Soft drusen in age-related macular degeneration: biology and targeting via the oil spill strategies

CA Curcio - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2018 - iovs.arvojournals.org
AMD is a major cause of legal blindness in older adults approachable through
multidisciplinary research involving human tissues and patients. AMD is a vascular …

Interstitial fluid and lymph formation and transport: physiological regulation and roles in inflammation and cancer

H Wiig, MA Swartz - Physiological reviews, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The interstitium describes the fluid, proteins, solutes, and the extracellular matrix (ECM) that
comprise the cellular microenvironment in tissues. Its alterations are fundamental to …

Determination of Corneal Biomechanical Behavior in-vivo for Healthy Eyes Using CorVis ST Tonometry: Stress-Strain Index

A Eliasy, KJ Chen, R Vinciguerra, BT Lopes… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: This study aims to introduce and clinically validate a new algorithm that can
determine the biomechanical properties of the human cornea in vivo. Methods: A parametric …

Delayed rod-mediated dark adaptation is a functional biomarker for incident early age-related macular degeneration

C Owsley, G McGwin Jr, ME Clark, GR Jackson… - Ophthalmology, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine whether slowed rod-mediated dark adaptation (DA) in adults with
normal macular health at baseline is associated with the incidence of age-related macular …

Interstitial flow and its effects in soft tissues

MA Swartz, ME Fleury - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Interstitial flow plays important roles in the morphogenesis, function, and pathogenesis of
tissues. To investigate these roles and exploit them for tissue engineering or to overcome …

[HTML][HTML] Brillouin optical microscopy for corneal biomechanics

G Scarcelli, R Pineda, SH Yun - Investigative ophthalmology & …, 2012 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: The mechanical properties of corneal tissue are linked to prevalent ocular
diseases and therapeutic procedures. Brillouin microscopy is a novel optical technology that …

Confocal Brillouin microscopy for three-dimensional mechanical imaging

G Scarcelli, SH Yun - Nature photonics, 2008 - nature.com
Acoustically induced inelastic light scattering, first reported in 1922 by Brillouin, allows non-
contact, direct readout of the viscoelastic properties of a material and has widely been …

The oil spill in ageing Bruch membrane

CA Curcio, M Johnson, M Rudolf… - British Journal of …, 2011 - bjo.bmj.com
Ageing is the largest risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and soft drusen
and basal linear deposits are lipid-rich extracellular lesions specific to AMD. Oil red O …

Recent advances of smart materials for ocular drug delivery

X Wang, F Luan, H Yue, C Song, S Wang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to the variety and complexity of ocular diseases and the natural ocular barriers, drug
therapy for ocular diseases has significant limitations, such as poor drug targeting to the site …

Silk film biomaterials for cornea tissue engineering

BD Lawrence, JK Marchant, MA Pindrus, FG Omenetto… - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
Biomaterials for corneal tissue engineering must demonstrate several critical features for
potential utility in vivo, including transparency, mechanical integrity, biocompatibility and …