Publications by authors named "Zhanlin Zhao"
Aim: In 2019, to examine the functions of METTL3 in liver and underlying mechanisms, we generated mice with hepatocyte-specific METTL3 homozygous knockout (METTL3Δhep) by simultaneously crossing METTL3fl/fl mice with Alb-iCre mice (GPT) or Alb-Cre mice (JAX), respectively. In this study, we explored the potential reasons why hepatocyte-specific METTL3 homozygous disruption by Alb-iCre mice (GPT), but not by Alb-Cre mice (JAX), resulted in acute liver failure (ALF) and then postnatal lethality.
Main Methods: Mice with hepatocyte-specific METTL3 knockout were generated by simultaneously crossing METTL3fl/fl mice with Alb-iCre mice (GPT; Strain No.
Purpose: Geometric perfusion deficit (GPD) is a newly described OCT angiography (OCTA) parameter identifying the total area of presumed retinal ischemia. The aim of our study is to characterize differences in GPD and other common quantitative OCTA parameters between macular full field, perivenular zones, and periarteriolar zones for each clinical stage of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to assess the influence of ultrahigh-speed acquisition and averaging on the described differences.
Design: Prospective observational study.
Purpose: To report a 13-year follow-up of Peripherin-2 (PRPH2) -associated retinal dystrophy.
Methods: A 54-year-old female patient presented with decreased vision and mild metamorphopsia in both eyes since the age of 40 years. A complete evaluation was performed using multimodal imaging techniques.
Initial stages of Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD) and adult vitelliform macular dystrophy (AVMD) harbor similar blue autofluorescence (BAF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features. Nevertheless, BVMD is characterized by a worse final stage visual acuity (VA) and an earlier onset of critical VA loss. Currently, differential diagnosis requires an invasive and time-consuming process including genetic testing, electrooculography (EOG), full field electroretinogram (ERG), and visual field testing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To compare acquisitions from single-volume Solix protocol (V1), multi-volume averaged Solix protocol (V4), and AngioVue in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) to assess differences in quantitative parameters introduced by high-speed scanning and averaging.
Methods: Thirty-eight diabetic patients were divided into 4 groups showing either no sign, mild, moderate, or severe DR at fundus examination. For optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) acquisitions both AngioVue, Solix V1, and V4 were used on each patient.
Precis: Glaucoma patients displayed alterations in their quality of life (QoL) and their ability to perform activities of daily living. The visual field (VF) of the worse eye might serve as a good marker for QoL evaluation.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the correlations between VF defects, performance in simulated activities of daily living, and subjective evaluation of QoL in glaucoma patients.
Purpose: To evaluate episcleral vasculature in corneal limbus with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in normal controls, port-wine stain (PWS) patients, and Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) patients.
Methods: Unilateral eyes from 18 normal controls (25.41 ± 4.
Purpose: To evaluate changes in corneal sensitivity and subbasal nerve density after pterygium excision.
Methods: This prospective trial included 22 eyes with nasal primary pterygium and 18 controls. Corneal sensitivity was evaluated using a Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer in the nasal, superior, temporal, inferior, and center quadrants of the cornea before surgery and 10 days, 1 month, and 3months after surgery.
Purpose: To demonstrate the marginal corneal vascular remodelling using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) after pterygium surgery.
Methods: Twenty-two eyes of 19 patients (8 males, 11 females; age, 58.68 ± 0.
Background: Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease associated with ocular surface inflammation, pain, and nerve abnormalities. We studied the peripheral and central neuroinflammatory responses that occur during persistent DED using molecular, cellular, behavioral, and electrophysiological approaches.
Methods: A mouse model of DED was obtained by unilateral excision of the extraorbital lachrymal gland (ELG) and Harderian gland (HG) of adult female C57BL/6 mice.
: Facial paralysis (FP) leads to diverse periocular complications which threats visual acuity and affects corneal nerve functionally and morphologically. This study aims to summarize the clinical ophthalmic outcomes, corneal sensation, and morphological alterations of subbasal nerve and dendritic cells (DCs) in patients with facial paralysis.: We performed a cross-sectional study of 48 consecutive patients with facial paralysis at one tertiary hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the impact of disease duration on the ocular surface during the course of type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with nondiabetic controls.
Methods: One hundred twenty diabetic patients were divided into three groups according to disease duration: less than 5 years, 5-10 years, and over 10 years. All eyes were imaged using a corneal topographer (Oculus Keratograph 5M).