• In Vitro Analysis of Pressure Resistance in the Paul Glaucoma Implant and Ahmed ClearPath 250 With and Without Polypropylene Thread Inside the Tube

    Purpose: Pressure resistance characteristics of the Paul glaucoma implant (PGI) and Ahmed ClearPath 250 (ACP), with and without the insertion of...

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    In Vitro Analysis of Pressure Resistance in the Paul Glaucoma Implant and Ahmed ClearPath 250 With and Without Polypropylene Thread Inside the Tube

    In Vitro Analysis of Pressure Resistance in the Paul Glaucoma Implant and Ahmed ClearPath 250 With and Without Polypropylene Thread Inside the Tube

    Purpose: Pressure resistance characteristics of the Paul glaucoma implant (PGI) and Ahmed...

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  • The Impact of Baseline Intraocular Pressure on Initial Treatment Response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Medication

    Purpose: The Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Trial demonstrated the efficacy and safety of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) compared...

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    The Impact of Baseline Intraocular Pressure on Initial Treatment Response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Medication

    The Impact of Baseline Intraocular Pressure on Initial Treatment Response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Medication

    Purpose: The Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Trial demonstrated the efficacy and safety...

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  • Insertion of an intraluminal ripcord suture to prevent early post operative hypotony

    Hypotony is a common complication associated with the implantation of various unvalved glaucoma drainage devices. To reduce the risk of this...

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    Insertion of an intraluminal ripcord suture to prevent early post operative hypotony

    Insertion of an intraluminal ripcord suture to prevent early post operative hypotony

    Hypotony is a common complication associated with the implantation of various unvalved glaucoma...

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  • Fatal beauty: which cosmetics are your glaucoma patients using?

    Colorism refers to the difference in social treatment between light-skinned and dark-skinned people. This sociological concept is a result of...

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    Fatal beauty: which cosmetics are your glaucoma patients using?

    Fatal beauty: which cosmetics are your glaucoma patients using?

    Colorism refers to the difference in social treatment between light-skinned and dark-skinned...

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  • The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis

    BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with higher odds of chronic diseases, with many individuals living with more than one illness....

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    The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis

    The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis

    BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with higher odds of chronic diseases, with...

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  • Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Author(s): Oana A Zeleznik ° (1,2), Jae H Kang ° (3,4), Jessica Lasky-Su (3,4), A Heather Eliassen (3,4,5,6), Lisa Frueh (3), Clary B Clish (7),...

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    Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Author(s): Oana A Zeleznik ° (1,2), Jae H Kang ° (3,4), Jessica Lasky-Su (3,4), A Heather...

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  • Be aware of the potential influence of the vitreoretinal interface when interpreting OCT images of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients

    Vitreous traction can cause artifacts that may obscure RNFL thinning, potentially leading to misinterpretation of disease progression. Studies have...

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    Be aware of the potential influence of the vitreoretinal interface when interpreting OCT images of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients

    Be aware of the potential influence of the vitreoretinal interface when interpreting OCT images of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients

    Vitreous traction can cause artifacts that may obscure RNFL thinning, potentially leading to...

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  • Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis

    Author(s): Sooyeon Choe (1), Young Kook Kim (2), Woosuk Chung (3), Donghyun Ko (3), Marvin Lee (4), Sung Ryul Shim (5), Ahnul Ha (6) 1 Department...

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    Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis

    Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis

    Author(s): Sooyeon Choe (1), Young Kook Kim (2), Woosuk Chung (3), Donghyun Ko (3), Marvin Lee...

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  • Angle Closure SIG

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG is to further the promotion of knowledge about the...

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    Angle Closure SIG

    Angle Closure SIG

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG...

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  • Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Author(s): Mário Lima-Fontes (1), Ana Faria-Pereira (1), Mariana Leuzinger-Dias (1), Marta Inês Silva (1), João Barbosa-Breda (1,2,3), Joana Araújo...

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    Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Author(s): Mário Lima-Fontes (1), Ana Faria-Pereira (1), Mariana Leuzinger-Dias (1), Marta Inês...

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  • Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    The mechanism is thought to be an idiosyncratic reaction to sulphonamides, similar to that which can occur with drugs such as topiramate. The...

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    Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    The mechanism is thought to be an idiosyncratic reaction to sulphonamides, similar to that which...

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  • Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    The accelerated development of cataract is frequently seen in the years following glaucoma filtration surgery (1). Cataract surgery causes anterior...

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    Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    The accelerated development of cataract is frequently seen in the years following glaucoma...

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Discovery of novel human aquaporin-1 blockers

Experimental Paper of the Month

Discovery of novel human aquaporin-1 blockers

Author(s): Seeliger D, Zapater C, Krenc D, Haddoub R, Flitsch S, Beitz E, Cerdà J, de Groot BL. Human aquaporin-1 (hAQP1) is a water channel found...

March 31, 2013

Protective effect of lipoic acid against oxidative stress is mediated by Keap1/Nrf2-dependent heme oxygenase-1 induction in the RGC-5 cell line

Experimental Paper of the Month

Protective effect of lipoic acid against oxidative stress is mediated by Keap1/Nrf2-dependent heme oxygenase-1 induction in the RGC-5 cell line

Author(s): Koriyama Y, Nakayama Y, Matsugo S, Kato S. Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine. Electronic address:...

February 28, 2013

A new safety concern for glaucoma treatment demonstrated by mass spectrometry imaging of benzalkonium chloride distribution in the eye, an experimental study in rabbits

Experimental Paper of the Month

A new safety concern for glaucoma treatment demonstrated by mass spectrometry imaging of benzalkonium chloride distribution in the eye, an experimental study in rabbits

Author(s): Brignole-Baudouin F, Desbenoit N, Hamm G, Liang H, Both JP, Brunelle A, Fournier I, Guerineau V, Legouffe R, Stauber J, Touboul D,...

January 31, 2013

Dorsomedial/Perifornical hypothalamic stimulation increases intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure, and the translaminar pressure gradient

Experimental Paper of the Month

Dorsomedial/Perifornical hypothalamic stimulation increases intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure, and the translaminar pressure gradient

Author(s): Samuels BC, Hammes NM, Johnson PL, Shekhar A, McKinnon SJ, Allingham RR Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, the. PURPOSE:...

December 31, 2012

Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

Author(s): Vithana EN, Khor CC, Qiao C, Nongpiur ME, George R, Chen LJ, Do T, Abu-Amero K, Huang CK, Low S, Tajudin LS, Perera SA, Cheng CY, Xu L,...

November 30, 2012

Intraocular pressure magnitude and variability as predictors of rates of structural change in non-human primate experimental glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Intraocular pressure magnitude and variability as predictors of rates of structural change in non-human primate experimental glaucoma

Author(s): Gardiner SK, Fortune B, Wang L, Downs JC, Burgoyne CF Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health, 1225 NE 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97232, USA....

October 31, 2012

siRNA Silencing of Gene Expression in Trabecular Meshwork: RhoA siRNA Reduces IOP in Mice

Experimental Paper of the Month

siRNA Silencing of Gene Expression in Trabecular Meshwork: RhoA siRNA Reduces IOP in Mice

Author(s): Liu Q, Wu K, Qiu X, Yang Y, Lin X, Yu M Few reports described efficient transfection in the trabecular meshwork (TM) in vivo. In the...

September 30, 2012

Structural and functional abnormalities of retinal ganglion cells measured in vivo at the onset of optic nerve head surface change in experimental glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Structural and functional abnormalities of retinal ganglion cells measured in vivo at the onset of optic nerve head surface change in experimental glaucoma

Author(s): Fortune B, Burgoyne CF, Cull GA, Reynaud J, Wang L. Devers Eye Institute, Discoveries in Sight Research Laboratories, Legacy Research...

July 31, 2012

IOP induces upregulation of GFAP and MHC-II and microglia reactivity in mice retina contralateral to experimental glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

IOP induces upregulation of GFAP and MHC-II and microglia reactivity in mice retina contralateral to experimental glaucoma

Author(s): Gallego BI, Salazar JJ, de Hoz R, Rojas B, Ramírez AI, Salinas-Navarro M, Ortín-Martínez A, Valiente-Soriano FJ, Avilés-Trigueros M,...

June 30, 2012

JNK2 and JNK3 are major regulators of axonal injury-induced retinal ganglion cell death

Experimental Paper of the Month

JNK2 and JNK3 are major regulators of axonal injury-induced retinal ganglion cell death

Author(s): Fernandes KA, Harder JM, Fornarola LB, Freeman RS, Clark AF, Pang IH, John SW, Libby RT. Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester...

May 31, 2012

Cerebrospinal fluid exchange in the optic nerve in normal-tension glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Cerebrospinal fluid exchange in the optic nerve in normal-tension glaucoma

Author(s): Killer HE, Miller NR, Flammer J, Meyer P, Weinreb RN, Remonda L, Jaggi GP. Kantonsspital Aarau, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland;...

April 30, 2012

Multipotent Stem Cells from Trabecular Meshwork Become Phagocytic TM cells

Experimental Paper of the Month

Multipotent Stem Cells from Trabecular Meshwork Become Phagocytic TM cells

Author(s): Du Y, Roh DS, Mann MM, Funderburgh ML, Funderburgh JL, Schuman JS. UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center,...

March 31, 2012

A New Approach to Assess Intracranial White Matter Abnormalities in Glaucoma Patients Changes of Fractional Anisotropy Detected by 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Experimental Paper of the Month

A New Approach to Assess Intracranial White Matter Abnormalities in Glaucoma Patients Changes of Fractional Anisotropy Detected by 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Author(s): Engelhorn T, Michelson G, Waerntges S, Hempel S, El-Rafei A, Struffert T, Doerfler A. Department of Neuroradiology, University of...

February 29, 2012

Vision deficits precede structural losses in a mouse model of mitochondrial dysfunction and progressive retinal degeneration

Experimental Paper of the Month

Vision deficits precede structural losses in a mouse model of mitochondrial dysfunction and progressive retinal degeneration

Author(s): Laliberté AM, Macpherson TC, Micks T, Yan A, Hill KA Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7,...

January 31, 2012

IOP-Induced Lamina Cribrosa Deformation and Scleral Canal Expansion: Independent or Related?

Experimental Paper of the Month

IOP-Induced Lamina Cribrosa Deformation and Scleral Canal Expansion: Independent or Related?

Author(s): Sigal IA, Yang H, Roberts MD, Grimm JL, Burgoyne CF, Demirel S, Downs JC. Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory. PURPOSE: To study the...

December 31, 2011

Genetic architecture of open angle glaucoma and related determinants

Experimental Paper of the Month

Genetic architecture of open angle glaucoma and related determinants

Author(s): Ramdas WD, Amin N, van Koolwijk LM, Janssens AC, Demirkan A, de Jong PT, Aulchenko YS, Wolfs RC, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden...

December 31, 2011

Identification of a Novel Locus for Autosomal Dominant Primary Open Angle Glaucoma on 4q35.1-q35.2.

Experimental Paper of the Month

Identification of a Novel Locus for Autosomal Dominant Primary Open Angle Glaucoma on 4q35.1-q35.2.

Author(s): Porter LF, Urquhart JE, O'Donoghue E, Spencer AF, Wade EM, Manson FD, Black GC. School of Biomedicine, The University of Manchester,...

November 30, 2011

24-Hour IOP Telemetry in the Non-human Primate: Implant System Performance and Initial Characterization of IOP At Multiple Timescales

Experimental Paper of the Month

24-Hour IOP Telemetry in the Non-human Primate: Implant System Performance and Initial Characterization of IOP At Multiple Timescales

Author(s): Downs JC, Burgoyne CF, Seigfreid WP, Reynaud JF, Strouthidis NG, Sallee V. Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory, Devers Eye Institute,...

October 31, 2011

Activated retinal glia mediated axon regeneration in experimental glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Activated retinal glia mediated axon regeneration in experimental glaucoma

Author(s): Lorber B, Guidi A, Fawcett JW, Martin KR. Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Glaucoma, a leading cause of...

September 30, 2011

During Glaucoma, {alpha}2-Macroglobulin Accumulates in Aqueous Humor and Binds to Nerve Growth Factor, Neutralizing Neuroprotection

Experimental Paper of the Month

During Glaucoma, {alpha}2-Macroglobulin Accumulates in Aqueous Humor and Binds to Nerve Growth Factor, Neutralizing Neuroprotection

Author(s): Bai Y, Sivori D, Woo SB, Neet KE, Lerner SF, Saragovi HU Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital PURPOSE: Glaucoma is an optic...

August 31, 2011

Ex vivo optical coherence tomography imaging of collector channels with a scanning endoscopic probe

Experimental Paper of the Month

Ex vivo optical coherence tomography imaging of collector channels with a scanning endoscopic probe

Author(s): Ren J, Gille HK, Wu J, Yang C. Departments of Electrical Engineering and. PURPOSE: To achieve high-fidelity optical coherence tomography...

July 31, 2011

Distortion of axonal cytoskeleton: an early sign of glaucomatous damage

Experimental Paper of the Month

Distortion of axonal cytoskeleton: an early sign of glaucomatous damage

Author(s): Huang X, Kong W, Zhou Y, Gregori G. PURPOSE: Glaucoma damages the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). The purpose of this study was to...

June 30, 2011

Elastic modulus determination of normal and glaucomatous human trabecular meshwork

Experimental Paper of the Month

Elastic modulus determination of normal and glaucomatous human trabecular meshwork

Author(s): Last JA, Pan T, Ding Y, Reilly CM, Keller K, Acott TS, Fautsch MP, Murphy CJ, Russell P. Department of Chemical and Biological...

May 31, 2011

Early Gene Expression Changes in the Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer of a Rat Glaucoma Model

Experimental Paper of the Month

Early Gene Expression Changes in the Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer of a Rat Glaucoma Model

Author(s): Guo Y, Johnson EC, Cepurna WO, Dyck J, Doser T, Morrison JC. Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, United...

April 30, 2011

Imaging the aqueous humor outflow pathway in human eyes by three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (3D micro-CT)

Experimental Paper of the Month

Imaging the aqueous humor outflow pathway in human eyes by three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (3D micro-CT)

Author(s): Hann CR, Bentley MD, Vercnocke A, Ritman EL, Fautsch MP Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN...

March 31, 2011