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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2013

Alterations of the tunica vasculosa lentis in the rat model of retinopathy of prematurity.

Tara L Favazza, Naoyuki Tanimoto, Robert J Munro, Susanne C Beck, Marina Garcia Garrido, Christina Seide, Vithiyanjali Sothilingam, Ronald M Hansen, Anne B Fulton, Mathias W Seeliger and 1 more

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tara L FavazzaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Fegan 4, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Naoyuki Tanimoto
Robert J Munro
Susanne C Beck
Marina Garcia Garrido
Christina Seide
Vithiyanjali Sothilingam
Ronald M Hansen
Anne B Fulton
Mathias W Seeliger
James D Akula
Boston Children's Hospital · USSTZ eyetrial · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DEHarvard University · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Downregulation of Rod Metabolism in Retinopathy of PrematurityRC1EY020308 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI AKULA, JAMES DANIEL · 2009 to 2010
$790k
NEI NIH HHS EY020308NEI NIH HHS RC1 EY020308NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo study the relationship between retinal and tunica vasculosa lentis (TVL) disease in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Although the clinical hallmark of ROP is abnormal retinal blood vessels, the vessels of the anterior segment, including the TVL, are also altered.

methodsROP was induced in Long-Evans pigmented and Sprague Dawley albino rats; room-air-reared (RAR) rats served as controls. Then, fluorescein angiographic images of the TVL and retinal vessels were serially obtained with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope near the height of retinal vascular disease, ~20 days of age, and again at 30 and 64 days of age. Additionally, electroretinograms (ERGs) were obtained prior to the first imaging session. The TVL images were analyzed for percent coverage of the posterior lens. The tortuosity of the retinal arterioles was determined using Retinal Image multiScale Analysis (Gelman et al. in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4734-4738, 2005).

resultsIn the youngest ROP rats, the TVL was dense, while in RAR rats, it was relatively sparse. By 30 days, the TVL in RAR rats had almost fully regressed, while in ROP rats, it was still pronounced. By the final test age, the TVL had completely regressed in both ROP and RAR rats. In parallel, the tortuous retinal arterioles in ROP rats resolved with increasing age. ERG components indicating postreceptoral dysfunction, the b-wave, and oscillatory potentials were attenuated in ROP rats.

conclusionsThese findings underscore the retinal vascular abnormalities and, for the first time, show abnormal anterior segment vasculature in the rat model of ROP. There is delayed regression of the TVL in the rat model of ROP. This demonstrates that ROP is a disease of the whole eye.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsAnimals, NewbornArteriolesElectroretinographyFluorescein AngiographyHumansInfant, NewbornLens, CrystallineMaleOxygenPersistent Hyperplastic Primary VitreousRatsRats, Long-EvansRats, Sprague-DawleyRetinaOxygen

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PMID23748796
PMCPMC3775643
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