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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2018

Age-Related Changes in Quantitative Strain of Mouse Astrocytic Lamina Cribrosa and Peripapillary Sclera Using Confocal Microscopy in an Explant Model.

Cathy Nguyen, Dan Midgett, Elizabeth Kimball, Joan Jefferys, Thao D Nguyen, Julie Schaub, Mary Pease, Harry Quigley

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cathy NguyenThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Dan MidgettThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Elizabeth KimballThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Joan JefferysThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Thao D NguyenThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Julie SchaubThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Mary PeaseThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Harry QuigleyThe Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

PATHOGENESIS OF GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NERVE DAMAGER01EY002120 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI QUIGLEY, HARRY ALAN · 1985 to 2025
$12.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the full-field deformation response to IOP change in the peripapillary sclera (PPS) and astrocytic lamina cribrosa (ALC) of young and old mouse eyes ex vivo. Methods: Thirty-eight transgenic reporter mice with green fluorescent protein-expressing astrocytes were studied at 2 to 4 months and 13 to 15 months old. The ALC and PPS of the explant eyes were imaged using laser scanning microscopy under controlled inflation from 10 to 30 mm Hg. Strains were estimated for the ALC and PPS from imaged volumes using digital volume correlation. Results: ALC strains were significantly greater than zero nasal-temporally for both age groups (mean = 4.3% and 4.0%; each P ≤ 0.004) and significantly greater than zero in the inferior-superior direction for younger mice (P = 0.0004). Younger mice had larger ALC inferior-superior strains than older mice (P = 0.002). The ALC area and perimeter enlarged with inflation in both age groups, with a greater increase in younger than in older mice (all P ≤ 0.004). The ALC nasal-temporal diameter change was greater than inferior-superiorly, and younger mice had greater enlargement nasal-temporally than older. PPS maximum shear strain was greater in the older mice (P = 0.002). The axial lengths of older mice were 14% longer and the PPS was 16% thinner than younger mice (both P = 0.0003). Conclusions: The behavior of the ALC in younger mice with inflation exhibited greater strains and enlargement of ALC area than older mice. Some strain measures in the PPS were greater in older mice, likely related to their longer axial length and thinner PPS.

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AgingAnimalsAstrocytesAxial Length, EyeBiomechanical PhenomenaGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIntraocular PressureMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonModels, AnimalOptic DiskScleraGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID30372742
PMCPMC6516562
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