Publications by authors named "Yoshiko Imoto"
Purpose: To investigate the effects of Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides on cells derived from the human eye.
Methods: SV40-transformed human corneal epithelial cells (SCE), SV40-transformed human lens epithelial cells (SLE), normal human keratocytes (NK), and human retinal pigment epithelial cells stably expressing human telomerase reverse transcriptase (TRPE) were used. A human corneal cDNA library was screened to isolate the human homologue of p130 Crk-associated substrate (Cas).
Purpose: To evaluate the rapid effects of pulse corticosteroid therapy on the serous retinal detachment found at the acute phase of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Design: Interventional case series.
Methods: Nine Japanese patients determined to be at the acute phase of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease with serous retinal detachment were treated with pulse corticosteroid therapy.