OCTA用于检测不同屈光人群的黄斑区视网膜密度和厚度及其相关性分析

目的:采用光学相干断层扫描血管成像技术(OCTA)检测不同屈光人群的黄斑区视网膜密度及厚度并分析其相关性。方法:选取2016年2月～2018年2月我院收治的近视患者200例为研究对象,根据等效球镜度数的差异将其分为轻度近视组(-0.50～-2.75D)52例、中度近视组(-3.00～-5.75D)46例、高度近视组(-6.00～-8.75D)48例、超高度近视组(≤-0.90D)54例。所有患者均进行OCTA检测,比较各组患者黄斑区不同区域视网膜血管密度以及厚度的差异。结果:轻度近视组、中度近视组、高度近视组、超高度近视组等效球镜均呈逐渐降低趋势,而眼轴长度均呈逐渐升高趋势,各组间对比差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。超高度近视组患者中心凹、中心凹旁、颞侧、上方、鼻侧、下方视网膜血管密度和中心凹、中心凹旁、颞侧、上方、鼻侧、下方视网膜厚度相比轻度近视组、中度近视组、高度近视组均显著降低(P0.05)。经Pearson相关性结果显示:近视屈光人群的黄斑中心凹以及上方视网膜血管密度以及视网膜厚度呈正相关关系(P0.05)。结论:采用OCTA检测不同屈光人群的黄斑区视网膜密度及厚度,结果表明近视屈光度患者的黄斑区视网膜密度增加以及黄斑区视网膜厚度的增厚呈正相关关系。     

屈光度和眼轴长度对豚鼠视网膜神经纤维层厚度和视乳头形态的影响

目的使用光学相干断层扫描(optical coherence tomography,OCT)观察豚鼠视网膜神经纤维层(retinal nerve fiber layer,RNFL)厚度及视乳头形态,并探讨豚鼠等效球镜和眼轴长度与这些参数的相关性。方法选用20只普通级豚鼠,进行等效球镜和眼轴长度测量,以及运用OCT观察豚鼠RNFL厚度及视乳头形态。结果豚鼠等效球镜与RNFL平均厚度、上方RNFL厚度、颞侧RNFL厚度、下方RNFL厚度、鼻侧RNFL厚度呈正相关;而眼轴长度与RNFL平均厚度、上方RNFL厚度、颞侧RNFL厚度、下方RNFL厚度、鼻侧RNFL厚度呈负相关。等效球镜和眼轴长度与盘沿面积、视盘面积、平均杯盘比、杯容积无相关性。等效球镜和垂直杯盘比无相关性,而眼轴长度与垂直杯盘比存在正相关。结论等效球镜和眼轴长度对豚鼠各方位RNFL厚度均有影响。在使用豚鼠作为高眼压动物模型时,需考虑其屈光状态和眼轴长度的影响。     

高度近视眼黄斑区不同区域视网膜神经上皮层厚度与屈光度的关系

目的:研究高度近视眼黄斑区神经上皮层厚度的变化,并分析其与屈光度的相关性。方法:选取高度近视患眼107例,按屈光度不同分为Ⅰ组(-6 D至-8 D)、Ⅱ组(-8.25 D至-10.D)、Ⅲ组(-10 D)。采用光学相干断层扫描(optical coherence tomography,OCT)测量黄斑部9个不同分区的视网膜神经上皮层厚度,即直径1 mm(黄斑中心凹区)、1-3 mm(内环区:B1、B2、B3、B4)和3-6mm(外环区:C1、C2、C3、C4),比较期间的差别,并分析各区域神经上皮层厚度与屈光度之间的相关性。结果:Ⅰ组与Ⅱ组及Ⅲ组、Ⅱ组与Ⅲ组黄斑中心凹区神经上皮层厚度比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.05),Ⅲ组与Ⅰ组及Ⅱ组外环区神经上皮层比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.05),Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ组内环区神经上皮层厚度比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05);黄斑中心凹及外环区视网膜神经上皮层厚度与近视屈光度呈显著负相关(r分别为-0.233、0.248、0.278、0.383、0.336),差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:高度近视眼黄斑部视网膜神经上皮层厚度随近视屈光度的增高而呈区域选择性萎缩变薄。     

高度近视准分子激光原位角膜磨镶术后屈光回退的相关分析

目的:探讨高度近视准发子激光原位角膜镶术(laser insitu keratomileusis,LASIK)手术后屈光回退与术前各项检查结果间的相关性。方法:将135例(241只眼)近视患者按屈光度数分为A组126只眼(-6.00 D~-9.00 D)和B组115只眼(≥-9.00 D)。记录术前的屈光度数、眼压和角膜厚度,依据预期校正屈光度数计算理论残余角膜厚度,行LASIK手术后记录术后视力、屈光度数,进行统计学分析。术后平均随访时间19.14个月。结果:A组中正常术眼108只眼(85.7%),回退术眼18只眼(14.3%);B组中正常术眼74只眼(64.3%),回退术眼41只眼(35.7%);两组比较差异有非常显著意义(P<0.01)。术后平均视力A组为1.17±0.20,B组为0.99±0.28,两组比较差异有非常显著意义(P<0.01)。两组术后的平均屈光度数比较,差异有非常显著意义(P<0.01)。平均理论残余角膜厚度A组为(452.53±28.47)μm,B组为(439.61±30.11)μm,两者比较,差异有非常显著意义(P<0.01)。屈光回退度数与术前近视屈光度数显著正相关(r=0.35,P<0.001),与理论残余角膜厚度显著负相关(r=0.13,P=0.04),与术前眼压及术前角膜厚度无相关性(r=-0.48,P=0.46;r=-0.39,P=0.55)。结论:LASIK手术术前屈光度数越大,术前计算的理论残余角膜厚度越小,术后越易出现回退。对于-6.0 D~-9.00 D的高度近视患者,LASIK手术的预测性和术后稳定性相对较好;对于≥-9.00 D的超高度近视患者,应结合手术技术和术前计算的理论残余角膜厚度慎重选择进行手术。     

框架眼镜联合角膜塑形镜矫正青少年高度近视的临床疗效及对角膜内皮细胞和泪膜的影响

目的:探讨框架眼镜联合角膜塑形镜矫正青少年高度近视的临床疗效及对角膜内皮细胞和泪膜的影响。方法:选取2018年1月2019年3月期间我院收治的青少年高度近视患者98例(181眼),根据信封抽签法分为对照组49例92眼(框架眼镜配戴治疗)和观察组49例89眼(对照组基础上联合角膜塑形镜治疗)。对比两组裸眼视力、屈光度、眼轴长度、角膜内皮细胞密度和数量、泪膜情况以及并发症发生情况。结果:观察组治疗后1个月、3个月、6个月、1年屈光度呈下降趋势(P<0.05),眼轴长度未见明显变化(P>0.05),治疗后6个月、1年裸眼视力较治疗前,治疗后1个月、3个月增加且治疗后1年裸眼视力高于治疗后6个月(P<0.05);观察组治疗后1个月、3个月、6个月、1年屈光度低于对照组(P<0.05),治疗后6个月、1年裸眼视力高于对照组,眼轴长度短于对照组(P<0.05)。两组治疗前、治疗后1年角膜内皮细胞密度(ECD)、六角形细胞(HEX)百分比和细胞面积变异系数(CV)组间及组内对比无差异(P>0.05)。观察组治疗后1年泪膜破裂时间(TBUT)、非接触性泪膜破裂时间(NTBUT)较治疗前下降,且低于对照组(P<0.05)。两组治疗前、治疗后1年基础泪液分泌量(Schirmer)组间及组内对比无差异(P>0.05)。两组并发症总发生率对比无差异(P>0.05)。结论:青少年高度近视的患者在佩戴框架眼镜基础上应用角膜塑形镜,可有效矫正近视屈光度,提高患者裸眼视力,对角膜内皮细胞无明显影响,且不增加并发症发生率,但对人体泪膜稳定性有一定的影响,临床治疗中应加强泪膜情况的戴镜前检查和戴镜后随访。     

短波视蛋白在豚鼠频闪光诱导性近视和形觉剥夺近视眼模型中的表达差异

目的观察豚鼠频闪光诱导性近视和形觉剥夺近视模型中短波视蛋白(S-opsin)表达差异,并初步探讨原因。方法 36只普通级2周龄豚鼠随机分成三组:频闪组(FLM组,n=13),形觉剥夺组(FDM组,n=12),对照组(n=11)。FLM组,饲养笼具安装有频闪仪(频率0.5 Hz),笼具内装有发光二极管;FDM组豚鼠右眼用半透明眼罩遮盖,并确保豚鼠眼睑能正常活动;对照组豚鼠不予特殊处理。在造模第1天(0周)和第6周测量豚鼠右眼屈光度、眼轴长度和角膜曲率半径,并通过免疫荧光法观察S-opsin表达。结果第0周,FLM、FDM组与对照组屈光度、眼轴长度、角膜曲率半径差异均无显著性(P0.05)。造模6周后,与对照组相比,FLM组、FDM组屈光度变化值、眼轴长度变化值差异均有显著性(P0.05),而角膜曲率半径变化值差异无显著性(P=0.358),提示成功建立近视模型。FLM组与FDM组相比,屈光度变化值、眼轴长度变化值、角膜曲率半径变化值差异均无显著性(P0.05)。免疫荧光结果显示:FLM组视蛋白灰度值对照组视蛋白灰度值FDM组视蛋白灰度值,任意两组进行比较,差异均有显著性(P0.001)。结论频闪光和形觉剥夺均能建立近视模型,频闪光诱导性近视模型中S-opsin产生增加,而形觉剥夺性近视模型中S-opsin产生减少,说明两种近视模型的发生机制可能不同。     

豚鼠频闪光诱导性近视和形觉剥夺性近视外侧膝状体多巴胺含量的比较

目的 观察豚鼠频闪光诱导性近视和形觉剥夺性近视模型中外侧膝状体多巴胺(DA)含量的变化,并进行对比分析,初步探讨比较不同近视模型的中枢发病机制。方法 24只普通级2周龄豚鼠随机分成3组(n=8):频闪光照(FLM)组、形觉剥夺(FDM)组、对照组,各组均饲养8周。在造模前后分别测量各组豚鼠右眼屈光度和眼轴长度,8周实验结束后采用高效液相色谱电化学检测法(HPLC-ECD)对左脑外侧膝状体DA进行定量。结果造模前,各组屈光度和眼轴长度差异无显著性(P0.05)。造模第8周,与对照组相比,FLM组和FDM组右眼屈光度变化值(P0.001)、眼轴长度变化值(P0.05)差异均有显著性,提示近视建模成功。HPLC-ECD结果显示:豚鼠左脑外侧膝状体DA含量FLM组对照组FDM组;对照组为(37.04±1.18)pg/μL;FDM组为(24.27±3.46)pg/μL,与对照组相比差异有显著性(P=0.021);FLM组为(45.58±1.98)pg/μL,与对照组相比差异有显著性(P=0.01)。结论 频闪光诱导性近视模型外侧膝状体DA含量增加,而形觉剥夺性近视模型中DA含量减少,说明DA在两种实验性近视外侧膝状体中的表达不一致,两种近视模型的发生机制可能不同。     

准分子激光表层无痕术治疗近视患者的临床疗效分析

目的:研究准分子激光表层无痕术治疗近视患者的临床疗效。方法:选择2014年6月~2015年11月在我院进行准分子激光表层无痕术治疗的近视患者110例(198眼),根据眼屈光度数分为低(-1.00~-3.00 D)、中(-3~-6 D)、高(≥-6 D)度近视组。应用准分子激光对上皮层、前弹力层和前部基质层采取屈光性的切削,使眼球的表面稍微变平,角膜曲率进而改变。于术后复查眼部症状、上皮愈合情况、裸眼视力、矫正视力和屈光度。结果:仅少数患者于术后有不同程度的异物感,182眼(91.92%)角膜上皮在3天内愈合;术后所有患者的眼部均出现了不同程度的疼痛,但随着时间的增长逐渐好转,术后6 d疼痛感消失;与术前裸眼视力相比,三组在术后1天、1周、2周、1月和3月视力均明显升高,差异有统计学意义(P0.05);高度近视组在术后各时期的视力均明显低于低度近视组(P0.05);随着术后时间的延长,三组术后不同时间残余屈光度≤±1.00 D的百分比均有不同程度的升高,差异无统计学意义(P0.05);高度近视组在术后不同时间残余屈光度≤±1.00 D的百分比均明显低于低度近视组(P0.05);所有患者均无严重并发症发生,在随访期间无一例发生高眼压。结论:准分子激光表层无痕术能做到角膜无创口,有较高的预测性、安全性及有效性,且术后并发症少,有较好的应用前景。     

530nm单色光诱导豚鼠近视眼模型的建立

目的应用530 nm单色光光照建立一种新型近视眼动物模型。方法20只约2周龄健康雄性豚鼠,随机分成两组（n=10）,实验组和对照组分别在绿光（530 nm）和白光（色温5000 k）下进行饲养。设置照明参数：光量子数相同,为每秒3×10-4μmol/cm2;实测光强度绿光为0.150 mW/cm2,白光为0.247 mW/cm2。实验前每组进行眼球生物学测量（屈光度、角膜曲率、眼轴各部分长度）,光照后12周重复测量以上数据,每只豚鼠均取右侧眼参数进行统计分析。结果光照前两组生物学测量参数差异无显著性。光照12周后,绿光组屈光度发生-3.125±0.76 D的变化,白光组为-1.075±0.71D,绿光组同对照白光组相比平均形成约2.0 D的近视,差异有显著性;绿光组眼轴和玻璃体腔分别增长0.98±0.13 mm与0.33±0.14 mm,对照组分别为0.77±0.22 mm与0.13±0.14 mm,绿光组较对照组眼轴和玻璃体腔长度延长较快,差异有显著性;光照后两组角膜曲率半径、前房深度和晶状体厚度均发生不同程度增加,但两组间变化差异无显著性。结论530 nm单色光诱导豚鼠眼球眼轴和玻璃体腔长度延长较快,产生近视.     

LASIK治疗高度近视的护理配合

目的:对高度近视患者行准分子激光原位角膜磨镶手术进行术前、术中和术后护理,观察高度近视患者LASIK手术矫治前后视功能的变化,评价LASIK矫治高度近视的疗效.方法:对90例(162眼)屈光度在-6.00 D以上的高度近视患者进行散瞳眼底检查,并就患者高度近视程度、眼底病变程度与患者手术后视力进行比较分析.结果:所有患者(162只眼)都接受了LASIK手术治疗.①手术后超高度近视组的矫正视力低于普通高度近视组,差异具有显著性意义(P<0.05).②手术前及手术后较严重眼底病变组的矫正视力均低于普通眼底病变组,差异具有显著性意义(P<0.05).结论:LASIK手术矫治高度近视眼是安全有效的,但其高度近视程度和眼底病变程度会影响手术疗效.     

血府逐瘀汤对糖尿病视网膜病变患者视神经形态结构的影响

摘要 目的：探讨血府逐瘀汤对糖尿病视网膜病变患者视神经形态结构的影响。方法：2017年11月~2019年12月选择在本院就诊的糖尿病视网膜病变患者76例,根据随机信封抽签原则把患者分为观察组与对照组各38例。对照组给予康柏西普治疗,观察组在对照组治疗的基础上给予血府逐瘀汤治疗,两组都治疗观察2个月,记录视神经形态结构变化情况。结果：治疗后观察组的总有效率为97.37 %,显著高于对照组的78.95 %(P<0.05)。两组治疗后行空腹血糖(fasting blood glucose,FBG)与餐后2 h血糖(2 h postprandial blood glucose,2hPG),值都低于治疗前,观察组低于对照组(P<0.05)。两组治疗前的视盘周围视网膜神经纤维层(Retinal nerve fiber layer,RNFL)厚度在上象限、下象限、颞象限、鼻象限上对比无差异(P>0.05),两组治疗后各个象限的RNFL厚度均显著下降(P<0.05),且观察组各个象限的RNFL厚度均低于对照组(P<0.05)。观察组治疗后的红细胞聚集指数与纤维蛋白原低于治疗前,也低于对照组(P<0.05),对照组治疗前后对比无差异(P>0.05)。结论：血府逐瘀汤在糖尿病视网膜病变患者中的应用能改善视神经形态结构,促进降低血糖,改善患者的血液流变学状况,从而提高治疗效果。     

The influence of corneal astigmatism on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and optic nerve head parameter measurements by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: To evaluate the influence of corneal astigmatism (CA) on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head(ONH) parameters measured with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) in high myopes patients before refractive surgery. METHODS: Seventy eyes of 35 consecutive refractive surgery candidates were included in this study. The mean age of the subjects was 26.42 +/- 6.95 years, the average CA was 1.17 diopters (D; SD 0.64; range 0.2 to-3.3D), All subjects in this study were WTR CA. 34 eyes were in the normal CA group with a mean CA was 0.67 +/- 0.28D, 36 eyes were in the high CA group with an average CA of 1.65 +/- 0.49D. All subjects underwent ophthalmic examination and imaging with the Cirrus HD OCT. RESULTS: No significant difference was noted in the average cup-to-disk ratio, vertical cup-to-disk ratio and cup volume (all P values > 0.05). Compared with the normal CA group, the high CA group had a larger disc area and rim area, thinner RNFL thickness in the temporal quadrant, and the superotemporal and inferotemporal peaks were farther to the temporal horizon (All P values < 0.05). There were no significant differences between the two groups in global average RNFL thickness, as well as superior, nasal and inferior quadrant RNFL thickness (all P values > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The degree of with-the-rule CA should be considered when interpreting ONH parameters and peripapillary RNFL thickness measured by the Cirrus HD OCT. Virtual slides The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/1148475676881895.     

Macular Thickness Measurements with Frequency Domain-OCT for Quantification of Retinal Neural Loss and its Correlation with Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer?s Disease

PurposeTo evaluate the ability of frequency domain optical coherence tomography (fd-OCT) to estimate retinal neural loss in eyes with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We also verified the existence of a correlation between AD-related cognitive impairment and macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements.Methodsfd-OCT scans were obtained from 45 eyes of 24 patients with AD and 48 control eyes. Peripapillary RNFL, macular full-thickness and segmented inner macular thickness parameters were calculated. The inner macular parameters included macular retinal nerve fiber layer (mRNFL) thickness, ganglion cell layer (GCL) plus inner plexiform layer thickness (GCL+), and RNFL plus GCL+ thickness (GCL++). The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used to assess cognition in all subjects. The two groups were compared and the relationship between MMSE scores and fd-OCT measurements was verified.ResultsAverage, superior and inferior quadrant RNFL thickness parameters and all but one of the nine full-thickness macular measurements were significantly reduced in AD patients compared to controls. The segmented layers, GCL+ and GCL++ were significantly reduced in AD eyes. A significant correlation was found between most fd-OCT parameters (especially macular thickness measurements) and MMSE scores.ConclusionsMost fd-OCT peripapillary RNFL and macular full-thickness and segmented inner retinal layers parameters were reduced in AD eyes compared to controls. Moreover, neuronal loss, especially as reflected in macular parameters, correlated well with cognitive impairment in AD. Our results suggest that fd-OCT could be a potentially useful diagnostic tool in the evaluation and follow-up of AD patients.     

Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes in Preclinical Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-Analysis

BackgroundDiabetic retinopathy is a microvascular neurodegenerative disorder in diabetic patients. Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer changes have been described in patients with preclinical diabetic retinopathy, but study results have been inconsistent.ObjectiveTo assess changes in peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in diabetic patients with preclinical diabetic retinopathy.MethodsA literature search was conducted through PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library. Case-control studies on RNFL thickness in preclinical diabetic retinopathy patients and healthy controls were retrieved. A meta-analysis of weighted mean difference and a sensitivity analysis were performed using RevMan 5.2 software.ResultsThirteen case-control studies containing 668 diabetic patients and 556 healthy controls were selected. Peripapillary RNFL thickness was significantly reduced in patients with preclinical diabetic retinopathy compared to healthy controls in studies applying Optical Coherence Tomography (-2.88μm, 95%CI: -4.44 to -1.32, P = 0.0003) and in studies applying Scanning Laser Polarimeter (-4.21μm, 95%CI: -6.45 to -1.97, P = 0.0002). Reduction of RNFL thickness was significant in the superior quadrant (-3.79μm, 95%CI: -7.08 to -0.50, P = 0.02), the inferior quadrant (-2.99μm, 95%CI: -5.44 to -0.54, P = 0.02) and the nasal quadrant (-2.88μm, 95%CI: -4.93 to -0.82, P = 0.006), but was not significant in the temporal quadrant (-1.22μm, 95%CI: -3.21 to 0.76, P = 0.23), in diabetic patients.ConclusionPeripapillary RNFL thickness was significantly decreased in preclinical diabetic retinopathy patients compared to healthy control. Neurodegenerative changes due to preclinical diabetic retinopathy need more attention.     

Interocular Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Difference in Normal Adults

PurposeTo determine the interocular retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness difference of normal subjects.MethodsBoth eyes of 230 normal adults received peripapillary RNFL thickness measurements using OCT. The effect of ocular cyclotorsion on the RNFL thickness profile was mathematically corrected. The fractional and absolute interocular RNFL thickness differences at 256 points of peripapillary area were calculated. We divided the subjects into 3 groups according to the locations of superior and inferior peak thickness, respectively, and compared the interocular RNFL thickness differences between the subgroups.ResultsThe fractional interocular RNFL thickness difference exhibited smaller regional variations than the absolute interocular difference. The means of fractional interocular differences were 0.100 ± 0.077 in the temporal half area and 0.146 ± 0.105 in the nasal half area, and the tolerance limits for the 95th and 99th distributions were about 0.246 and 0.344 in the temporal half area and 0.293 and 0.408 in the nasal half area, respectively. The fractional interocular differences of subgroups classified by the locations of superior and inferior peak RNFL thickness showed difference at smaller areas than the absolute interocular differences (19 and 8 points versus 49 and 23 points, respectively).ConclusionGlaucoma can be strongly suspected, if interocular fractional RNFL thickness difference is over 25% at 5 consecutive points or over 35% at 3 consecutive points in the temporal half area. The fractional interocular comparison is a better diagnostic approach because the fractional interocular RNFL thickness difference is less influenced by the locations of peak RNFL thickness.     

不同类型弱视儿童视网膜神经纤维层与预后视力恢复的相关性

摘要 目的：探讨不同类型弱视儿童视网膜神经纤维层（RNFL）与预后视力恢复的相关性。方法：选择2017年6月至2020年6月在本院眼科就诊的80例弱视患儿作为研究对象,其中屈光参差性弱视32例（A组）、斜视性弱视28例（B组）、屈光不正性弱视20例（C组）。三组患儿都进行常规检查与光学相干断层成像（OCT）,调查随访患儿的预后视力恢复情况,并进行相关性分析。结果：三组的视盘面积、盘沿面积、校正视盘面积、校正盘沿面积、等效球镜绝对值、眼轴长度等数据对比无差异（P>0.05）。B组与C组的上方、鼻侧、下方、颞侧、全周的RNFL厚度都高于A组（P<0.05）,C组高于B组（P<0.05）。随访截止时间为2021年1月,A组、B组与C组的总有效率分别为87.5 %、85.7 %和85.0 %,对比无差异（P>0.05）。Pearson线性相关分析显示预后总有效率与上方、鼻侧、下方、颞侧、全周的RNFL厚度均存在相关性（P<0.05）。结论：不同类型弱视儿童的视网膜神经纤维层结构厚度存在差异,与患儿的预后视力恢复存在相关性。     

Wnt Signaling in Form Deprivation Myopia of the Mice Retina

Background

The canonical Wnt signaling pathway plays important roles in cellular proliferation and differentiation, axonal outgrowth, cellular maintenance in retinas. Here we test the hypothesis that elements of the Wnt signaling pathway are involved in the regulation of eye growth and prevention of myopia, in the mouse form-deprivation myopia model.

Methodology/Principal Findings

(1) One hundred twenty-five C57BL/6 mice were randomly distributed into form-deprivation myopia and control groups. Form-deprivation myopia (FDM) was induced by suturing the right eyelid, while the control group received no treatment. After 1, 2, and 4 weeks of treatment, eyes were assessed in vivo by cycloplegic retinoscopic refraction and axial length measurement by photography or A-scan ultrasonography. Levels of retinal Wnt2b, Fzd5 and β-catenin mRNA and protein were evaluated using RT-PCR and western blotting, respectively. (2) Another 96 mice were divided into three groups: control, drugs-only, and drugs+FDM (by diffuser). Experimentally treated eyes in the last two groups received intravitreal injections of vehicle or the proteins, DKK-1 (Wnt-pathway antagonist) or Norrin (Wnt-pathway agonist), once every three days, for 4 injections total. Axial length and retinoscopic refraction were measured on the 14th day of form deprivation.Following form-deprivation for 1, 2, and 4 weeks, FDM eyes had a relatively myopic refractive error, compared with contralateral eyes. There were no significant differences in refractive error between right and left eye in control group. The amounts of Wnt2b, Fzd5 and β-catenin mRNA and protein were significantly greater in form-deprived myopia eyes than in control eyes.DKK-1 (antagonist) reduced the myopic shift in refractive error and increase in axial elongation, whereas Norrin had the opposite effect in FDM eyes.

Conclusions/Significance

Our studies provide the first evidence that the Wnt2b signaling pathway may play a role in the development and progression of form-deprivation myopia, in a mammalian model.     

Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness. The Beijing Eye Study 2011

Purpose

To measure retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in a population-based setting.

Methods

In the population-based Beijing Eye Study 2011 with 3468 individuals, RNFL thickness was measured in a subgroup of 1654 (47.7%) study participants by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (iVue SD-OCT).

Results

Mean RNFL thickness was significantly (P<0.001) higher in the inferior sector (131.4±20.6 µm) than the superior sector (126.1±19.1 µm), where it was higher than in the temporal sector (79.8±12.2 µm;P<0.001), where it was higher than in the nasal sector (75.1±12.6 µm;P<0.001). In multivariate analysis, mean global RNFL thickness (103.2±12.6 µm) increased significantly with younger age (standardized correlation coefficient beta:−0.30;P<0.001), larger neuroretinal rim area (beta:0.26;P<0.001), shorter axial length (beta:−0.21;P<0.001), thicker subfoveal choroidal thickness (beta:0.15;P<0.001), larger optic disc area (beta:0.10;P<0.001), less refractive lens power (beta:0.10;P<0.001), flatter anterior cornea (beta:0.07;P = 0.01) and female gender (beta:0.05;P = 0.03). In this population with an age of 50+ years, the age-related decline in RNFL thickness was 0.5 µm per year of life or 0.36% of an original RNFL thickness of 137 µm at baseline of the study at 50 years of age. Mean global RNFL thickness decreased by 2.4 µm for each mm enlargement of axial length.

Conclusions

The RNFL profile shows a double hump configuration with the thickest part in the inferior sector, followed by the superior sector, temporal sector and nasal sector. Factors influencing global RNFL thickness were younger age, larger neuroretinal rim, shorter axial length, thicker subfoveal choroid, larger optic disc, less refractive lens power, flatter anterior cornea and female gender. Beyond an age of 50+ years, RNFL decreased by about 0.3% per year of life at an age of 50+ years and by 2.4 µm per mm of axial elongation. These findings may be of interest for the knowledge of the normal anatomy of the eye and may be of help to diagnose diseases affecting the RNFL.     

Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Assessment of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Scanning Laser Polarimetry to Diagnose Preperimetric Glaucoma

Purpose

To compare the abilities of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) parameters of spectral domain optical coherence tomograph (SDOCT) and scanning laser polarimeter (GDx enhanced corneal compensation; ECC) in detecting preperimetric glaucoma.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, 35 preperimetric glaucoma eyes (32 subjects) and 94 control eyes (74 subjects) underwent digital optic disc photography and RNFL imaging with SDOCT and GDx ECC. Ability of RNFL parameters of SDOCT and GDx ECC to discriminate preperimetric glaucoma eyes from control eyes was compared using area under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), sensitivities at fixed specificities and likelihood ratios (LR).

Results

AUC of the global average RNFL thickness of SDOCT (0.786) was significantly greater (p<0.001) than that of GDx ECC (0.627). Sensitivities at 95% specificity of the corresponding parameters were 20% and 8.6% respectively. AUCs of the inferior, superior and temporal quadrant RNFL thickness parameters of SDOCT were also significantly (p<0.05) greater than the respective RNFL parameters of GDx ECC. LRs of outside normal limits category of SDOCT parameters ranged between 3.3 and 4.0 while the same of GDx ECC parameters ranged between 1.2 and 2.1. LRs of within normal limits category of SDOCT parameters ranged between 0.4 and 0.7 while the same of GDx ECC parameters ranged between 0.7 and 1.0.

Conclusions

Abilities of the RNFL parameters of SDOCT and GDx ECC to diagnose preperimetric glaucoma were only moderate. Diagnostic abilities of the RNFL parameters of SDOCT were significantly better than that of GDx ECC in preperimetric glaucoma.