Jalili Syndrome: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Features of Seven Patients With Cone-Rod Dystrophy and Amelogenesis Imperfecta.

Purpose: To characterize a series of 7 patients with cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) and amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) owing to confirmed mutations in CNNM4, first described as "Jalili Syndrome."

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Methods: Seven patients from 6 families with Jalili Syndrome were identified at 3 tertiary referral centers.

Factors associated with visual acuity in patients with cystoid macular oedema and Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Purpose: Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common inherited retinal dystrophy. The factors associated with visual acuity in patients with other retinal diseases are well known, but are poorly understood in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. This knowledge is useful for prognosis and to support secondary endpoints in clinical trials.

The Evaluation of Diabetic Macular Ischemia Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography to standard fluorescein angiography (FA) in the grading of diabetic macular ischemia.

Methods: In our study, OCT angiography and traditional FA images were acquired from 24 diabetic patients. The level of diabetic macular ischemia in the superficial capillary plexus was graded with standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) protocols and a comparison between conventional FA and OCT angiography was performed.

Role of endothelium in vasomotor responses to endothelin system and protein kinase C activation in porcine retinal arterioles.

Purpose: Endothelial cells synthesize vasodilator nitric oxide (NO) and vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 (ET-1) from NO synthase (eNOS) and endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), respectively. Protein kinase C (PKC) and Rho kinase (ROCK) are major signaling molecules mediating vasoconstriction. Although endothelial cells express eNOS, ECE-1, endothelin B (ET(B)) receptors, PKC, and ROCK, their influences on ET-1-induced vasoconstriction remain elusive.