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Ocul Surf
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Electronic address:
Unlabelled: Dry eye disease is a multifactorial disorder of the ocular surface with increasing global prevalence, yet no universally accepted "gold standard" exists for its diagnosis or severity assessment. Tear matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) is widely recognized as a valuable biomarker for dry eye, yet there remains a critical need for a simple, accurate, and broadly applicable method for its quantification. This study aims to develop and evaluate a Schirmer strip-based Eu-time resolved fluorescence immunochromatography (Eu-TRFICO) method for the quantitative detection of MMP-9 in tears.
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December 2024
University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Sengers Syndrome (SS) is a rare autosomal recessive mitochondrial disorder caused by mutations in the acylglycerol kinase (AGK) gene on chromosome 7, also known as cardiomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MTDPS10). This disorder disrupts mitochondrial DNA function and energy metabolism, presenting with symptoms such as congenital cataracts, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, exercise intolerance, and lactic acidosis. Previous research has shown SS affects oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial respiration, implicating the TIM22 complex and carrier import.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransl Vis Sci Technol
January 2025
Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between axial length (AL) and retinal oxygen dynamic parameters in adult patients.
Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study with 79 Chinese adults with myopia aged 18 to 37 years. All participants underwent AL measurements, cycloplegic refraction, and other ophthalmic examinations.
Curr Eye Res
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Zibo Center Hospital, Zibo, China.
Purpose: Pterygium is a common ocular surface disease characterized by a high recurrence rate and unknown etiology.
Methods: In this study, we investigated the upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase genes, including MMP1, MMP2, MMP3, MMP7, MMP9, MMP11, MMP12, MMP13, MMP23B, and MMP28, in pterygium tissue using RNA sequencing, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry.
Results: Employing the MEME tool, we identified a conserved DNA motif within the promoter regions of these matrix metalloproteinase genes.
Curr Eye Res
January 2025
Ophthalmology Department, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Purpose: Chronic inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). This study aimed to investigate the effect of the CHF5074, a γ-secretase inhibitor, on angiogenesis in a laser-induced CNV model and elucidate its possible molecular mechanism.
Methods: Male C57/BL6J mice aged between 6 to 8 weeks were employed to set up a laser-induced model of CNV.
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