Research Database

Does Levodopa improve vision in albinism? Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Summers CG, Connett JE, Holleschau AM, Anderson JL, DeBecker I, McKay BS, Brilliant MH

Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2014 Nov;42(8):713-21

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Low Vision, Retina/Retinal Diseases, Other: Albinism

Retinal dendritic cell recruitment, but not function, was inhibited in MyD88 and TRIF deficient mice.

Heuss ND, Pierson MJ, Montaniel KRC, McPherson SW, Lehmann U, Hussong SA, Ferrington DA, Low WC, Gregerson DS

Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2014 Nov;143:1-16.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Retina/Retinal Diseases, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases, Other: Neuroprotection

Biocompatibility and functionality of a tissue-engineered living corneal stroma transplanted in the feline eye.

Pankert MB, Goyer B, Zaguia F, Bareille M, Perron M, Liu X, Cameron JD, Proulx S, Brunette I

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Oct;55:6908-20

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Other: Penetrating Keratoplasty, Other: Tissue Engineering

Optic neuropathy secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) as related to experimental primate model.

Groth S, Mokri B, McKinney AM, Lee MS

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Oct;55:6175-6

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Optic Neuropathy

Effect of patient positioning on cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure.

Abel AS, Brace JR, McKinney AM, Friedman DI, Smith SD, Westesson PL, Nascene D, Ott F, Lee MS

J Neuro-ophthalmol. 2014 Sep;34:218-212.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Neuro-Ophthalmology

DVD – a conceptual, clinical, and surgical overview.

Christoff A, Raab EL, Guyton DL, Brodsky MC, Fray KJ, Merrill K, Hennessey CC, Bothun ED, Morrison DG

J AAPOS. 2014 Aug;18(4):378-84.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Strabismus/Amblyopia/Eye Movement Disorders, Other: DVD, Dissociated Vertical Deviation, Hypertropia

Three-year treatment outcomes in the Ahmed Baerveldt comparison study.

Barton K, Feuer WJ, Budenz DL, Schiffman J, Costa VP, Godfrey DG, Buys YM; Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study Group

Ophthalmology. 2014 Aug;121(8):1547-57.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Glaucoma

A pain in the eye.

Armbrust KR, Kosmorsky GS, Lee MS, Friedman DI

Surv Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul-Aug;59:474-7.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Neuro-Ophthalmology

Atropine vs patching for treatment of moderate amblyopia: follow-up at 15 years of age of a randomized clinical trial.

Repka MX, Kraker RT, Holmes JM, Summers AI, Glaser SR, Barnhardt CN, Tien DR; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul;132(7):799-805

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Pediatric, Strabismus/Amblyopia/Eye Movement Disorders

Complications in the first 5 years following cataract surgery in infants with and without intraocular lens implantation in the infant aphakia treatment study.

Plager DA, Lynn MJ, Buckley EG, Wilson ME, Lambert SR, Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group

Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul;29(5):892-8

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cataract, Strabismus/Amblyopia/Eye Movement Disorders, Other: IATS

Femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty: full and partial-thickness cut wound strength and endothelial cell loss across a variety of wound patterns.

Kopani KR, Page MA, Holiman J, Parodi A, Iliakis B, Chamberlain W

Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul;98(7):894-9.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Other: Cornea Transplantation

Relationship between foveal cone specialization and pit morphology in albinism.

Wilk MA, McAllister JT, Cooper RF, Dubis AM, Patitucci T, Summerfelt P, Anderson JL, Stepien KE, Costakos DM, Connor TB Jr, Wirostko WJ, Chiang P-W, Dubra A, Curcio CA, Brilliant MH, Dubra A, Summers CG, Carroll J

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Jul;55(7):4186-98.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Retina/Retinal Diseases, Other: Albinism

Outcomes of glaucoma reoperations in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study.

Saheb H, Gedde SJ, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ; Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group

Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jun;157(6):1179-1189

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Glaucoma

The role of preoperative biometry in selecting initial contact lens power in the infant aphakia treatment study.

Trivedi RH, Lambert SR, Lynn MJ, Wilson ME, Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group

J AAPOS. 2014 Jun;18(3):251-4

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cataract, Other: IATS

The heritability of the ring-like distribution of macular pigment assessed in a twin study.

Tariq A, Mahroo OA, Williams KM, Liew SH, Beatty S, Gilbert CE, van Kuijk FJ, Hammond CJ

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Apr;55:2214-9

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: AMD, Imaging, Other: Macular Pigment

Patients with homonymous hemianopia become visually qualified to drive using novel monocular sector prisms.

Moss AM, Harrison AR, Lee MS

J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Mar;34(1):53-6.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Recent advance in the cryopreservation of corneal limbal stem cells.

Kaufman SC, Suri K, Twite M, Yuan C

International Journal of Eye Banking. 2014 Mar;2(1):1-7.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Other: Limbal Stem Cells, Other: Cryopreservation, Other: Tissue Banking

Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group.

Miller AM, Chandler DL, Repka MX, Hoover DL, Lee KA, Melia M, Rychwalski PJ, Silbert DI

Office probing for treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in infants. J AAPOS. 2014 Feb;18(1):26-30

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Pediatric, Other: Nasolacrimal Obstruction

Surgical debulking for idiopathic dacryoadenitis.

Mombaerts I, Cameron JD, Chanlalit W, Garrity JA

Ophthalmology. 2014 Feb;121(2):603-9

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Oculoplastic, Other: Dacryoadenitis, Other: Idioplathic, Other: Surgical Treatment

Delayed presentation of retained nuclear fragment following phacoemulsification cataract extraction.

Mokhtarzadeh A, Kaufman SC, Koozekanani, DD & Meduri A

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014 40:671-4

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cataract, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Dystrophic changes in extraocular muscles after gamma irradiation in mdx:utrophin+/- mice.

McDonald AA, Kunz MD, McLoon LK

PLoS One. 2014 Jan;9(1):e86424.

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

A comparison of treatment approaches for bilateral congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Lee KA, Chandler DL, Repka MX, Melia M, Beck RW, Summers CG, Frick KD, Foster NC, Kraker RT, Atkinson S, PEDIG

Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov;156(5):1045-50

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Pediatric, Other: Nasolacrimal Obstruction

Chronic retinal necrosis: Cytomegalovirus necrotizing retinitis associated with panretinal vasculopathy in non-HIV patients.

Schneider EW, Elner SG, van Kuijk FJ, Goldberg N, Lieberman RM, Eliott D, Johnson MW

Retina. 2013 Oct;33(9):1791-9

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Imaging, Retina/Retinal Diseases, Retinal Vein and Artery Occlusion

The unique association of iris heterochromia with hermansky-pudlak syndrome.

Radke P, Schimmenti LA, Schoonveld C, Bothun ED, Summers CG

J AAPOS. 2013 Oct;17(5):542-4

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Low Vision, Other: Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome

Corneal limbal stem cell cryopreservation.

Ewel J, Yuan C, Nelson E, Kaufman S

J Ocular Biol. 2013 Sep;1(1):5

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Stem Cell Research/Therapy

Postulating a role for connective tissue elements in inferior oblique muscle overaction (an american ophthalmological society thesis).

Stager D,Jr, McLoon LK, Felius J

Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2013 Sep;111:119-32

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Pediatric, Strabismus/Amblyopia/Eye Movement Disorders

Isopropyl alcohol skin antisepsis does not reduce incidence of infection following insulin injection.

O'Neill J, Grinager H, Smith SD, Sibley S, Harrison AR, Lee MS

Am J Infect Control. 2013 Aug;41(8):755-6

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Epidemiology, Nanotechnology/Drug Delivery, Other: Complications of Treatment, Other: Infection Control

The delayed cost of treatment.

Whipple KM, Levi L, Lee MS

Surv Ophthalmol. 2013 Jul-Aug;58(4):370-6

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Optic Neuropathy

Hermansky-pudlak syndrome (HPS5) in a nonagenarian.

Ringeisen AL, Schimmenti LA, White JG, Schoonveld C, Summers CG

J AAPOS. 2013 Jun;17(3):334-6

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Low Vision, Retina/Retinal Diseases, Other: Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome

One-year strabismus outcomes in the infant aphakia treatment study.

Bothun ED, Cleveland J, Lynn MJ, Christiansen SP, Vanderveen DK, Neely DE, Kruger SJ, Lambert SR, Infant Aphakic Treatment Study

Ophthalmology. 2013 Jun;120(6):1227-31

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cataract, Other: Infant Aphakia Treatment Study

Vitreous hemorrhage after trabeculotomy in aphakic eyes.

Bothun ED, Groth SL, Freedman SF

J AAPOS. 2013 Jun;17(3):307-8

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Glaucoma, Pediatric, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

High-resolution multimodal imaging of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome.

Boretsky A, Mirza S, Khan F, Motamedi M, van Kuijk FJ

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2013 May-Jun;44(3):296-300

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Imaging, Retina/Retinal Diseases

Local "on-demand" generation and function of antigen-specific Foxp3+ regulatory T cells.

McPherson SW, Heuss ND, Gregerson DS

J Immunol. 2013 May 15;190(10):4971-81

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Retina/Retinal Diseases, Uveitis/Infectious Diseases

Autoimmune retinopathy in a patient with autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I.

Breunig A, Lee MS, Miller BS, Binstadt BA, Anderson MS, Montezuma S

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2013 Apr;21(2):153-7

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keyword: Retina/Retinal Diseases

Clinical characteristics of children with severe visual impairment but favorable retinal structural outcomes from the early treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ETROP) study.

Siatkowski RM, Good WV, Summers CG, Quinn GE, Tung B

J AAPOS. 2013 Apr;17(2):129-34

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Low Vision, Pediatric, Retina/Retinal Diseases

Intraobserver reliability of contact pachymetry in children.

Weise KK, Kaminski B, Melia M, Repka MX, Bradfield YS, Davitt BV, Johnson DA, Kraker RT, Manny RE, Matta NS, Schloff S, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group

J AAPOS. 2013 Apr;17(2):144-8

University of Minnesota - Departmental Grant

Keywords: Cornea, Pediatric