Retina in a dish: Cell cultures, retinal explants and animal models for common diseases of the retina

S Schnichels, F Paquet-Durand, M Löscher… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
For many retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma,
and diabetic retinopathy (DR), the exact pathogenesis is still unclear. Moreover, the currently …

Treatment of retinoblastoma: what is the latest and what is the future

P Schaiquevich, JH Francis, MB Cancela… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The management of retinoblastoma, the most common intraocular malignancy in children,
has changed drastically over the last decade. Landmark developments in local drug …

Conservative management of retinoblastoma: Challenging orthodoxy without compromising the state of metastatic grace.“Alive, with good vision and no comorbidity”

FL Munier, M Beck-Popovic, GL Chantada… - Progress in retinal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma is lethal by metastasis if left untreated, so the primary goal of therapy is to
preserve life, with ocular survival, visual preservation and quality of life as secondary aims …

Ocular toxicity of intravitreal melphalan for retinoblastoma in Chinese patients

K Xue, H Ren, F Meng, R Zhang, J Qian - BMC ophthalmology, 2019 - Springer
Background To evaluate the efficacy, complications, and clinical characteristics, including
the ocular toxicity, of intravitreal melphalan (IVM) treatment for vitreous seeding in Chinese …

Topical instillation of cell-penetrating peptide-conjugated melphalan blocks metastases of retinoblastoma

K Jiang, X Fan, Y Hu, S Yao, Y Liu, C Zhan, W Lu… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in infancy with a
metastases-related death risk. However, a safe and convenient treatment without …

Safety and efficacy of intravitreal chemotherapy (melphalan) to treat vitreous seeds in retinoblastoma

YA Yousef, M Al Jboor, M Mohammad… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Active vitreous seeds in eyes with retinoblastoma (Rb) adversely affects the
treatment outcome. This study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of intravitreal …

[HTML][HTML] Rabbit model of intra-arterial chemotherapy toxicity demonstrates retinopathy and vasculopathy related to drug and dose, not procedure or approach

AB Daniels, MT Froehler, AH Nunnally… - … & visual science, 2019 - arvojournals.org
Purpose: To use our intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) rabbit model to assess the impact of
IAC procedure, drug, dose, and choice of technique on ocular structure and function, to …

Ocular pharmacology of chemotherapy for retinoblastoma

P Schaiquevich, AW Fabius, JH Francis, GL Chantada… - Retina, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To review preclinical and clinical pharmacokinetic studies of the three most
important chemotherapy drugs used for intraocular retinoblastoma and the contribution of …

Selective induction of intrinsic apoptosis in retinoblastoma cells by novel cationic antimicrobial dodecapeptides

V Suresh Babu, A Kizhakeyil, G Dudeja, SS Chaurasia… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Host defense peptides represent an important component of innate immunity. In this work,
we report the anticancer properties of a panel of hyper-charged wholly cationic antimicrobial …

The role of EZH2 as a potential therapeutic target in retinoblastoma

Y Zhao, Y Cheng, Y Qu - Experimental Eye Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) has been reported selectively expressed in postnatal
human retinoblastoma (RB). While, the contribution of EZH2 in progression of RB and its …