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Int Ophthalmol ; 37(1): 31-37, 2017 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27011210

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to compare a portable spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) device with a non-portable SD-OCT for the identification of anterior chamber angle parameters based on location of Schwalbe's line (SL) and to measure their reproducibility. 99 eyes from 46 normal, healthy participants underwent imaging of the inferior iridocorneal angle with the iVue and Cirrus SD-OCT under well-controlled low-light conditions. SL-angle opening distance (SL-AOD) and SL-trabecular iris space area (SL-TISA) were measured by masked, certified graders at the Doheny Image Reading Center using customized Image J grading software. Inter- and intrainstrument, as well as inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of SL-AOD and SL-TISA measurements were evaluated with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman plots with limits of agreement. The mean SL-AOD was 0.814 ± 0.315 mm with the iVue and 0.797 ± 0.294 mm with the Cirrus. The mean SL-TISA was 0.247 ± 0.112 mm2 with iVue and 0.259 ± 0.113 mm2 with Cirrus. Interinstrument correlation coefficients (r) were 0.93 (P < 0.0001), 0.92 (P < 0.0001), and 0.92 (P < 0.0001) for SL_AOD and SL_TISA, respectively. Intraclass correlation coefficient showing the degree of agreement among SL-AOD and SL-TISA was 0.923 (95 % confidence interval 0.885-0.948) and 0.921 (95 % confidence interval 0.883-0.947) for both devices. The agreement for intrainstrument (ICCs > 0.95), intragrader (ICCs > 0.93), and intergrader (ICCs > 0.96) was excellent. Excellent agreement between the two devices was also documented with Bland-Altman analysis. Both instruments provide consistent and reproducible measurements of anterior chamber angle metrics.


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Anterior Chamber/anatomy & histology , Iris/anatomy & histology , Tomography, Optical Coherence/instrumentation , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Observer Variation , Reproducibility of Results , Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods
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Dev Cell ; 34(1): 85-95, 2015 Jul 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26073019

ABSTRACT

Recent findings have identified highly transcribed genes as a source of genome instability; however, the degree to which large-scale shifts in transcriptional activity cause DNA damage was not known. One example of a large-scale shift in transcriptional activity occurs during development, when maternal regulators are destroyed and zygotic genome activation (ZGA) occurs. Here, we show that ZGA triggers widespread chromosome damage in the primordial germ cells of the nematode C. elegans. We show that ZGA-induced DNA damage activates a checkpoint response, the damage is repaired by factors required for inter-sister homologous recombination, and topoisomerase II plays a role in generating the damage. These findings identify ZGA as a source of intrinsic genome instability in the germline and suggest that genome destabilization may be a general consequence of extreme shifts in cellular transcriptional load.


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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics , Caenorhabditis elegans/cytology , Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics , DNA Damage/genetics , Genomic Instability/genetics , Germ Cells/cytology , Zygote/cytology , Animals , Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics , Mutation/genetics
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