Intraocular lipopolysaccharide examination for early diagnosis of endophthalmitis: a case report.

This report describes the presence of endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification in a 66-year-old woman. The patient presented with ocular redness and pain, as well as hypopyon in the anterior chamber and reduction of visual acuity to hand motion. Intraocular fluid examination revealed a lipopolysaccharide level of >2.

DNA Methylation and Uveal Melanoma.

Objective: The objective of the study was to summarize the role of DNA methylation in the development and metastasis of uveal melanoma (UM).

Data Sources: The relevant studies in MEDLINE were searched.

Study Selection: In this review, we performed a comprehensive literature search in MEDLINE using "uveal melanoma" AND ("DNA methylation" OR "epigenetics") for original research/review articles published before February 2018 on the relationship between DNA methylation and UM.

[Screening of key genes and inflammatory signalling pathway involved in the pathogenesis of HLA-B27-associated acute anterior uveitis by gene expression microarray].

Objective: To investigate the genes and signalling pathways located upstream of the inflammatory processes in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-associated acute anterior uveitis by gene expression microarray.

Methods: Experimental study. HLA-B27-positive and-negative monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood were stimulated with Vibrio cholera lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

[Tear film function of patients with type 2 diabetes].

Objective: To study the tear film function of patients with type 2 diabetes and to investigate the risk factors of dry eye in these patients.

Methods: Totally 111 patients with type 2 diabetes and 100 age- and sex-matched control subjects were studied. Tear film function was evaluated by dry eye syndrome, tear breaking up time (BUT), corneal fluorescein staining, Schirmer I test (SIt), and tear film lipid layer observation with tear scope.