Targeting angiogenesis in oncology, ophthalmology and beyond

Y Cao, R Langer, N Ferrara - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Angiogenesis is an essential process in normal development and in adult physiology, but
can be disrupted in numerous diseases. The concept of targeting angiogenesis for treating …

Treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration: therapeutic avenues, clinical trials and future directions

TAC de Guimaraes, MD Varela, M Georgiou… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjo.bmj.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in
the developed world. The identification of the central role of vascular endothelial growth …

The pathophysiology of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration and the complement pathway as a therapeutic target

DS Boyer, U Schmidt-Erfurth… - Retina, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced, vision-threatening form of age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) affecting approximately five million individuals worldwide. To …

Understanding age-related macular degeneration (AMD): relationships between the photoreceptor/retinal pigment epithelium/Bruch's membrane/choriocapillaris …

I Bhutto, G Lutty - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
There is a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between the components of the
photoreceptor/retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/Bruch's membrane (BrMb)/choriocapillaris …

Age-related macular degeneration: A two-level model hypothesis

MP Rozing, JA Durhuus, MK Nielsen, Y Subhi… - Progress in retinal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Age-related diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), are of growing
importance in a world where population ageing has become a dominant global trend …

Complement activation and choriocapillaris loss in early AMD: implications for pathophysiology and therapy

SS Whitmore, EH Sohn, KR Chirco, AV Drack… - Progress in retinal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common and devastating disease that can
result in severe visual dysfunction. Over the last decade, great progress has been made in …

Structural and molecular changes in the aging choroid: implications for age-related macular degeneration

KR Chirco, EH Sohn, EM Stone, BA Tucker, RF Mullins - Eye, 2017 - nature.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a devastating disease-causing vision loss in
millions of people around the world. In advanced stages of disease, death of photoreceptor …

[HTML][HTML] The membrane attack complex in aging human choriocapillaris: relationship to macular degeneration and choroidal thinning

RF Mullins, DP Schoo, EH Sohn… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common disease that can result in severe
visual impairment. Abnormal regulation of the complement system has been implicated in its …

Complement factor H in AMD: Bridging genetic associations and pathobiology

CB Toomey, LV Johnson, CB Rickman - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a complex multifactorial disease
characterized in its early stages by lipoprotein accumulations in Bruch's Membrane (BrM) …

VEGF regulates local inhibitory complement proteins in the eye and kidney

LS Keir, R Firth, L Aponik, D Feitelberg… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Outer retinal and renal glomerular functions rely on specialized vasculature maintained by
VEGF that is produced by neighboring epithelial cells, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) …