• Gonioscopy is always essential

    Angle closure is defined by iridotrabecular contact of ≥180° (1) and the presence or development of angle closure can change the treatment plan....

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    Gonioscopy is always essential

    Gonioscopy is always essential

    Angle closure is defined by iridotrabecular contact of ≥180° (1) and the presence or development...

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  • Association of Blood Pressure and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Rates of Thinning in Patients with Moderate to Advanced Glaucoma

    Objective: To investigate the influence of baseline blood pressure (BP) on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) rates of change (RoCs) in glaucoma...

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    Association of Blood Pressure and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Rates of Thinning in Patients with Moderate to Advanced Glaucoma

    Association of Blood Pressure and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Rates of Thinning in Patients with Moderate to Advanced Glaucoma

    Objective: To investigate the influence of baseline blood pressure (BP) on retinal nerve fiber...

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  • Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Purpose: To investigate the correlations between aqueous humor total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and glaucoma subtypes, intraocular pressure (IOP),...

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    Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Purpose: To investigate the correlations between aqueous humor total antioxidant capacity (TAC)...

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  • Care Delivery

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: Anton B. Hommer Co-chair: Gabor Hollo Update on ongoing projects The goal of this SIG is to keep an updated...

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    Care Delivery

    Care Delivery

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: Anton B. Hommer Co-chair: Gabor Hollo Update on ongoing...

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  • Comparative Study of Early Safety and Effectiveness Outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an Intraluminal Suture Stent

    Objective: To assess the early safety and effectiveness outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an intraluminal suture stent. Design:...

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    Comparative Study of Early Safety and Effectiveness Outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an Intraluminal Suture Stent

    Comparative Study of Early Safety and Effectiveness Outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an Intraluminal Suture Stent

    Objective: To assess the early safety and effectiveness outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with...

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  • Iris Crypts Could Reduce the Chance of Angle Closure: A Computational Biomechanics Study Derived From Clinical and Human Iris Data

    Purpose: To investigate the effect of crypts during pupil constriction and dilation on the potential for angle closure by performing finite element...

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    Iris Crypts Could Reduce the Chance of Angle Closure: A Computational Biomechanics Study Derived From Clinical and Human Iris Data

    Iris Crypts Could Reduce the Chance of Angle Closure: A Computational Biomechanics Study Derived From Clinical and Human Iris Data

    Purpose: To investigate the effect of crypts during pupil constriction and dilation on the...

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  • Glaucoma drainage devices - Is the Paul glaucoma implant suitable for children with glaucoma?

    Only a few studies exist on the Paul glaucoma device in children with glaucoma. Compared to Ahmed glaucoma Valve or Baerveldt implant, there is...

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    Glaucoma drainage devices - Is the Paul glaucoma implant suitable for children with glaucoma?

    Glaucoma drainage devices - Is the Paul glaucoma implant suitable for children with glaucoma?

    Only a few studies exist on the Paul glaucoma device in children with glaucoma. Compared to Ahmed...

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  • Comparison of Methods to Deliver Mitomycin C in Trabeculectomy Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Purpose: Compare different methods to deliver Mitomycin C (MMC) in trabeculectomy surgery. Clinical relevance: Knowing the best way to apply MMC...

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    Comparison of Methods to Deliver Mitomycin C in Trabeculectomy Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Comparison of Methods to Deliver Mitomycin C in Trabeculectomy Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Purpose: Compare different methods to deliver Mitomycin C (MMC) in trabeculectomy surgery....

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  • Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Purpose: To investigate the correlations between aqueous humor total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and glaucoma subtypes, intraocular pressure (IOP),...

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    Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Aqueous Humor Antioxidants in Glaucoma: Correlations With Subtypes, Intraocular Pressure, and Medication Use - A Prospective Study

    Purpose: To investigate the correlations between aqueous humor total antioxidant capacity (TAC)...

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  • Optic Disc Microvasculature Reduction and Visual Field Progression in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

    Purpose: To investigate the relationship between optic disc vessel density (ODVD) reduction and visual field (VF) progression in primary open-angle...

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    Optic Disc Microvasculature Reduction and Visual Field Progression in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

    Optic Disc Microvasculature Reduction and Visual Field Progression in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

    Purpose: To investigate the relationship between optic disc vessel density (ODVD) reduction and...

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  • Consider cotton wool spots as potential triggers for (non-glaucomatous) nerve fibre bundle defects

    It may be tempting to make a glaucoma diagnosis in the presence of a nerve fibre bundle defect with or without visual field defect when located in...

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    Consider cotton wool spots as potential triggers for (non-glaucomatous) nerve fibre bundle defects

    Consider cotton wool spots as potential triggers for (non-glaucomatous) nerve fibre bundle defects

    It may be tempting to make a glaucoma diagnosis in the presence of a nerve fibre bundle defect...

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  • Risk Score Predicting Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients With Vascular Predisposition

    Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that a questionnaire-based risk score predicts the prevalence of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)...

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    Risk Score Predicting Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients With Vascular Predisposition

    Risk Score Predicting Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients With Vascular Predisposition

    Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that a questionnaire-based risk score predicts the prevalence...

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Immune response against ocular tissues after immunization with optic nerve antigens in a model of autoimmuneglaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Immune response against ocular tissues after immunization with optic nerve antigens in a model of autoimmuneglaucoma

Author(s): Joachim SC, Reinehr S, Kuehn S, Laspas P, Gramlich OW, Kuehn M, Tischoff I, von Pein HD, Dick HB, Grus FH Experimental Eye Research...

October 31, 2013

Onset and Progression of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Retardance Changes Occur Earlier than RNFL Thickness Changes in Experimental Glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Onset and Progression of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Retardance Changes Occur Earlier than RNFL Thickness Changes in Experimental Glaucoma

Author(s): Fortune B, Burgoyne CF, Cull G, Reynaud J, Wang L. Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Research Institute, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor,...

September 30, 2013

Ocular Rigidity, Outflow facility, Ocular Pulse Amplitude and Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow in Open AngleGlaucoma; a manometric study

Experimental Paper of the Month

Ocular Rigidity, Outflow facility, Ocular Pulse Amplitude and Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow in Open AngleGlaucoma; a manometric study

Author(s): Dastiridou AI, Tsironi EE, Tsilimbaris M, Ginis H, Karyotakis N, Cholevas P, Androudi S, Pallikaris IG. Ophthalmology Department,...

July 31, 2013

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition promotes retinal vasoprotection and increases ocular blood flow in experimental glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition promotes retinal vasoprotection and increases ocular blood flow in experimental glaucoma

Author(s): Almasieh M, Macintyre JN, Pouliot M, Casanova C, Vaucher E, Kelly ME, Di Polo A. Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Groupe de...

June 30, 2013

Reduction in Blood Glutathione Levels Occurs Similarly in Patients with Primary-Open Angle or Normal Tension Glaucoma

Experimental Paper of the Month

Reduction in Blood Glutathione Levels Occurs Similarly in Patients with Primary-Open Angle or Normal Tension Glaucoma

Author(s): Gherghel D, Mroczkowska S, Qin L Vascular Research Laboratory, Ophthalmic Research Group, Aston University, School of Life and Health...

May 31, 2013

Tissue engineering the retinal ganglion cell nerve fiber layer

Experimental Paper of the Month

Tissue engineering the retinal ganglion cell nerve fiber layer

Author(s): Kador KE, Montero RB, Venugopalan P, Hertz J, Zindell AN, Valenzuela DA, Uddin MS, Lavik EB, Muller KJ, Andreopoulos FM, Goldberg JL...

April 30, 2013

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