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A cholinergic agonist attenuates endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats.

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OBJECTIVE Investigation of physiological anti-inflammatory mechanisms can contribute to the treatment of inflammatory disorders. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of nicotine, a selective cholinergic agonist, on endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in rats and the underlying

[Present knowledge on the effects of smoking tobacco on the eye diseases].

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It is accepted that tobacco smoking impairs different functions of the organ of vision and can be the cause of different eye diseases. It is well-known that tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 substances, some of them exerting toxic influence on the eye by producing the ischemia or/and oxidative

Endotoxin-induced uveitis causes long-term changes in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons.

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Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) is commonly used in animals to mimic ocular inflammation in humans. Although the peripheral aspects of EIU have been well studied, little is known of the central neural effects of anterior eye inflammation. EIU was induced in male rats by endotoxin or

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and eye disease.

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OBJECTIVE To undertake a systematic review of the literature on the effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and eye disease. METHODS Medline (1950-January Week 2 2007), EMBASE (1980 to 2007 Week 07), SCOPUS and Science Direct were searched on ETS exposure and eye disease using various

Smoking and Eye Pathologies. A Systemic Review. Part II. Retina Diseases, Uveitis, Optic Neuropathies, Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy.

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Tobacco smoking has detrimental influence on human health. The analysis of influence of tobacco smoking on retina diseases, uveitis, optic neuropathies, and thyroidassociated orbitopathy in adults and children. A comprehensive review of the literature performed through MEDLINE and PubMed searches,

Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for uveitis.

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OBJECTIVE To determine the association between tobacco smoking history and uveitis. METHODS Retrospective, case-control study. METHODS A total of 564 patients with ocular inflammation seen in the Proctor Foundation uveitis clinic between 2002 and 2009, and 564 randomly selected patients seen in the

Smoking complicates the course of non-infectious uveitis.

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BACKGROUND Data concerning the association of smoking and uveitis are limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tobacco smoking on uveitis activity and complications of noninfections uveitis and the need for immunosuppressive therapy. METHODS We conducted an observational

Ocular sarcoidosis. A case-control study among black patients.

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A case-control study was conducted to investigate possible environmental risk factors for ocular sarcoidosis. The factors studied were exposures to pine products and occupational histories of employment in the tobacco, lumber, and textile industries. The exposure histories of 29 female and 15 male

Plasma levels of pentraxin 3 in patients with spondyloarthritis.

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BACKGROUND Determining the disease's inflammatory activity in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is difficult although very important as it is this that drives treatment. OBJECTIVE To investigate if plasma pentraxin-3 (PTX3) could act as an inflammatory marker in SpA. METHODS Eighty one SpA patients (11 with

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