Clinical Trials:

Sayan Datta, Alexander J. E. Foss, Matthew J. Grainge, Richard M. Gregson, Anwar Zaman, Tahir Masud, Fran Osborn, and Rowan H. Harwood

The Importance of Acuity, Stereopsis, and Contrast Sensitivity for Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly Women with Cataracts
2008 49: 1-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danielle M. Robertson, W. Matthew Petroll, and H. Dwight Cavanagh

The Effect of Nonpreserved Care Solutions on 12 Months of Daily and Extended Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Wear
2008 49: 7-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anatomy and Pathology:

Rod D. Braun and Kerry S. Vistisen

Measurement of Human Choroidal Melanoma Xenograft Volume in Rats Using High-Frequency Ultrasound
2008 49: 16-22. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Willem Maat, Emine Kilic, Gré P. M. Luyten, Annelies de Klein, Martine J. Jager, Nelleke A. Gruis, and Pieter A. Van der Velden

Pyrophosphorolysis Detects B-RAF Mutations in Primary Uveal Melanoma
2008 49: 23-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology:

Asiya Abedin, Imran Mohammed, Andrew Hopkinson, and Harminder S. Dua

A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide on the Ocular Surface Shows Decreased Expression in Inflammation and Infection
2008 49: 28-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shimin Li, Karina Nikulina, Jason DeVoss, Ava J. Wu, Erich C. Strauss, Mark S. Anderson, and Nancy A. McNamara

Small Proline-Rich Protein 1B (SPRR1B) Is a Biomarker for Squamous Metaplasia in Dry Eye Disease
2008 49: 34-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hetian Lei, Gisela Velez, Peter Hovland, Tatsuo Hirose, and Andrius Kazlauskas

Plasmin Is the Major Protease Responsible for Processing PDGF-C in the Vitreous of Patients with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
2008 49: 42-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly K. Pertile, Maria Schäche, F. M. Amirul Islam, Christine Y. Chen, Mohamed Dirani, Paul Mitchell, and Paul N. Baird

Assessment of TGIF as a Candidate Gene for Myopia
2008 49: 49-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Table  

Clinical and Epidemiologic Research:

Peter N. Dimitrov, Robyn H. Guymer, Andrew J. Zele, Andrew J. Anderson, and Algis J. Vingrys

Measuring Rod and Cone Dynamics in Age-Related Maculopathy
2008 49: 55-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aimee Teo Broman, Harry A. Quigley, Sheila K. West, Joanne Katz, Beatriz Munoz, Karen Bandeen-Roche, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Jonathan Crowston, Hugh R. Taylor, Rohit Varma, M. Cristina Leske, Boel Bengtsson, Anders Heijl, Mingguang He, and Paul J. Foster

Estimating the Rate of Progressive Visual Field Damage in Those with Open-Angle Glaucoma, from Cross-Sectional Data
2008 49: 66-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Healey, Francis Carbonaro, Bronwen Taylor, Tim D. Spector, Paul Mitchell, and Christopher J. Hammond

The Heritability of Optic Disc Parameters: A Classic Twin Study
2008 49: 77-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingguang He, Dandan Wang, Yingfeng Zheng, Jian Zhang, Qiuxia Yin, Wenyong Huang, David A. Mackey, and Paul J. Foster

Heritability of Anterior Chamber Depth as an Intermediate Phenotype of Angle-Closure in Chinese: The Guangzhou Twin Eye Study
2008 49: 81-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pak Cheung Ng, Barbara Sau Man Tam, Cheuk Hon Lee, Samuel Po Shing Wong, Hugh Simon Lam, Alvin Kwan Ho Kwok, and Tai Fai Fok

A Longitudinal Study to Establish the Normative Value and to Evaluate Perinatal Factors Affecting Intraocular Pressure in Preterm Infants
2008 49: 87-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cornea:

Yukiko Nakano, Masahito Oyamada, Ping Dai, Takuo Nakagami, Shigeru Kinoshita, and Tetsuro Takamatsu

Connexin43 Knockdown Accelerates Wound Healing but Inhibits Mesenchymal Transition after Corneal Endothelial Injury In Vivo
2008 49: 93-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Oshima, Koh-Hei Sonoda, Shintaro Nakao, Kuniaki Hijioka, Masaru Taniguchi, and Tatsuro Ishibashi

Protective Role for CD1d-Reactive Invariant Natural Killer T Cells in Cauterization-Induced Corneal Inflammation
2008 49: 105-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ji-Ae Ko, Yang Liu, Ryoji Yanai, Tai-ichiro Chikama, Toshiaki Takezawa, and Teruo Nishida

Upregulation of Tight-Junctional Proteins in Corneal Epithelial Cells by Corneal Fibroblasts in Collagen Vitrigel Cultures
2008 49: 113-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fiona P. Carney, Walter L. Nash, and Karen B. Sentell

The Adsorption of Major Tear Film Lipids In Vitro to Various Silicone Hydrogels over Time
2008 49: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuhiro Kimura, Shinichiro Teranishi, Junji Yamauchi, and Teruo Nishida

Role of JNK-Dependent Serine Phosphorylation of Paxillin in Migration of Corneal Epithelial Cells during Wound Closure
2008 49: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shizuka Koh, Naoyuki Maeda, Yoko Hirohara, Toshifumi Mihashi, Kenichiro Bessho, Yuichi Hori, Tomoyuki Inoue, Hitoshi Watanabe, Takashi Fujikado, and Yasuo Tano

Serial Measurements of Higher-Order Aberrations after Blinking in Patients with Dry Eye
2008 49: 133-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abigail H. Conrad, Jessica M. Strafuss, Maria D. Wittman, Sabrina Conway, and Gary W. Conrad

Thyroxine Increases the Rate but Does Not Alter the Pattern of Innervation during Embryonic Chick Corneal Development
2008 49: 139-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Li, Yasutaka Hayashida, Ying-Ting Chen, Hua He, David Y. Tseng, Morgan Alonso, Szu-Yu Chen, Xinghua Xi, and Scheffer C. G. Tseng

Air Exposure–Induced Squamous Metaplasia of Human Limbal Epithelium
2008 49: 154-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irina S. Barequet, Zohar Habot-Wilner, Nathan Keller, Gill Smollan, Hana Ziv, Michael Belkin, and Mordechai Rosner

Effect of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation on the Healing of Bacterial Keratitis
2008 49: 163-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiko Konomi, Li-Li Chen, Rachel S. Tarko, Amy Scally, Debra A. Schaumberg, Dimitri Azar, and Darlene A. Dartt

Preoperative Characteristics and a Potential Mechanism of Chronic Dry Eye after LASIK
2008 49: 168-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Chen, Emily Guerriero, Kira Lathrop, and Nirmala SundarRaj

Rho/ROCK Signaling in Regulation of Corneal Epithelial Cell Cycle Progression
2008 49: 175-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jodhbir S. Mehta, Eranga N. Vithana, Donald T. H. Tan, Victor H. K. Yong, Gary H. F. Yam, Ricky W. K. Law, Wesley G. W. Chong, Calvin P. Pang, and Tin Aung

Analysis of the Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy 3 Gene, TCF8, in Late-Onset Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
2008 49: 184-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeong Goo Lee and EunDuck P. Kay

Involvement of Two Distinct Ubiquitin E3 Ligase Systems for p27 Degradation in Corneal Endothelial Cells
2008 49: 189-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mika Sumiyoshi, Jessica Ricciuto, Ann Tisdale, Ilene K. Gipson, Flavio Mantelli, and Pablo Argüeso

Antiadhesive Character of Mucin O-glycans at the Apical Surface of Corneal Epithelial Cells
2008 49: 197-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Movies  

Eye Movements, Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Neuro-Ophthalmology:

Maryam Fesharaki, Peter Karagiannis, Douglas Tweed, James A. Sharpe, and Agnes M. F. Wong

Adaptive Neural Mechanism for Listing’s Law Revealed in Patients with Skew Deviation Caused by Brainstem or Cerebellar Lesion
2008 49: 204-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosalia S. Antunes-Foschini, Denise Miyashita, Harley E. A. Bicas, and Linda K. McLoon

Activated Satellite Cells in Medial Rectus Muscles of Patients with Strabismus
2008 49: 215-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian C. Anderson, Stephen P. Christiansen, and Linda K. McLoon

Myogenic Growth Factors Can Decrease Extraocular Muscle Force Generation: A Potential Biological Approach to the Treatment of Strabismus
2008 49: 221-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marine Vernet, Qing Yang, Gintautas Daunys, Christophe Orssaud, Thomas Eggert, and Zoï Kapoula

How the Brain Obeys Hering’s Law: A TMS Study of the Posterior Parietal Cortex
2008 49: 230-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth A. H. von dem Hagen, Michael B. Hoffmann, and Antony B. Morland

Identifying Human Albinism: A Comparison of VEP and fMRI
2008 49: 238-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glaucoma:

Shulamit Schwartz, Jacob George, Jeremy Ben-Shoshan, Galia Luboshits, Isaac Avni, Hani Levkovitch-Verbin, Hana Ziv, Mordechai Rosner, and Adiel Barak

Drug Modification of Angiogenesis in a Rat Cornea Model
2008 49: 250-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brad Fortune, Lin Wang, Grant Cull, and George A. Cioffi

Intravitreal Colchicine Causes Decreased RNFL Birefringence without Altering RNFL Thickness
2008 49: 255-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Günther Schlunck, Hong Han, Thomas Wecker, Daniel Kampik, Tobias Meyer-ter-Vehn, and Franz Grehn

Substrate Rigidity Modulates Cell–Matrix Interactions and Protein Expression in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells
2008 49: 262-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesca Pasutto, Christian Y. Mardin, Karin Michels-Rautenstrauss, Bernhard H. F. Weber, Heinrich Sticht, Gabriela Chavarria-Soley, Bernd Rautenstrauss, Friedrich Kruse, and André Reis

Profiling of WDR36 Missense Variants in German Patients with Glaucoma
2008 49: 270-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renata F. Ramos and W. Daniel Stamer

Effects of Cyclic Intraocular Pressure on Conventional Outflow Facility
2008 49: 275-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Immunology and Microbiology:

Guomin Jiang, Yan Ke, Deming Sun, Gencheng Han, Henry J. Kaplan, and Hui Shao

Reactivation of Uveitogenic T Cells by Retinal Astrocytes Derived from Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis-Prone B10RIII Mice
2008 49: 282-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sherrina N. Green, Melissa Sanders, Quincy C. Moore, III, Erin W. Norcross, Kathryn S. Monds, Armando R. Caballero, Larry S. McDaniel, Sherrina A. Robinson, Chinwendu Onwubiko, Richard J. O’Callaghan, and Mary E. Marquart

Protection from Streptococcus pneumoniae Keratitis by Passive Immunization with Pneumolysin Antiserum
2008 49: 290-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming Zhang, Brendan Marshall, and Sally S. Atherton

Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection and Apoptosis in Organotypic Retinal Cultures
2008 49: 295-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lens:

Lin Li, Bo Chang, Catherine Cheng, Da Chang, Norman L. Hawes, Chun-hong Xia, and Xiaohua Gong

Dense Nuclear Cataract Caused by the B-Crystallin S11R Point Mutation
2008 49: 304-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Pharmacology:

Marilyn M. Lall, Jenny Ferrell, Steve Nagar, Lloyd N. Fleisher, and M. Christine McGahan

Iron Regulates L-Cystine Uptake and Glutathione Levels in Lens Epithelial and Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Its Effect on Cytosolic Aconitase
2008 49: 310-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aniruddha C. Amrite, Henry F. Edelhauser, and Uday B. Kompella

Modeling of Corneal and Retinal Pharmacokinetics after Periocular Drug Administration
2008 49: 320-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narayan P. S. Cheruvu, Aniruddha C. Amrite, and Uday B. Kompella

Effect of Eye Pigmentation on Transscleral Drug Delivery
2008 49: 333-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Niki Mastrodimou, Foteini Kiagiadaki, and Kyriaki Thermos

The Role of Nitric Oxide and cGMP in Somatostatin’s Protection against Retinal Ischemia
2008 49: 342-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria E. Tovell and Julie Sanderson

Distinct P2Y Receptor Subtypes Regulate Calcium Signaling in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
2008 49: 350-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retina:

Tatyana I. Metelitsina, Juan E. Grunwald, Joan C. DuPont, Gui-Shuang Ying, Alexander J. Brucker, and Joshua L. Dunaief

Foveolar Choroidal Circulation and Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
2008 49: 358-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dominiek D. G. Despriet, Arthur A. B. Bergen, Joanna E. Merriam, Jana Zernant, Gaetano R. Barile, R. Theodore Smith, Irene A. Barbazetto, Simone van Soest, Arne Bakker, Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, Rando Allikmets, and Caroline C. W. Klaver

Comprehensive Analysis of the Candidate Genes CCL2, CCR2, and TLR4 in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
2008 49: 364-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tiffany L. Kent, Inna V. Glybina, Gary W. Abrams, and Raymond Iezzi

Chronic Intravitreous Infusion of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Modulates Electrical Retinal Stimulation Thresholds in the RCS Rat
2008 49: 372-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ewa Budzynski, Jennifer H. Smith, Paul Bryar, Gulnur Birol, and Robert A. Linsenmeier

Effects of Photocoagulation on Intraretinal PO₂ in Cat
2008 49: 380-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Martin Rudolf, Marion Funk, Carmen Hofmann-Rummelt, Nikola-Simone Franz-Haas, Zouhair Aherrahrou, and Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

Ultrastructural Changes in a Murine Model of Graded Bruch Membrane Lipoidal Degeneration and Corresponding VEGF₁₆₄ Detection
2008 49: 390-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Choul Yong Park, Roy S. Chuck, Marisol Cano, Margaret Yew, Viet Nguyen, Jack Parker, Keisuke Mori, and Peter L. Gehlbach

Periocular Triamcinolone Enhances Intraocular Gene Expression after Delivery by Adenovirus
2008 49: 399-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenzheng Hu, Aihua Jiang, Jing Liang, Hongdi Meng, Bo Chang, Hua Gao, and Xiaoxi Qiao

Expression of VLDLR in the Retina and Evolution of Subretinal Neovascularization in the Knockout Mouse Model’s Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation
2008 49: 407-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Figure  

Shaomei Wang, Bin Lu, Sergej Girman, Toby Holmes, Nicolas Bischoff, and Raymond D. Lund

Morphological and Functional Rescue in RCS Rats after RPE Cell Line Transplantation at a Later Stage of Degeneration
2008 49: 416-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retinal Cell Biology:

Koji M. Nishiguchi, Hiroki Kaneko, Makoto Nakamura, Shu Kachi, and Hiroko Terasaki

Identification of Photoreceptor Precursors in the Pars Plana during Ocular Development and after Retinal Injury
2008 49: 422-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Figures  

Catherine Jomary and Stephen E. Jones

Induction of Functional Photoreceptor Phenotype by Exogenous Crx Expression in Mouse Retinal Stem Cells
2008 49: 429-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Visual Neurophysiology:

Alison M. Mackay, Michael S. Bradnam, Ruth Hamilton, Alex T. Elliot, and Gordon N. Dutton

Real-Time Rapid Acuity Assessment Using VEPs: Development and Validation of the Step VEP Technique
2008 49: 438-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigeki Machida, Dorit Raz-Prag, Robert N. Fariss, Paul A. Sieving, and Ronald A. Bush

Photopic ERG Negative Response from Amacrine Cell Signaling in RCS Rat Retinal Degeneration
2008 49: 442-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen Mactier, Sanjay Maroo, Michael Bradnam, and Ruth Hamilton

Ocular Biometry in Preterm Infants: Implications for Estimation of Retinal Illuminance
2008 49: 453-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allison Dorfman, Olga Dembinska, Sylvain Chemtob, and Pierre Lachapelle

Early Manifestations of Postnatal Hyperoxia on the Retinal Structure and Function of the Neonatal Rat
2008 49: 458-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics:

Daniel C. Gray, Robert Wolfe, Bernard P. Gee, Drew Scoles, Ying Geng, Benjamin D. Masella, Alfredo Dubra, Sergio Luque, David R. Williams, and William H. Merigan

In Vivo Imaging of the Fine Structure of Rhodamine-Labeled Macaque Retinal Ganglion Cells
2008 49: 467-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc S. Tibber, Dean R. Melmoth, and Michael J. Morgan

Biases and Sensitivities in the Poggendorff Effect when Driven by Subjective Contours
2008 49: 474-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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