Web Focuses
Royal College of Ophthalmologists – 25th Anniversary Web Focus
This Web Focus contains 15 of the best papers published in Eye over the last 25 years as selected by the all three editor in chiefs of Eye since its launch. They include some of the seminal first descriptions of limbal stem cells, the pathophysiology of macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and ischaemic optic neuropathy as well as ground breaking clinical papers on topics such as trabeculectomies and pharmacogenomics. They also highlight the power of the NHS to achieve worthwhile clinical studies with datasets of over 55,000 patients. We congratulate the College on its 25 anniversary. Looking forward, Eye will continue, like the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, to innovate with the times.
Chosen by Andrew Lotery
Preclinical aspects of anti-VEGF agents for the treatment of wet AMD: ranibizumab and bevacizumab FREE
C H Meyer and F G Holz
Eye 25: 661-672; advance online publication, April 1, 2011; doi:10.1038/eye.2011.66
Microvascular lesions of diabetic retinopathy: clues towards understanding pathogenesis? FREE
T M Curtis, T A Gardiner and A W Stitt
Eye 23: 1496-1508; advance online publication, May 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.108
The Cataract National Dataset electronic multicentre audit of 55 567 operations: risk stratification for posterior capsule rupture and vitreous loss FREE
N Narendran, P Jaycock, R L Johnston, H Taylor, M Adams, D M Tole, R H Asaria, P Galloway and J M Sparrow
Eye 23: 31-37; advance online publication, March 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6703049
An analysis of the CFH Y402H genotype in AMD patients and controls from the UK, and response to PDT treatment FREE
S V Goverdhan, S Hannan, R B Newsom, A J Luff, H Griffiths and A J Lotery
Eye 22: 849-854; advance online publication, April 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702830
Causes of blind certifications in England and Wales: April 1999–March 2000 FREE
C Bunce and R Wormald
Eye 22: 905-911; advance online publication, March 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702767
Aqueous humour levels of cytokines are correlated to vitreous levels and severity of macular oedema in branch retinal vein occlusion FREE
H Noma, H Funatsu, M Yamasaki, H Tsukamoto, T Mimura, T Sone, T Hirayama, H Tamura, H Yamashita, A Minamoto and H K Mishima
Eye 22: 42-48; advance online publication, July 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702498
Chosen by Ian Rennie
Smoking and age-related macular degeneration: a review of association FREE
J Thornton, R Edwards, P Mitchell, R A Harrison, I Buchan and S P Kelly
Eye 19: 935-944; Published: September 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6701978
The pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy: old concepts and new questions FREE
J Cai and M Boulton
Eye 16: 242-260; Published: May 2002; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6700133
Chosen by Peter Watson
Macrophages related to Bruch's membrane in age-related macular degeneration FREE
M C Killingsworth, J P Sarks and S H Sarks
Eye 4: 613-621; Published: July 1990; doi:10.1038/eye.1990.86
Control of retinal and choroidal blood flow FREE
A Bill and G O Sperber
Eye 4: 319-325; Published: March 1990; doi:10.1038/eye.1990.43
Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. Differentiation of arteritic from non-arteritic type and its management FREE
Sohan Singh Hayreh
Eye 4: 25-41; Published: January 1990; doi:10.1038/eye.1990.4
The benefit of early trabeculectomy versus conventional management in primary open angle glaucoma relative to severity of disease FREE
Jeffrey L Jay and Donald Allan
Eye 3: 528-535; Published: September 1989; doi:10.1038/eye.1989.84
Concept and application of limbal stem cells FREE
Scheffer C G Tseng
Eye 3: 141-157; Published: March 1989; doi:10.1038/eye.1989.22
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