retinal degeneration/edema

BACKGROUND Under normal conditions, Müller cells support neuronal activity and the integrity of the blood-retinal barrier, whereas gliotic alterations of Müller cells under pathological conditions may contribute to retinal degeneration and edema formation. A major function of Müller cells is the

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of MAK-related retinal degeneration using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO). METHODS Cross-sectional study. METHODS Six patients with rod-cone degeneration and disease-causing mutations

We examined the foveomacular regions from three eyes in which fluorescein angiography had demonstrated the characteristic appearance of cystoid macular edema by light and electron microscopy. Cystoid macular edema was present in two eyes (one of which was from a 63-year-old diabetic man) that

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), one of the most common forms of hereditary retinal degeneration, is characterized by night blindness and constricted visual fields. In addition to bone spicule pigmentation, other ocular findings may include posterior subcapsular cataracts, cystoid macular edema, and

Mutations in the Norrin (NDP) gene cause severe developmental blood vessel defects in the retina leading to congenital blindness. In the retina of Ndph-knockout mice only the superficial capillary network develops. Here, a detailed characterization of this mouse model at late stages of the disease

UNASSIGNED Usher syndrome is the most common cause of deafness associated with visual loss of a genetic origin. The purpose of this paper is to report very severe phenotypic features of type 1B Usher syndrome in a Saudi family affected by positive homozygous splice site mutation in MYO7A

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of dexamethasone implant (0.7 mg) on biomarkers such as hyper-reflective dots, external limiting membrane integrity and disorganization of retinal inner layers in treatment-naïve patients, patients who

We reported a case of Scheie syndrome in which diffuse fine corneal deposits, pigmentary retinal degeneration, pseudopapilledema, and macular edema-like change were observed bilaterally. This is the first report describing macular change in Scheie syndrome.

Breakdown of the inner endothelial blood-retinal barrier (BRB), as occurs in diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusions, uveitis and other chronic retinal diseases, results in vasogenic edema and neural tissue damage, causing loss of vision. The central mechanism

The efficacy of 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-l-oxyl (TEMPOL), a metal independent superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimic, in ameliorating light-induced retinal degeneration was investigated. Thirty-six Lewis albino rats were exposed to green fluorescent light (490-580 nm, 160-180 foot-candles)

This article reviews the current pharmacological strategies to treat inherited retinal degeneration. To date there is no causal therapy despite growing knowledge of the particular pathomechanisms. However, treatment is available for complications, such as cystic macular changes and cystoid macular

UNASSIGNED Mutations in genes traditionally associated with syndromic retinal disease are increasingly found to cause nonsyndromic inherited retinal degenerations. Mutations in CLN3 are classically associated with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, a rare neurodegenerative disease with early

Photoreceptor loss has been suspected of being involved in incomplete visual recovery after diabetic macular edema (DME) resolution. Recent studies have shown that cone density in the perifoveal area could be estimated by in vivo measurements of the outer retinal reflectivity on optical coherence

In human subjects with peripheral retinal detachments, visual deficits are not restricted to the detached retina but are also present in the non-detached tissue. Based upon studies on a rabbit model of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, we propose a glial cell-mediated mechanism of spread of retinal