The expression of MAPK signaling pathways in conjunctivochalasis.

This study investigated the potential role of MAPK signaling pathways in conjunctivochalasis (CCH). Twenty loose conjunctival biopsy samples from 20 CCH and 15 conjunctival biopsy samples from 15 normal controls (CON) were collected. The conjunctival fibroblasts were cultured .

Treatment Effects of Botulinum Toxin Injection and Acupuncture on Blepharospasm Assessed by the Change in Lower Eyelid Tension.

: To investigate the treatment effects of botulinum toxin-A (BTA) injection and acupuncture on blepharospasm (BP) evaluated by the change in lower eyelid tension (LET). : A series of 30 patients (male: 8, female: 22) aged between 37 and 83 years (63.80 ± 10.

[Distribution of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of diabetic retinopathy and correlation between symptoms].

To investigate the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Syndromes of diabetic retinopathy and explore the correlation between various symptoms. Based on the literature in databases of China Journal Full-text Database (CNKI), Wanfang database, VIP network, China biomedical literature database (CBM) and PubMed, SPSS 20.0 and IBM SPSS Modeler 14.

Expressions of matrix metalloproteinases 1 and 3 and their tissue inhibitors in the conjunctival tissue and fibroblasts cultured from conjunctivochalasis.

Aim: To investigate the expression of matrix metalloproteinases 1 and 3 (MMP-1 and MMP-3) and their tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 1 and 3 (TIMP-1 and TIMP-3) in the conjunctiva of eyes with conjunctivochalasis (CCh).

Methods: The conjunctival tissue was obtained from the CCh patients and controls, the MMPs/TIMPs expression concentration was determined by enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescence staining. The expression levels of MMPs/TIMPs in the CCh fibro-blasts were determined by analyzing its concentration in the cellular supernatant that was abstracted from the cultured CCh fibroblasts.

Lower eyelid tension in young adults determined by a simple lid tensiometer.

Purpose: Eyelid tension seems to be related to corneal astigmatism and to affect the ocular surface. The aim of this study is to determine the lower eyelid tension in young adults with a simple lid tensiometer.

Methods: A commercially available precision digital pressure gauge that was connected to a pressure-guided tube full of water with a sensor at its end being placed between the lower eyelid and ocular surface was used as the lid tensiometer to measure the lower eyelid pressure at the central lid in 8 male and 12 female subjects aged between 20 and 39 years with normal healthy eyes.

[Clinical observation of lymphangiectasis in conjunctivochalasis cases].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the occurrence and development of conjunctivochalasis and bulbar conjunctival lymphangiectasia.

Methods: Case control study. One hundred cases with conjunctivochalasis treated from January to March 2012 were selected to study, and 100 cases with no conjunctivochalasis as the control group at the same time.

Clinical evaluation of the quantitative locator for conjunctiva resection used as an instrument for the treatment of conjunctivochalasis.

Background: The crescent excision of the inferior bulbar conjunctiva has been advised as a surgical procedure in the management of conjunctivochalasis refractory to medical treatments. However, it is difficult for this procedure to design how much conjunctival tissue should be excised. This study aimed to present a quantitative locator for conjunctiva resection and evaluate its effect on the treatment of conjunctivochalasis (CCh).

[Epidemiologic study of conjunctivochalasis in populations equal or over 60 years old in Caoyangxincun community of Shanghai, China].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and relative factors of conjunctivochalasis among people over 60 years old in Caoyangxincun community of Shanghai.

Methods: A cross-sectional study based on local residents in this community was carried out from September 2008 to October 2008. Cluster sampling was used in randomly selecting individuals aged > or = 60 years.

[The tear proteomics analysis of conjunctivochalasis].

Objective: To analysis tear proteins by using shotgun strategy, and to study pathogenesis mechanism of conjunctivochalasis by comparing tear proteins between the conjunctivochalasis and normal body.

Methods: Tears were obtained from 8 conjunctivochalasis cases and 8 normal controls. Fifteen microliters of tears was collected by microcapillary tubes from each eye.