel SV, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141:799-809 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Corneal Stroma Regeneration in Felines After Supradescemetic Keratoprosthesis Implantation

Acosta AC, Espana EM, Stoiber J, Lamar PD, Marangon F, Alfonso E, Parel JM
Cornea 2006;25(7):830-8 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Transplants

Corneal Toxicity of Cell-Penetrating Peptides That Inhibit Herpes Simplex Virus Entry

Akkarawongsa R, Cullinan AE, Zinkel A, Clarin J, Brandt CR
J of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2006;22(4):279-289 (Univ. of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Correlations in a Change in Aqueous Tear Evaporation With a Change in Relative Humidity and the Impact

McCulley JP, Aronowicz JD, Uchiyama E, Shine WE, Butovich IA
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141:758-760 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Corticosteroid and Doxycycline Suppress MMP-9 and Inflammatory Cytokine Expression, MAPK Activation in the Corneal Epithelium in Experimental Dry Eye

De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Villarreal AL, Farley WJ, Li D-Q, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC
Exp Eye Res 2006;83:526-535 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Cross-Talk Among Rho GTPases Acting Downstream of PI 3-Kinase Induces Mesenchymal Transformation of Corneal Endothelial Cells Mediated by FGF-2

Lee JG, Kay EP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:2358-2368 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty Histopathology of Complications in Initial Cases

Kapur R, Sugar J, Edward DP
Cornea 2006;25:851-4 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cornea Transplants

Desiccating Stress Induces T Cell-Mediated Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Lacrimal Keratoconjunctivitis

Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Gao J, Siemasko K
Jour Immunol 2006;176:3950-3957 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern -Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye, Ocular Inflammation and Ocular Immunology

Desiccating Stress Induces T Cell-Mediated Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Lacrimal Keratoconjunctivitis

Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Gao J, Siemansko K
J Immunology 2006;176:3950-3957 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Desiccating Stress Stimulates Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases by the Corneal Epithelium

Corrales RM, Stern ME, De Paiva CS, Welch J, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2006;47:3293-3302 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Differential Roles of CD8+ and CD8- T Lymphocytes in Corneal Allograft Rejection in ‘High-Risk’ Hosts

Niederkorn JY, Stevens C, Mellon J, Mayhew E
Am J Transplantation 2006;6:705-713 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Cornea Transplants

Dihydroxydocosahexaenoic Acids Of The Neuroprotectin D Family: Synthesis, Structure, And Inhibition Of Human 5-Lipoxygenase

Butovich IA, Lukyanova SM and Bachmann C
J Lipid Res 2006;47:2462-2474 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Effect of Corneal Drying on Optical Coherence Tomography

Stein DM, Wollstein G, Ishikawa H, Hertzmark E, Noecker RJ, Schuman JS
Ophthalmology 2006;113:985-991 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Optic Nerve

Effects of Glaucoma Medications on Corneal Endothelium, Keratocytes, and Subbasal Nerves Among Participants in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

Baratz KH, Nau CB, Winter EJ, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Herman DC, Bourne WM
Cornea 2006;25:1046-1052 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma, Cornea

Efficacy of Cobalt Chelate CTC-96 Against Adenovirus in a Rabbit Model and Against Adenovirus Keratoconjunctivitis in a Rabbit Model

Epstein SP, Pashinsky YY, Gershon D, Winicov I, Srivilasa C, Kristic KJ, Asbell PA
BioMed Central Ophthalmol 2006;6:22 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Endothelial Keratoplasty

Fernandez MM, Afshari NA
Contem Ophthalmol 2006;5(21):1-6 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Epidemiological Characteristics of a Chicago-area Acanthamoeba Keratitis Outbreak

Joslin CE, Tu EY, McMahon TT, Passaro DJ, Stayner LT, Sugar J
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:212-7 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Epithelial cell Motility is Triggered by Activation of the EGF Receptor through Phosphatidic Acid Signaling

Mazie AR, Spix JK, Block ER, Achebe HB, Klarlund JK
J Cell Sci 2006;119:1645-1654 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Epidermal Growth Factor, Corneal

Estimation of Incidence and Factors Predictive of Corneal Scarring in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study

Barr JT, Wilson BS, Gordon MO, Rah MJ, Riley C, Kollbaum PS, Zadnik K, CLEK Study Group
Cornea 2006;25:16-25 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Keratoconus, Cornea

Evaluating Microkeratome Efficacy By 3D Corneal Lamellar Flap Thickness Accuracy And Reproducibility Using Artemis Vhf Digital Ultrasound Arc Scanning

Reinstein DZ, Sutton HFS, Srivannaboon S, Silverman RH, Archer TJ, Coleman DJ
J Ref Surg 2006;22:431-440 (Weill-Cornell Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Evaluation of Intrastromal Lipid Deposits after Intacs Implantation Using In Vivo Confocal Microscopy

Ly LT. McCulley JP, Verity SM, Cavanagh HD, Bowman RW, Petroll WM
Eye & Contact Lens 2006;32(4):211-215 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Wound Healing

Expression and Regulation of Cornified Envelope Proteins in Human Epithelium

Tong L, Corrales RM, Chen Z, Villarreal AL, De Paiva CS, Beuerman R, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2006;47:1938-1946 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Expression Of Keratin 12 And Maturation Of Corneal Epithelium During Development And Postnatal Growth

Tanifuji-Terai N, Terai K, Hayashi Y, Chikama T, Kao WW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:545-551 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratin 12

Expression of NADPH Oxidase in Rabbit Corneal Epithelial and Stromal Cells in Culture

O’Brien WJ, Krema C, Heimann T, Zhao H
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:853-863 (Medical College of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Extended Long-Term Outcomes Of Penetrating Keratoplasty For Keratoconus

Pramanik S, Musch DC, Sutphin JE, Farjo AA
Ophthalmology 2006;113:1633-8 (Univ. of Iowa - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

FAK-Dependent Regulation of Myofibroblast Differentiation

Greenberg RS, Bernstein AM, Benezra M, Gelman IH, Taliana L, Masur SK
FASEB J 2006;20:1006-1008 Erratum in: FASEB J 2006;20:1573 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Femtosecond-laser Arcuate Wedge-shaped Resection to Correct High Residual Astigmatism after Penetrating Keratoplasty

Ghanem RC, Azar DT
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2006;32:1415-9 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fgf-2-Induced Wound Healing in Corneal Endothelial Cells Requires Cdc42 Activation and Rho Inactivation Through the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway

Lee JG, Kay EDP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:1376-1386 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fluorophotometry as a Diagnostic Tool for the Evaluation of Dry Eye Disease

Fahim MM, Haji SA, Koonapareddy CV, Fan VC, Asbell PA
BioMed Central Ophthalmol 2006;6:20 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Focus on Molecules: Lumican

Kao WW, Funderburgh JL, Xia Y, Liu CY, Conrad GW
Exp Eye Res 2006;82:3-4 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Corneal Diseases

Focus On Molecules: Lumican

Kao WW, Funderburgh JL, Xia Y, Liu CY, Conrad GW
Exp Eye Res 2006;82:3-4 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Lumican

Fourth-Generation Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Bacterial Keratitis After Refractive Surgery

Moshirfar M, Mirzaian G, Feiz V, Kang PC
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:515-518 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fourth-Generation Fluoroquinolone Penetration into the Aqueous Humor in Humans

McCulley JP, Caudle D, Aronowicz JD, Shine WE
Ophthalmology 2006;113:955-959 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Infections and Cornea

Fungal Keratitis Associated With Non-Therapeutic Soft Contact Lenses

Alfonso EC, Miller D, Cantu-Dibildox J, O'Brien TP, Schein OD
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142(1):154-5 (Univ. of Miami and Washington Univ. – Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea

Fusarium--A New Culprit in the Contact Lens Case

Margolis TP, Whitcher JP
JAMA 2006;296:985-7 (Univ. of California, San Francisco –Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Gap Junction Connexin 43 Serves as a Negative Marker for a Stem Cell-Containing Population of Human Limbal Epithelial Cells

Chen Z, Evans WH, Pflugfelder SC, Li D-Q
Stem Cells 2006;24:1265-1273 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Genetics of Corneal Dystrophies: The Evolving Landscape

Pieramici SF, Afshari NA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol Clin 2006;17:361-66 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Glycoprotein 340 In Normal Human Ocular Surface Tissues And Tear Film

Jumblatt MM, Imbert Y, Young WW Jr, Foulks GN, Steele PS, Demuth DR
Infect Immun 2006;74(7):4058-63 (Univ. of Louisville – Unres. Grant and Robert E McCormick Scholar) Keyword(s): Dry Eye, Cornea

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection Induces the Expression of Proinflammartory Cytokines, Interferons and TLR7 in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Lu H, Zhang J, Kumar A, Zheng M, Atherton S, Yu F
Immunology 2006;117(2):167-176 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 ICP0 Localizes In The Stromal Layer Of Infected Rabbit Corneas And Resides Predominantly In The Cytoplasm and/Or Perinuclear Region Of Rabbit Keratocytes

Morishige N, Jester JV, Naito J, Osorio N, Wahlert A, Jones C, Everett RD, Wechsler SL, Perng GC
J Gen Virol 2006;87:2817-2825 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Herpes Simplex

High-Speed Optical Coherence Tomography for Management After Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

Avila M, Li Y, Song JC, Huang D
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1836-1842 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s):: Cornea

Identical Excimer Laser PTK Treatments in Rabbits Result in Two Distinct Haze Responses

McCally RL, Connolly PJ, Stark WJ, Jain S, Azar DT
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:4288-94 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Identification and Localization of Aquaporin 5 in the Mammalian Conjunctival Epithelium

Oen H, Cheng P, Turner HC, Alvarez LJ, Candia OA
Exp Eye Res 2006;83:995-998 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Impact of Evaporation on Aqueous Tear Loss

McCulley JP, Uchiyama E, Aronowicz JD, Butovich IA
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2006;104:121-128 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Improved Transduction of Human Corneal Epithelial Progenitor Cells with Cell-Targeting Adenoviral Vectors

Chen Z, Mok H, Pflugfelder SC, Li D-Q, Barry MA
Exp Eye Res 2006;83:798-806 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Therapy

Increased Stress-Induced Generation Of Reactive Oxygen Species And Apoptosis In Human Keratoconus Fibroblasts

Chwa, M, Atilano SR, Reddy V, Jordan N, Kim DW, Kenney MC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:1902-1910 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Keratoconus, Cornea

Insurgence Of Fusarium Keratitis Associated With Contact Lens Wear

Alfonso EC, Cantu-Dibildox J, Munir WM, Miller D, O'Brien TP, Karp CL, Yoo SH, Forster RK, Culbertson WW, Donaldson K, Rodila J, Lee Y
Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124(7):941-7 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Intact TLR 9 And Type I Interferon Signaling Pathways Are Required To Augment HSV-1 Induced Corneal CXCL9 And CXCL10

Wuest T, Austin BA, Uematsu S, Thapa M, Akira S, Carr DJJ
J Neuroimmunol 2006;179:46-52 (Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Jules and Doris Stein RPB Prof and Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Interface Fluid Syndrome In Laser In Situ Keratomileusis After Complicated Trabeculectomy

Kang SJ, Dawson DG, Hopp LM, Schmack I, Grossniklaus HE, Edelhauser HF.
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1560-1562 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keywords: Cornea, LASIK

Intracorneal Instillation of Latex Beads Induces Macrophage-Dependent Protection against Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Clarke DW, Alizadeh H, Niederkorn JY
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:4917-4925 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Infections

Intraocular Concentrations Of Gatifloxiacin And Moxifloxacin In The Anterior Chamber Via Diffusion Through The Cornea Using Collagen Shields

Kleinmann G, Larson S, Neuhann IM, Hunold AC, LeBoyer R, Hickman S, Mamalis N, Olson RJ
Cornea 2006;25(2):209-213 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Intrastromal Corneal Ring Implantation (360 Degrees Ring) for Myopia: A 5-Year Follow-Up

Schwartz AP, Tinio BO, Babayán A, Naikoo HN, Robert B, Asbell PA
Eye Contact Lens 2006;32:121-123 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

JNK and ERK MAP Kinases Mediate Induction of IL-1Β, TNF-а and IL-8 Following Hyperosmolar Stress in Human Limbal Epithelial Cells

Li D-Q, Luo L, Chen Z, Kim H-S, Song XJ, Pflugfelder SC
Exp Eye Res 2006;82:588-596 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Keratan Sulfact and Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate in Maximally Recovered Hypocellular Stromal Interface Scars of Postmortem Human LASIK Corneas

Zhang Y, Schmack I, Dawson DG, Grossniklaus HE, Conrad A, Kariya Y, Suzuki K, Edelhauser HF, Conrad GW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:2390-2396 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and LASIK

Keratoprosthesis in High-Risk Pediatric Corneal Transplantation: First 2 Cases

Botelho PJ, Congdon NG, Handa JT, Akpek EK
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:1356-1357 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant, Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Lack of Threshold for Anisotonic Cell Volume Regulation

Kuqng K, Yiming M, Zhu Z, Iserovich P, Diecke FP, Fischbarg J
J Membrane Biol 2006;211:27-33. (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Large-Dynamic-Range Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor for Highly Aberrated Eyes

Yoon G, Pantanelli S, Nagy L
J Biomedical Optics 2006;11(3):030502-1-030502-3 (Univ. of Rochester – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Laser Eye Surgery for Refractive Errors

Sakimoto T, Rosenblatt MI, Azar DT
Lancet 2006;367:1432-47 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Latrunculin B Effects On Trabecular Meshwork And Corneal Endothelial Morphology In Monkeys

Sabanay I, Tian B, Gabelt BT, Geiger B, Kaufman PL
Experimental Eye Research 2006;82:236-246 (Univ. of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy of Advancing Wavelike Epitheliopathy

Fraunfelder FW
Cornea 2006;25:196-198 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Long-term Corneal Keratocyte Deficits after PRK and LASIK: In vivo Evidence of Stress-Induced Premature Cellular Senescence

Dawson DG, O’Brien TP, Edelhauser HF
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141:918-920 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Cornea, LASIK

Long-Term Corneal Keratocyte Deficits After PRK And LASIK: In Vivo Evidence Of Stress-Induced Premature Cellular Senescence

Dawson DG, O'Brien TP, Edelhauser HF
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141(5):918-20 (Univ. of Miami and Emory Univ. – Unres. Grants) Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Changes In Corneal Curvature In Keratoconus

McMahon TT, Edrington TB, Szczotka-Flynn L, Olafsson HE, Davis LJ, Schechtman KB, CLEK Study Group
Cornea 2006;25(3):296-305 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Longitudinal Changes in Corneal Curvature in Keratoconus

McMahon TT, Edrington TB, Szczotka-Flynn L, Olafsson HE, Davis LJ, Schechtman KB, CLEK Study Group
Cornea 2006;25:296-305 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Longitudinal Changes in Corneal Curvature in Keratoconus

McMahon TT, Edrington TB, Szczotka-Flynn L, Olafsson HE, Davis LJ, Schechtman KB,The CLEK Study Group
Cornea 2006;25:296-305 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea

Loss Of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Potentiates Transforming Growth Factor Beta-Mediated Pathogenic Tissue Response During Wound Healing

Saika S, Ikeda K, Yamanaka O, Flanders KC, Okada Y, Miyamoto T, Kitano A, Ooshima A, Nakajima Y, Ohnishi Y, Kao WW
Am J Pathol 2006;168:1848-1860 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Wound Healing

Measuring Total Corneal Power Before and After Laser In Situ Keratomileusis with High-Speed Optical Coherence Tomography

Tang ML, Li Y, Avila M, Huang D
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1843-1850 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Microbial Keratitis Following Corneal Transplantation

Wright TM, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:1061-1062 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplant

Microdissection Genotyping Analysis Of The Effect Of Intraarterial Cytoreductive Chemotherapy In The Treatment Of Lacrimal Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Tse DT, Finkelstein SD, Benedetto P, Dubovy S, Schiffman J, Feuer WJ
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141(1):54-61 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid with Fatal Bronchial Involvement in a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl

Gamm DM, Harris A, Mehran RJ, Wood M, Foster CS, Mootha VV
Cornea 2006;25:474-478 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma with Posterior Scleritis

Wilhelmus KR, Yen MT, Rice L, Font RL
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:748 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Noninvasive Corneal Stromal Collagen Imaging Using Two-Photon-Generated Second-Harmonic Signals

Morishige N, Petroll WM, Nishida T, Kenney MC, Jester JV
J Cataract & Refrac Surg 2006;32(11):1784-1791 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Laser, Confocal Microscopy

Noninvasive Corneal Stromal Collagen Imaging Using Two-Photon-Generated Second-Harmonic Signals

Morishige N, Petroll WM, Nishida T, Kenney MC, Jester JV
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1784-1791 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Wound Healing

Ocular Argyrosis after Long-term Self-application of Eyelash Tint

Gallardo MJ, Randleman JB, Price KM, Johnson DA, Acosta S, Grossniklaus HE, Stulting RD
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141:198-200 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ocular Argyrosis After Long-Term Self-Application of Eyelash Tint

Gallardo MJ, Randleman JB, Price KM, Johnson DA, Acosta S, Grossniklaus HE, Stulting RD
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141(1):198-200 (Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ocular Manifestations After Primary Varicella Infection: A Case Report

Fernández de Castro LE, Al Sarraf O, Hawthorne KM, Solomon KD, Vroman DT
Cornea 2006;25:866-867 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Uveitis

Ocular Surface Restoration Using Non-Surgical Transplantation of Tissue-Cultured Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells

Parmar DN, Alizadeh H, Awwad ST, Li H, Neelam S, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;141:299-307 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Cornea Transplants

Ocular Surface Tissue Morphogenesis In Normal And Disease States Revealed By Genetically Modified Mice

Kao WW
Cornea 2006;25:S7-S19 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Morphogenesis

Ophthalmic Cyclosporine Use In Ocular GVHD

Lelli GJ Jr, Musch DC, Gupta A, Farjo QA, Nairus TM, Mian SI
Cornea 2006;25:635-8 (Univ. of Michigan - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Optical Coherence Tomography to Assess Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Depth in Keratoconic Eyes

Lai MM, Tang ML, Andrade EMM, Li Y, Khurana RN, Song JC, Huang D
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1860-1865 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Optimal Size and Location of Corneal Rotational Autografts, A Simplified Mathematical Model

Afshari NA, Duncan SM, Tanhehco T, Azar DT
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:410-413 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplant

Oral Immunization with Acanthamoeba castellanii Mannose-Binding Protein Ameliorates Amoebic Keratitis

Garate M, Alizadeh H, Neelam S, Niederkorn JY, Panjwani N
Infect Immun 2006;74:7032-7034 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Corneal Infections and Ocular Immunology

Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis in Soft Contact Lens Wearers in San Francisco

Bernal MD, Acharya NR, Lietman TM, Strauss EC, McLeod SD, Hwang DG
Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:1051-3 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Pax6 Overexpression Suppresses Cell Proliferation And Retards The Cell Cycle In Corneal Epithelial Cells

Ouyang J, Shen YC, Yeh LK, Li W, Coyle BM, Liu CY, Fini ME
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:2397-2407 (Univ. of Cincinnati – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pax6, Cornea

Pax6 Overexpression Suppresses Cell Proliferation And Retards The Cell Cycle In Corneal Epithelial Cells

Ouyang J, Shen YC, Yeh LK, Li W, Coyle BM, Liu CY, Fini ME
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47(6):2397-407 (Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grant, Olga Keith Wiess Scholar, and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Pediatric Homonymous Hemianopia

Kedar S, Zhang X, Lynn MJ, Newman NJ, Biousse V
J AAPOS 2006;10:249-252 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keywords: Cornea and LASIK

Peripheral Interstitial Keratitis: A Novel Manifestation of Ocular Mastocytosis

Magone MT, Maric I, Hwang DG
Cornea 2006;25:364-7 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Post-Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis Eectasia: Current Understanding and Future Directions

Randleman JB
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2006;17:406-412 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and LASIK

Prevalence and Spectrum of Bacterial Co-Infection During Fungal Keratitis

Pate JC, Jones DB, Wilhelmus KR
Br J Ophthalmol 2006;90:289-292 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Prevention and Treatment of Corneal Graft Rejection: Current Practice Patterns (2004)

Randleman JB, Stulting RD
Cornea 2006;25:286-290 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant ) Keywords: Cornea and Corneal Transplant

Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus Endophthalmitis with Topical Gatifloxacin in a Rabbit Prophylaxis Model

Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Bartholomew LR, Vroman DT, Solomon KD
J Ocular Pharmacol Ther 2006;22:132-138 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Proposed New Classification Scheme For Chemical Injury To The Human Eye

Bagley DM, Casterton PL, Dressler WE, Edelhauser HF, Kruszewski FH, McCulley JP, Nussenblatt RB, Osborne R, Rothenstein A, Stitzel KA, Thomas K, Ward SL
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 2006;45:206-213 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Protective Immunity To Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 And Type 2 Provided By Self-Adjuvanting Lipopeptides That Drive Dendritic Cell Maturation And Elicit a Polarized Th1 Immune Response

Bettahi I, Zhang X, Afifi RE, BenMohamed L
Viral Immunol 2006;19(2):220-236 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Herpes Simplex, Cornea

Quantitative Assessment Of Local Collagen Matrix Remodeling In 3-D Culture: The Role Of Rho Kinase

Kim A, Lakshman N, Petroll WM
Experimental Cell Research 2006;312:3683-3692 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Wound Healing

Quantitative Correlation of Optic Nerve Pathology with Ocular Pressure and Corneal Thickness in the DBA/2 Mouse Model of Glaucoma

Inman DM, Sappington RM, Horner PJ, Calkins DJ
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:986-996 (Vanderbilt Univ. School of Medicine – Challenge Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Glaucoma, Cornea

Randomized, Double-Masked Clinical Trial Evaluating Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss After Cataract Extraction and Intraocular Lens Implantation: Fluid-Based System Versus Ultrasound Phacoemulsification

Sandoval HP, Fernández de Castro LE, Vroman DT, Solomon KD
Cornea 2006;25:1043-1045 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Cataract

Rate of Change in Central Corneal Thickness: A Viability Indicator for Conventional Drainage Tissues in Organ Culture

Wan Z, Brigatti L, Ranger-Moore J, Ethier CR, Stamer WD
Exp Eye Res 2006;82:1086-1093 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma

Reduced Human And Murine Corneal Thickness In An Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome Subtype

Asai-Coakwell M, Backhouse C, Casey RJ, Gage PJ, Lehmann OJ
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2006;47(11):4905-4909 (Univ. of Michigan – James S. Adams Scholar and Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Internalization after Contact Lens Wear In Vivo and in Serum-Free culture by Ocular Surface Cells

Yamamoto NA, Yamamoto NO, Petroll MW, Jester JV, Cavanagh HD
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3430-3440 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd, and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Contact Lenses

Regulation of Water Permeability in Rabbit Conjunctival Epithelium by Anisotonic Conditions

Candia OA, Alvarez LJ, Zamudio AC
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006;290:C1168-1178 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Repeated Measurements of Dynamic Tear Distribution on the Ocular Surface After Instillation of Artificial Tears

Wang J, Aquavella J, Palakuru J, Chung S
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3325-3329 (Univ. of Rochester – Challenge Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea

Role for 3-O-sulfated Heparan Sulfate as the Receptor for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Entry into Primary Human Corneal Fibroblasts

Tiwari V, Clement C, Xu D, Valyi-Nagy T, Yue BY, Liu J, Shukla D
Journal of Virology 2006;80:8970-80 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Rose Bengal and Lissamine Green Inhibit Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus by PCR

Seitzman GD, Cevallos AV, Margolis TP
Am J Ophthamol 2006;141:756-758 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Secondary Glaucoma Associated With Advanced Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Kelley PS, Dossey AP, Patel D, Whitson JT, Hogan RN, Cavanagh HD
Eye & Contact Lens 2006:32(4):178-182 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Glaucoma and Corneal Infections

Senile Plaques In Alzheimer's Diseased Brains: Possible Association Of Beta-Amyloid With Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) L-Particles

Kammerman EM, Neumann DM, Ball MJ, Lukiw W, Hill JM
Med Hypotheses 2006;66:294-299 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Size of Corneal Topographic Effective Optical Zone: Comparison of Standard and Customized Myopic Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

Racine L, Wang L, Koch DD
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:227-232 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

SOD1: A Candidate Gene For Keratoconus

Udar N, Atilano SR, Brown DJ, Holguin B, Small K, Nesburn AB, Kenney MC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3345-3351 (Univ. of California, Irvine - Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Keratoconus, Cornea

Some Known, Some New Paths to Corneal Health

Afshari NA
Rev Ophthalmol 2006;5:86-93 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Src-Family Tyrosine Kinases in Wound- and Ligand- Induced Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Xu KP, Yin J, Yu FS
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:2832-9 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Staphylococcus Aureus-Induced Corneal Inflammation is Dependent on Toll-Like Receptor 2 and Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88

Sun Y, Hise AG, Kaslow CM, Pearlman E
Infect Immun 2006;74:5325-5332 (Case Western Reserve Univ. - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and Inflammation

Subpalpebral Lavage Antibiotic Treatment for Severe Infectious Scleritis and Keratitis

Meallet MA
Cornea 2006;25:159-163 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Superficial Hypertrophic Dendriform Epitheliopathy, A Follow-up Series

Lee WB, Mannis MJ, Mehra N, Garcia-Ferrer F
Cornea 2006;25:273-276 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa to Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin and Gatifloxacin as a Guide to Treating Pseudomonas Ocular Infections

Epstein SP, Bottone EJ, Asbell PA
Eye Contact Lens 2006;32:240-244 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Tandem Scanning Confocal Corneal Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Suspected Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Parmar DN, Awwad ST, Petroll WM, Bowman RW, McCulley JP, Cavanagh HD
Ophthalmology 2006;113:538-547 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Corneal Infections

Targeted Inhibition of p57 and p15 Blocks Transforming Growth Factor β-Inhibited Proliferation of Primary Cultured Human Limbal Epithelial Cells

Chen Z, Li D-Q, Tong L, Stewart P, Chu C, Pflugfelder SC
Molecular Vision 2006;12:983-994 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Technique for Preparation of the Corneal Endothelium-Descemet Membrane Complex for Transplantation

Zhu Z, Rife L, Yiu S, Trousdale MD, Wasilewski D, Siqueira A, Smith RE
Cornea 2006;25:705-708 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Balance Between Corneal Transparency and Edema

Edelhauser HF.
The Proctor Lecture. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:1755-1767 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Corneal Transplants

The Immunobiology Of Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Clarke DW, Niederkorn JY
Microbes and Infection 2006;8:1400-1405 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Corneal Infections and Ocular Immunology

The In Vitro Activity of Selected Defense Against an Isolate of Pseudomonas in the Presence of Human Tears

McDermott AM, Rich D, Cullor J, Mannis MJ, Smith W, MurphyCJ, Reis T
Brit J Ophthalmol 2006;90:609-611 (Univ. of California, Davis - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Itching Burning Eye: Diagnostic Algorithm and Management Options

Srinivas RK, Basti S, Lin A, Iyer GK, Seethalalshmi G, Lam DSC
Comp Ophthalmol Update 2006;7(4):157-167 (Northwestern Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Pathophysiology Of Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Clarke DW, Niederkorn JY
Trends in Parasitology 2006;22:175-180 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea, Corneal Infections and Ocular Immunology

The Role of the Tight Junction in Paracellular Fluid Transport across Corneal Endothelium

Fischbarg J, Diecke FPJ, Iserovich P, Rubashkin A
Electro-osmosis as a Driving Force. J Membrane Biol 2006;210:117-130 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Use Of The Fugo Blade In Corneal Surgery: A Preliminary Animal Study

Peponis V, Rosenberg P, Reddy SV, Herz JB, Kaufman HE
Cornea 2006;25:206-208 (Louisiana State Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Thymosin B4 Inhibits Benzalkonium Chloride-Mediate Apoptosis in Corneal and Conjunctival Epithelial Cells In Vitro

Sosne G, Albeiruti A-R, Hollis B, Siddiqi A, Ellenberg D, Kurpakus-Wheater M
Experimental Eye Research 2006;83:502-507 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Tissue Engineering:Current and Future Approaches to Ocular Surface Reconstruction

Selvam S, Thomas PB, Yiu SC
Ocul Surf 2006;4:120-136 (Univ. of Southern California – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Toll-like Receptor 2-Mediated Expression of B-Definsin-2 in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Kumar A, Zhang J, Yu F
Microbes and Infection 2006;8(2):380-389 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Toll-like Receptor 3 Agonist Poly(I:C)-Induced Antiviral Response in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Kumar A, Zhang J, Yu F
Immunology 2006;117(1):11-21 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Toll-like Receptors and Corneal Innate Immunity

Kumar A, Yu FS
Curr Mol Med 2006;6:327-37 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Toll-like Receptors and the Eye

Yu FS, Hazlett LD
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:1255-63 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Topical Voriconazole As A Novel Treatment for Fungal Keratitis

Sponsel WE, Chen N, Dang D, Paris G, Graybill J, Najvar LK, Zhou L, Lam KW, Glickman RD, Scribbick F
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006;50(1):262-268 (Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratitis

Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome

Mamalis N, Edelhauser HF, Dawson DG, Chew J, LeBoyer RM, Werner L
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:324-333 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keywords: Cornea, Cataract and Glaucoma

Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome After Verisyse Iris-Supported Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation

Moshirfar M, Whitehead G, Beutler BC, Mamalis N
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1233-1237 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Refractive Surgery

Transglutaminase Participates in UVB-Induced Cell Death Pathways in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Tong L, Chen Z, De Paiva CS, Beuerman R, Li D-Q, Pflugfelder SC
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2006;47:4295-4301 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea, Dry Eye

Trends of Penetrating Keratoplasty in the United States from 1980 to 2004

Darlington JK, Adrean SD, Schwab IR
Ophthalmology 2006;113:2171-2175 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant and Research Sabbatical Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants, Cornea

Use of Topical Human Anmiotic Fluid in the Treatment of Acute Ocular Alkaki Injuries in Mice

Herretes S, Suwan-Apichon O, Pirouzmanesh A, Reyes JM, Broman AT, Cano M, Gehlbach PL, Gurewitsch ED, Duh EJ, Behrens A
Am J Ophthalmol 2006;142:271-278 (Johns Hopkins Univ. - Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd) Keyword(s) Cornea

Use Of Verisyse Iris-Supported Phakic Intraocular Lens For Myopia In Keratoconic Patients

Moshirfar M, Gregoire FJ, Mirzaian G, Whitehead GF, Kang PC
J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1227-1232 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

UVB Irradiation-Induced Changes in the 27-kd Heat Shock Protein (HSP27) in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Shi B, Han B, Schwab IR, Isseroff RR
Cornea 2006;25:948-955 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Ultraviolet Light

Wolbachia- and Onchocerca Volvulus-Induced Keratitis (River Blindness) Is Dependent on Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88

Gillette-Ferguson I, Hise AG, Sun Y, Diaconu E, McGarry HF, Taylor MJ, Pearlman E
Infect Immun 2006;74:2442-2445 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea and River Blindness

“Steel Wool Keratopathy”: A Clinical Sign of Chronic Inflammation

Seitzman GD, Strauss EC, Margolis TP
Cornea 2006;25:742-4 (Univ. of California, San Francisco – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

 

2005 Research Archive

ABCG2 Transporter Identifies a Population of Clonogenic Human Limbal Epithelial Cells

de Paiva CS, Chen Z, Corrales RM, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ
Stem Cells 2005;23:63-73 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Acanthamoeba Keratitis During Orthokeratology

Wilhelmus KR
Cornea 2005;24:864-866 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Accumulation of Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Keratoconus Corneas

Atilano SR, Coskun P, Chwa M, Jordan N, Reddy V, Le K, Wallace DC, Kenney MC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:1256-1263 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratoconus

A Comparison of Induced Astigmatism in Conventional and Wavefront-Guided Myopic LASIK Using LADARVision4000 and VISX S4 Platforms

Awward T, Haithcock KK, Oral D, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP
J Refract Surg 2005;21:S792-S798 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Activation of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)2, TLR4, and TLR9 in the Mammalian Cornea Induces MyD88-Dependent Corneal Inflammation

Johnson AC, Heinzel FP, Diacona E, Sun Y, Hise AG, Golenbock D, Lass JH, Pearlman E
Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:589- 595 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratitis, Neutrophil, Toll Like Receptor

A Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Mutant Expressing a Baculovirus Inhibitor of Apoptosis Gene in Place of Latency-Associated Transcript Has a Wild Type Reactivation Phenotype in the Mouse

Ling J, Perng GC, Mott KR, Osorio N, Naito J, Brick DJ, Carpenter D, Jones C, Wechsler SL
J Virology 2005;79:12286-12295 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

A Mathematical Model of Electrolyte and Fluid Transport Across Corneal Endothelium

Fischbarg J, Diecke FP
J Membr Biol 2005;203:41-56 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

An Involucrin Promoter AP1 Transcription Factor Binding Site is Required for Expression of Involucrin in the Corneal Epithelium In Vivo

Adhikary G, Crish J, Bone F, Gopalakrishnan R, Lass J, Eckert R
Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:1219-1227 (Case Western Reserve Univ. – Unres. Grant ) Keyword(s): Involucrin, Corneal Epithelium

Aniridia and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

McCulley TJ, Mayer K, Dahr SS, Simpson J, Holland EJ
Eye 2005;19:762-764 (Univ. of Cincinnati and Univ. of California, Irvine - Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea; Other – Aniridia; Optic Neruopathy

Anterior Lenticonus Detected by Wavefront Aberrometry

Chong EM, Wang L, Basti S, Koch DD
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;140:921-924 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

A Time Course Microarray Study of Gene Expression in the Mouse Lacrimal Gland After Acute Corneal Trauma

Fang Y, Choi D, Searles RP, Mathers WD
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:461-469 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Biocompatibility of a Nonpenetrating Synthetic Cornea in Vascularized Rabbit Corneas

Stoiber J, Fernandez V, Lamar PD, Kaminski S, Acosta AC, Dubovy S, Alfonso E, Parel JM
Cornea 2005;24:467-73 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Bves Modulates Eipthelial Integrity through an Interaction at the Tight Junction

Osler ME, Chang MS, Bader DM
J Cell Sci 2005;118:4667-4678 (Vanderbilt Univ. – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

CD4+ T-Cell-Mediated Mechanisms of Corneal Allograft Rejection: Role of Fas-Induced Apoptosis

Hegde S, Beauregard C, Mayhew E, Niederkorn JY
Transplantation 2005;79:23-31 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Central Corneal Thickness in Patients With Congenital Aniridia

Whitson JT, Liang C, Godfrey DG, Petroll WM, Cavanagh HD, Patel D, Fellman R, Starita RJ
Eye & Contact Lens 2005;31:221-224 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Characterization of Growth and Differentiation in a Telomerase-Immortalized Human Corneal Epithelial Cell Line

Robertson DM, Li L, Fisher S, Pearce VP, Shay JW, Wright WE, Cavanagh HD, Jester JV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:470-478 (Univ. of California, Irvine and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant, Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Characterization of Growth and Differentiation in a Telomerase-Immortalized Human Corneal Epithelial Cell Line

Robertson DM, Li L, Fisher S, Pearce VP, Shay JW, Wright WE, Cavanagh HD, Jester JV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:470-478 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Characterization of Tetracycline-Inducible Bitransgenic Krt12rtTA/+/tet-O-LacZ Mice

Chikama T, Hayashi Y, Liu, CY, Terai N, Terai K, Kao CW, Wang L, Hayashi M, Nishida T, Sanford P, Doestchman T, Kao WW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:1966-1972 (Univ. of Cincinnati and Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grants and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Chemokine Pathways in Corneal Fibroblasts

Nour M, Chodosh J
Ocular Surface 2005;3:S149-S151 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Conductive Keratoplasty and the Coupling Phenomenon

Sokol JA, Tammaro YR, Haji SA, Brodie SE, Asbell PA
Eye Contact Lens 2005;31:111-116 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Conductive Keratoplasty to Treat Complications of LASIK and Photorefractive Keratectomy

Hersh PS, Fry KL, Chandrashekhar, Fikaris BS
Ophthalmology 2005;112:1941-1947 (Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): LASIK, Conductive Keratoplasty, Cornea

Congenital Retinal Dystrophy and Corneal Opacity in Trisomy 8 Mosaicism

Stone DU, Siatkowski RM
J AAPOS 2005;9:290-291 (Univ. of Oklahoma - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Pediatric, Retina, Cornea

Corneal Cell Survival in Adenovirus Type-19 Infection Requires Phosphoinositide-3-kinase/Akt Activation

Rajala MS, Rajala RVS, Astley RA, Butt AL, Chodosh J
J Virol 2005;79:12322-12341 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Endothelium and Postoperative Outcomes 15 Years After Penetrating Keratoplasty

Patel SV, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Am J Ophthalmol 139:311-319 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Corneal Graft Rejection Occurs Despite Fas Ligand Expression and Apoptosis of Infiltrating Cells

Williams KA, Standfield SD, Smith JR, Coster DJ
Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:632-638 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants, Gene Therapy

Corneal Keloid Mimicking a Recurrent Limbal Dermoid

Gaviria JG, Johnson DA, Scribbick F
J POS 2005;42:189-190 (Univ. of Texas, San Antonio – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Corneal Keratocytes: Phenotypic and Species Differences in Abundant Protein Expression and in Vitro Light-Scattering

Jester Jv, Budge A, Fisher S, Huang J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:2369-2378 (Univ. of California, Irvine and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant, Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Critical Role for the Oligoadenylate Synthetase/RNase L Pathway in Response to IFN-b During Acute Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection

Austin, BA, James, C, Silverman, RH, Carr, DJJ
2005:175:1100-1106 (Univ. of Oklahoma - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Gene Therapy

Cryptococcus albidus Keratitis After Corneal Transplantation

Fernández de Castro LE, Al Sarraf O, Lally JM, Sandoval HP, Solomon KD, Vroman DT
Cornea 2005;24:882-883 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Current Concepts and Techniques in Keratoprosthesis

Ilhan-Sarac O, Akpek EK
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2005;16:246-250 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplants

Cutting Edge: Atopy Promotes Th2 Responses to Alloantigens and Increases the Incidence and Tempo of Corneal Allograft Rejection

Beauregard C, Stevens C, Mayhew E, Niederkorn JY
Jour Immunol 2005;174:6577-6581 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Developmentally Regulated Expression of Sp1 in the Mouse Cornea

Nakamura H, Ueda J, Sugar J, Yue BY
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:4092-4096 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Differences in Keratoconus as a Function of Gender

Fink BA, Wagner H, Steger-May K, Rosenstiel C, Roediger T, McMahon TT, Gordon MO, Zadnik K
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;140:459-468 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Doxycycline Inhibits TGF-beta 1 Induced MMP-9 via Smad and MAPK Pathways in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Kim HS, Luo L, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ
Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2005;46:840-848 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Early Ocular Chemokine Gene Expression and Leukocyte Infiltration After High-Risk Corneal Transplantation

Yamagami S, Hamrah P, Zhang Q, Liu Q, Huq S, Dana MR
Mol Vision 2005;11:632-640 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea and Cornea Transplants

Effect of Hinge Location on Corneal Sensation and Dry Eye after LASIK

Vroman DT, Sandoval HP, Fernández de Castro LE, Kasper TJ, Holzer MP, Solomon KD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2005;31:1881-1887 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Epibulbar Nodular Fasciitis Associated with Floppy Eyelids

Stone DU, Chodosh J
Cornea 2005;24:361-362 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Evidence Suggesting the Existence of Stem Cells for the Human Corneal Endothelium

Whikeart DR, Parikh CH, Vaughn AV, Mishler K, Edelhauser HF
Mol Vis 2005;11:816-824 (Emory Univ. and Univ. of Alabama – Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Corneal Endothelium, Stem Cells

Excess Biglycan Causes Eyelid Malformation by Perturbing Muscle Development and TGF-Alpha Signaling

Hayashi Y, Liu CY, Jester JJ, Hayashi M, Wang IJ, Funderburgh JL, Saika S, Roughley PJ, Kao CW, Kao WW
Dev Biol 2005;277:222-234 (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grants and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Experimental Evaluation of the Corneal Concept 360 Intraocular Lens with the Miyake-Apple View

Werner L, Hickman MS, LeBoyer RM, Mamalis N
J Cataract Refract Surg 2005;31:1231-1237 (Univ. of Utah - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract

Expression of Smad7 in Mouse Eyes Accelerates Healing of Corneal Tissue After Exposure to Alkali

Saika S, Ikeda K, Yamanaka O, Miyamoto T, Ohnishi Y, Sato M, Muragaki Y, Ooshima A, Nakajima Y, Kao WW, Flanders KC, Roberts AB.
Am J Pathol. 2005;166:1405-1418 (Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Human LASIK Corneas with Histologic and Ultrastructural Correlation

Dawson DG, Holley GP, Geroski DH, Waring GO III, Grossniklaus HE, Edelhauser HF
Ophthalmology 2005;112:634-644 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Confocal, Histology, LASIK

Eye-Banking Risk Factors for Fungal Endophthalmitis Compared with Bacterial Endophthalmitis After Corneal Transplantation

Hassan SS, Wilhelmus KR; Medical Review Subcommittee of the Eye Bank Association of America
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;139:685-690 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Corneal Transplants

Factors Modulating p63 Expression in Cultured Limbal Epithelial Cells

Salehi-Had H, Alvarenga LS, Isseroff R, Schwab IR
Cornea 2005;24:845-852 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Failure of Acanthamoeba Castellanii to Produce Intraocular Infections

Clarke DW, Alizadeh H, Niederkorn JY
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:2472-2478 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Functional Characterization of Neostatins, the MMP-Derived, Enzymatic Cleavage Products of Type XVIII Collagen

Chang JH, Javier JA, Chang GY, Oliveira HB, Azar DT
FEBS Lett 2005;579:3601-3606 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Genetics of Corneal Disease for the Ocular Surface Clinician

Sjoberg SA
Ocul Surf 2005;3:155-166 (Univ. of Iowa - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Gene Therapy, Cornea

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Immediate-Early Protein Icp0 Diffuses Out of Infected Rabbit Cornea

Naito J, Mott KR, Osorio N, Jin L, Perng GC
J Gen Virology 2005;86:2979-2988 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1

Higher-Order Aberrations from the Internal Optics of the Eye

Wang L, Santaell RM, Booth M, Koch DD
J Cat Ref Surg 2005;31:1512-1519 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Higher Order Aberrations in Eyes with Irregular Corneas after Laser Refractive Surgery

McCormick GJ, Porter J, Cox IG, MacRae S
Opthalmology 2005;112:1699–1709 (Univ. of Rochester – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Histologic, Ultrastructural, and Immunofluorescent Evaluation of Human Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileusis Corneal Wounds

Dawson DG, Kramer TR, Grossniklaus HE. Waring GO III, Edelhauser HF
Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:741-756 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Wounds, LASIK

Histopathological Analysis of Post-Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileeusis Corneal Ectasia with Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments

Spirn MJ, Dawson DG, Rubinfeld RS, Burris C, Talamo Jonathan, Edelhauser HF, Grossniklaus HE
Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1604-1607 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Wounds, Intac’s, LASIK

How the Cornea Heals; Cornea-Specific Repair Mechanisms Affecting Surgical Outcomes

Fini ME, Stramer BM
Cornea 2005;24:S2-S11 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Hyperopic Laser in Situ Keratomileusis in Eyes with Previous Radial Keratotomy

Oral D, Awwad ST, Seward MS, Bowman RW, McCulley JP, Cavanagh HD
J Cataract Refract Sur 2005;31:1561-1568 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Immune Privilege of the Eye and Fetus: Parallel Universes?

Niederkorn JY, Wang S
Transplantation 2005;80:1139-1144 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Immunosuppressive Factors Secreted by Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells

Li H, Niederkorn JY, Neelam S, Mayhew, Word RA, McCulley JP, Alizadeh H
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:900-907 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Increased Levels of Catalase and Cathepsin V/L2 But Decreased Timp-1 in Keratoconus Corneas: Evidence That Oxidative Stress Plays a Role in This Disorder

Kenney MC, Chwa M, Atilano SR, Tran A, Carballo M, Saghizadeh M, Vasiliou V, Adachi S, Brown DJ
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:823-832 (Univ. of California, Irvine and Univ. of California, Los Angeles – Unres. Grant and Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Keratoconus

Infectious Keratitis After Astigmatic Keratotomy in Penetrating Keratoplasty: Review of Three Cases

Adrean SD, Cochrane R, Reilly CD, Mannis MJ
Cornea 2005;24:626-628 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Inflammatory Response to Fungal Keratitis

Mitchell BM, Wilhelmus KR
Ocular Surface 2005;3:S152-S153 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) Ameliorates Corneal Disease in a Mouse Model of Recurrent Herpetic Keratitis

Keadle TL, Stuart PM
Microb Path 2005;38:13-21 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Internalization of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa is Mediated by Lipid Rafts in Contact Lens-Wearing Rabbit and Cultured Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Yamamoto N, Yamamoto N, Petroll MW, Cavanagh HD, Jester JV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:1348-1355 (Univ. of California, Irvine and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant, Challenge Grant Olga Keith Weiss Scholar and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Internalization of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa is Medicated by Lipid Rafts in Contact Lens-Wearing Rabbit and Cultured Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Yamamoto N, Yamamoto N, Petroll MW, Cavanagh HD, Jester JV
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:1348-1355 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Olga Keith Weiss Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Intraocular Lens Calculation in a Patient with Previous Penetrating Keratoplasty and LASIK

Adrean SD, Reilly C, Mannis MJ
Cornea 2005;224:629-631 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) (Keyword(s): Cornea

Intraoperative Correction of Induced Astigmatism after Spherical Correction of Hyperopia with Conductive Keratoplasty

Haji SA, Ramonas K, Potapova N, Wang G, Asbell PA
Eye Contact Lens 2005;31:76-79 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

JNK Regulates MCP-1 Expression by Adenovirus Type 19 Infected Human Corneal Fibroblasts

Xiao J, Chodosh J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:3777-3782 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocan, A Cornea-Specific Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan, Is Regulated by Lumican

Carlson EC, Liu CY, Chikama T, Hayashi Y, Kao CW, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL, Jester JV, Kao WW
J Biol Chem 2005;280:25541-25547 (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grants, Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof., Olga Keith Weiss Scholar and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocan, a Cornea-Specific Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan, is Regulated by Lumican

Carlson EC, Liu CY, Chikama T, Hayashi Y, Kao CW, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL, Jester JV, Kao WW
J Biol Chem 2005;280:25541-25547 (Univ. of Miami, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Pittsburgh and Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grants, Jules & Doris Stein Prof., Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocan, a Cornea-Specific Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan, is Regulated by Lumican

Carlson EC, Liu CY, Chikama T, Hayashi Y, Kao CWC, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL, Jester JV, Kao WWY
J Bio Chem 2005;280:25541-25547 (Univ. of California, Irvine, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Miami, Univ. of Pittsburgh and Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grants, Challenge Grant, Olga Keith Weiss Scholar and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awds.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocan, a Cornea-Specific Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan, is Regulated by Lumican

Carlson EC, Liu CY, Chikama T, Hayashi Y, Kao CW, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL, Jester JV, Kao WW
J Biol Chem 2005;280:25541-25547 (Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Miami, Univ. of Pittsburgh and Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Keratocyte Density

McLaren JW, Nau CB, Kitzmann AS, Bourne WM
Comparison of Two Confocal Microscopes. Eye & Contact Lens 2005;31:28-33 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Laser in Situ Keratomileusis Outcomes Following Radial Keratotomy, Astigmatic Keratotomy, Photorefractive Keratectomy, and Penetrating Keratoplasty

Afshari NA, Schirra F, Rapoza P, Talamo JH, Ludwig K, Adelman RA, Kenyon KR
J Cataract Refract Surg 2005;31:2093-2100 (Duke University –Career Development Awd) Keyword(s): Cornea

Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy of a Conjunctival Vascular Tumor

Fraunfelder FW, Fraunfelder FT
Cornea 2005;24:116-117 (Oregon Health & Science Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Ocular Oncology

Long-Term Corneal Keratocyte Deficits after Photorefractive Keratectomy and Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

Erie JC, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2005;103:55-68 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Retina and Retinal Diseases

Long-term Histopathologic Findings in Human Corneal Wounds After Refractive Surgical Procedures

Dawson DG, Edelhauser HF, Grossniklaus HE
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;139:168-178 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Corneal Wound Healing, LASIK

Management of Prominent Iris Vascular Tufts Causing Recurrent Spontaneous Hyphema

Strauss EC, Aldave AJ, Spencer WH, Branco BC, Barsness DA, Calman AF, Margolis TP
Cornea 2005;24:224-226 (Univ. of California, San Francisco - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Knockout Confers Resistance to Corneal Epithelial Barrier Disruption in Experimental Dry Eye

Pflugfelder SC, Farley W, Luo L, Chen LZ, de Paiva CS, Olmos LC, Li DQ, Fini ME
Am J Pathol 2005;166:61-71 (Baylor College of Medicine and Univ. of Miami – Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Knockout Confers Resistance to Corneal Epithelial Barrier Disruption in Experimental Dry Eye

Pflugfelder SC, Farley W, Luo L, Chen LZ, de Paiva CS, Olmos LC, Li DQ, Fini ME
Am J Pathol 2005;166:61-71 (Univ. of Miami and Baylor College - Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea

Modal Reconstruction Methods with Zernike Polynomials

Schwiegerling, J
J Refract Surgery 2005;21:S552-S557 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Multipotent Stem Cells in Human Corneal Stroma

Du Y, Funderburgh ML, Mann MM, Sundarraj N, Funderburgh JL
Stem Cells 2005;23:1266-1275 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Mutations in TCF8 Cause Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy and Ectopic Expression of COL4A3 by Corneal Endothelial Cells

Krafchak CM, Pawar H, Moroi SE, Sugar A, Lichter PR, Mackey DA, Mian S, Nairus T, Elner V, Schteingart MT, Downs CA, Kijek TG, Johnson JM, Trager EH, Rozsa FW, Ali Mandal MN, Epstein MP, Vollrath D, Ayyagari R, Boehnke M, Richards JE
Am J Hum Genet 2005;77:694-708 (Univ. of Michigan – Unres. Grant, Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd. and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

New Insights into the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurotrophic Keratopathy

Goins KM
Ocul Surf 2005;3:96-110 (Univ. of Iowa - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Nitric Oxide and cGMP Mediate α1D-Adrenergic Receptor-Stimulated Protein Secretion and p42/p44 MAPK Activation in Rat Lacrimal Gland

Hodges RR, Shatos MA, Tarko RS, Vrouvlianis, Gu J, Dartt DA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:2781-2789 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Nomogram- Based Intraocular Lens Power Adjustment after Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy and LASIK, A New Approach

Feiz V, Moshirfar M, Mannis MJ, Reilly CD, Garcia-Ferrer F, Caspar JJ, Lim MC
Ophthalmol 2005;112:1381-1387 (Univ. of California, Davis and Univ. of Utah – Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea

Novel Expression and Characterization of Lymphatic Vessel Endothelial Hyaluronate Receptor 1 (LYVE-1) by Conjunctival Cells

Chen L, Cursiefen C, Barabino S, Zhang Q, Dana MR
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:4536-4540 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant and Physician-Scientist Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea and Dry Eye

Objective Assessment of Skills in Intraocular Surgery (OASIS)

Cremers SL, Ciolino JB, Ferrufino-Ponce ZK, Henderson BA
Ophthalmology 2005;112:1236-1241 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cataract and Cornea

Ocular Complications of Hypovitaminosis A After Bariatric Surgery

Lee WB, Hamilton SM, Harris JP, Schwab, IR
Ophthalmol 2005;112:1031-1034 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ocular Rosacea

Alvarenga LS, Mannis MJ
The Ocular Surface 2005;3:41-58 (Univ. of California, Davis – Unrest.Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea.

Ocular Surface Epithelia Contain ABCG2-Dependent Side Population Cells Exhibiting Features Associated with Stem Cells

Budak MT, Alpdogan OS, Zhou M, Lavker RM, Akinci MA, Wolosin JM
J Cell Sci 2005;118:1715-1724 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia a Standard of Care Survey

Stone DU, Butt AL, Chodosh J
Cornea 2005;24:297-300 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Over Expression of FGF7 Enhances Cell Proliferation but Fails to Cause Pathology in Corneal Epithelium of Kerapr- rtTA/FGF7 Bitransgenic Mice

Hayashi M, Hayashi Y, Liu CY, Tichelaar JW, Kao WW
Mol Vis. 2005;11:201-207 (Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grants and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Over Expression of FGF7 Enhances Cell Proliferation But Fails to Cause Pathology in Corneal Epithelium of Kerapr- Rtta/FGF7 Bitransgenic Mice

Hayashi M, Hayashi Y, Liu CY, Tichelaar JW, Kao WW
Mol Vis. 2005;11:201-207 (Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grant, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Olga Keth Weiss Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Partial Enrichment of a Population of Human Limbal Epithelial Cells with Putative Stem Cell Properties Based on Collagen Type IV Adhesiveness

Li DQ, Chen Z, de Paiva CS, Kim HS, Pflugfelder SC
Exp Eye Res 2005;80:581-590 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Pathologic Findings in Postmortem Corneas After Successful Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

Kramer TR, Chuckpaiwong V, Dawson DG, L’Hernault N, Grossniklaus HE, Edelhauser HF
Cornea 2005;24:92-102 (Emory Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Histopathology, LASIK

PAX6 Expression Identifies Progenitor Cells for Corneal Keratocytes

Funderburgh ML, Du Y, Mann MM, Sundarraj N, Funderburgh JL
FASEB J 2005;19:1371-1373 (Univ. of Pittsburgh – Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Peripheral Deletion of Antigen-specific T Cells Leads to Long-term Tolerance Mediated by CD8+ Cytotoxic Cells

Herndon JM, Stuart PM, Ferguson TA
J Immunol 2005;174:4098-4104 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Peripheral Light-Focusing: Measurement Reliability and Correlations with Ocular Dimensions

Twelker JD, Harbison SC, Bailey IL
Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:94-100 (Univ. of Arizona – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Photodynamic Therapy with PhotoPoint Photosensitizer MV6401, Indium Chloride Methyl Pyropheophorbide, Achieves Selective Closure of Rat Corneal Neovascularization and Rabbit Choriocapillaris

Ciulla TA, Criswell MH, Snyder WJ, Small W IV
Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:113-119 (Indiana Univ. Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): AMD, Retina & Retinal Diseases

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) Stimulates Human Corneal Epithelial Cell Adhesion and Migration In Vitro

Wang Z, Sosne G, Kurpakus-Wheater M
2005;80:1-8 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Posterior Intracorneal Opacities in Patients with HIV Infection

Thorne JE, Shah KH, Brown DM, Holland GN, Jabs DA
Ocular Immunol Inflamm 2005;13:25-32 (Johns Hopkins Univ. and Univ. of California, Los Angeles – Unres. Grants Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Physician- Scientist Awd.) Keyword(s): AIDS, Cornea

Proteinase and Growth Factor Alterations Revealed by Gene Microarray Analysis of Human Diabetic Corneas

Mehrnoosh S, Kramerov AA, Tajbakhsh J, Aoki AM, Wang C, Chai N, Ljubimova JY, Sasaki T, Sosne G, Carlson MRJ, Nelson SF, Ljubimov AV
2005;46:3604-3615 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Proteomic Identification of Activin Receptor-Like Kinase-1 as a Differentially Expressed Protein During Hyaloid Vascular System Regression

Albe E, Escalona E, Rajagopal R, Javier JA, Chang JH, Azar DT
FEBS Lett 2005;579:5481-5486 (Harvard Medical School – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Refractive Surgery Survey 2004

Sandoval HP, Fernández de Castro LE, Vroman DT, Solomon KD
J Cataract Refract Surg 2005;31:221-233 (Medical Univ. of South Carolina – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Survey

Regulation of Na-K-2C1 Cotransport in Cultured Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cells

Diecke FP, Wen Q, Iserovich P, Li J, Kuang K, Fischbarg J
Exp Eye Res 2005;80:777-785 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Regulatory Role of Fgf-2 on Type I Collagen Expression During Endothelial Mesenchymal Transformation

Ko MK, Kay EP
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:4495-1503 (Univ of Southern California - Unres. Grant) Keyword: Cornea

Repeatability of Corneal Topography Measurement in Keratoconus with the TMS-1

McMahon TT, Anderson RJ, Roberts C, Mahmoud AM, Szczotka-Flynn LB, Raasch TW, Friedman NE, Davis LJ; CLEK Study Group
Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:405-415 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Case Western Reserve Univ. and Univ. of Missouri - Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea

Risk Factors for Progression to Penetrating Keratoplasty in Patients with Keratoconus

Reeves SW, Stinnett S, Adelman RA, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;140:607-611 (Duke Univ. and Yale Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Role of Contact Lens wear, Bacterial Flora, and Mannose-Induced Pathogenic Protease in the Pathogenesis of Amoebic Keratitis

Alizadeh H, Neelam S, Hurt M, Niederkorn JY
Infect Immun 500;73:1061-1068 (Univ. of Texas Southwestern – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Seasonal Effects in the Elimination of Trachoma

Lee DC, Chidambaram JD, Porco TC, Gaynor BD, Lietman T
Am J Tropical Med 2005;72:468-470 (Univ. of California, San Francisco - Unres. Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea and Pediatric

Selective Reduction of Fibrotic Markers in Repairing Corneas of Mice Deficient in Smad3

Stramer BM, Austin JS, Roberts AB, Fini ME
J Cell Physiol 2005;203:226-32 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant and Jules & Doris Stein RPB Prof.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Selective Uptake of Iron Oxide by Rabbit Conjunctival Lymphoid Follicles

Astley RA, Chodosh J
Cornea 2005;24:334-336 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Soluble Lumican Glycoprotein Purified from Human Amniotic Membrane Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing

Yeh LK, Chen WL, Li W, Espana EM, Ouyang J, Kawakita T, Kao WW, Tseng SC, Liu CY
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005;46:479-486 (Univ. of Cincinnati and Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grants, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Olga Keith Weiss Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Soluble Lumican Glycoprotein Purified from Human Amniotic Membrane Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing

Yeh LK, Chen WL, Li W, Espana EM, Ouyang J, Kawakita T, Kao WW, Tseng SC, Liu CY
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005;46:479-486 (Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grants, Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd. and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

Th-Cytotoxic T- Lymphocyte Chimeric Epitopes Extended by Nε-Palmitoyl-Lysines Induce Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1-Specific Effector Cd8+ Tc1 Responses and Protect Against Ocular Infection

Zhang X, Issagholian A, Berg EA, Fishman JB, Nesburn AB, Benmohamed L
J Virology 2005;79:15289-15301 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

The Effectiveness of Isobutyl Cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesive for the Treatment of Corneal Perforations

Setlik DE, Seldomridge DL, Adelman RA, Semchyshyn T, Afshari NA
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;140:920-921 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Effect of Age on the Corneal Subbasal Nerve Plexus

Erie JC, McLaren JW, Hodge DO, Bourne WM
Cornea 2005;24:705-709 (Mayo Medical School – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Effects of Aminoguanidine on Primary and Recurrent Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

Keadle TL, Morris JE, Stuart PM
Nitric Oxide: Bio Chem 2005;13:247-253 (Washington Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Heterogeneous Murine Corneal Stromal Cell Populations in Vitro

Espana EM, Kawakita T, Di Pascuale MA, Li W, Yeh LK, Parel JM, Liu CY, Tseng SC
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:4528-4535 (Univ. of Miami - Unres. Grant and Olga Keith Wiess Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Incidence of Microbial Keratitis Among Wearers of a 30-Day Silicone Hydrogel Extended-Wear Contact Lens

Schein OD, McNally JJ, Katz J, Chalmers RL, Tielsch JM, Alfonso E, Bullimore M, O’Day D, Shovlin J
Ophthalmology 2005;112:2172-2179 (Vanderbilt Univ., Johns Hopkins Univ. and Univ. of Miami – Challenge Grant and Unres. Grants) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Locus Encompassing the Latency-Associated Transcript of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Interferes with and Delays Interferon Expression in Productively Infected Neuroblastoma Cells and Trigeminal Ganglia of Acutely Infected Mice

Peng W, Henderson G, Inman M, Benmohamed L, Perng GC, Wechsler SL, Jones C
J Virology 2005;79:6162-6171 (Univ. of California, Irvine – Challenge Grant and Sr. Scientific Inv. Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

Therapeutic Effect of Topical Administration Of SN50, an Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor-Kappab, in Treatment of Corneal Alkali Burns in Mice

Saika S, Miyamoto T, Yamanaka O, Kato T, Ohnishi Y, Flanders KC, Ikeda K, Nakajima Y, Kao WW, Sato M, Muragaki Y, Ooshima A.
Am J Pathol. 2005;166:1393-1403 (Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Therapeutic Effects of Adenoviral Gene Transfer of Bone Morphogenic Protein-7 on a Corneal Alkali Injury Model in Mice

Saika S, Ikeda K, Yamanaka O, Flanders KC, Nakajima Y, Miyamoto T, Ohnishi Y, Kao WW, Muragaki Y, Ooshima A
Lab Invest 2005;85:474- 86 (Univ. of Cincinnati - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea; Gene Therapy

Therapy of Progressive Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Corneal Ulceration with Infliximab

Thomas JW, Pflugfelder SC
Cornea 2005;24:742-744 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

The Role of Viral and Host Genes in Corneal Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

Brandt CR
Exp Eye Res 2005;80:607-621 (Univ. of Wisconsin – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Herpes Simplex Virus, Keratitis

The Tear Film Complex: Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapies for Dry Eyes

Smith RE
Cornea 2005;24:1-7 (Univ of Southern California - Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye, Other: Lacrimal Apparatus

Thymosin-b4 Modulates Corneal Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels and Polymorphonuclear Cell Infiltration After Alkali Injury

Sosne G, Christopherson PL, Barrett RP, Fridman R
2005;46:2388-2395 (Wayne State Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

Topical Ciclosporin in the Treatment of Ocular Surface Disorders

Tatlipinar S, Akpek EK
Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:1363-1367 (Johns Hopkins Univ. – Unres. Grant and Wm. and Mary Greve Scholar) Keyword(s): Cornea, Corneal Diseases

Topical Cyclosporin Inhibit Epithelia Apoptosis in Experimental Murine Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

Strong B, Farley W, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC
Cornea 2005;24:80-85 (Baylor College of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Dry Eye

Topical Ocular Antibiotics Induce Bacterial Resistance at Extraocular Sites

Gaynor BD, Chidambaram JD, Cevallos V, Miao Y, Miller K, Jha HC, Bhatta RC, Chaudhary JSP, Osaki Holm S, Whitcher JP, Holbrook KA, Fry AM, Lietman T
Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:1097- 1099 (Univ. of California, San Francisco - Unres. Grant) Keywords(s): Cornea and Pediatrics

Trends in the Indications for Penetrating Keraotplasty, 1980-2001

Kang PC, Klintworth GK, Carlson AN, Kim T, Adelman RA, Stinnet S, Afshari NA
Cornea 2005;24:801-803 (Duke Univ. and Yale Univ. – Unres. Grants and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants

Uniform Distribution of Epithelial Stem Cells in the Bulbar Conjunctiva

Nagasaki T, Zhao J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:126-132 (Columbia Univ. – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Conjunctiva, Stem Cells, Dry Eye

VIP Immunoreactivity in Human Aqueous Humor

Koh SW, Rutzen A, Coll T, Hemady R, Higginbotham EJ
Curr Eye Res 2005;30:189-194 (Univ. of Maryland – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea

Vitronectin: A Possible Determinant of Adenovirus Type 19 Tropism for Human Corneal Epithelium

Xiao J, Natarajan K, Rajala MS, Astley RA, Ramadan RT, Chodosh J
Am J Ophthalmol 2005;140:363-369 (Univ. of Oklahoma – Unres. Grant and Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea

ZO-1: Lamellipodial Localization in a Corneal Fibroblast Wound Model

Taliana L, Benezra M, Greenberg RS, Masur K, Bernstein AM
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:96- 103 (Mount Sinai School of Medicine – Unres. Grant) Keyword(s): Cornea, Cornea Transplants

“Cracked–Mud” Ciprofloxacin Precipitates on a Corneal Graft

Tanhehco T, Chiavetta SV, Lee PP, Kim T, Fowler AM, Afshari NA
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2005;36:252-253 (Duke Univ. – Unres. Grant and Career Development Awd.) Keyword(s): Cornea Transplants