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 …

Intravitreous anti-VEGF for diabetic retinopathy: hopes and fears for a new therapeutic strategy

R Simó, C Hernandez - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in the development of both
proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO). In recent …

Binding and neutralization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and related ligands by VEGF Trap, ranibizumab and bevacizumab

N Papadopoulos, J Martin, Q Ruan, A Rafique… - Angiogenesis, 2012 - Springer
Pharmacological inhibition of VEGF-A has proven to be effective in inhibiting angiogenesis
and vascular leak associated with cancers and various eye diseases. However, little …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced drug delivery and targeting technologies for the ocular diseases

J Barar, A Aghanejad, M Fathi, Y Omidi - BioImpacts: BI, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Introduction: Ocular targeted therapy has enormously been advanced by implementation of …

[HTML][HTML] Non-viral nanoparticles for RNA interference: Principles of design and practical guidelines

Z Liu, S Wang, C Tapeinos, G Torrieri… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) is an innovative treatment strategy for a myriad of
indications. Non-viral synthetic nanoparticles (NPs) have drawn extensive attention as …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and pegaptanib in vitro: efficiency and possible additional pathways

A Klettner, J Roider - Investigative ophthalmology & visual …, 2008 - tvst.arvojournals.org
purpose. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antagonists are the therapy of choice for
age-related macular degeneration. Ranibizumab and pegaptanib have been approved by …

Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in ophthalmology

EB Rodrigues, ME Farah, M Maia, FM Penha… - Progress in retinal and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can be used therapeutically by binding to molecular targets
with high specificity. Therefore, they have excellent therapeutic applications in …

The role of vascular endothelial growth factor and other endogenous interplayers in age-related macular degeneration

S Grisanti, O Tatar - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2008 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifaceted disease characterized by early
subclinical changes at the choroidea–retinal pigment epithelium interface. Both the causal …

Recent advances in therapeutic nucleic acids and their analytical methods

J Talap, J Zhao, M Shen, Z Song, H Zhou… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Therapeutic nucleic acids are various chemically modified RNA or DNA with different
functions, which mainly play roles at the gene level. Owing to its accurately targeting at …

Bevacizumab-augmented retinal laser photocoagulation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a randomized double-masked clinical trial

A Mirshahi, R Roohipoor, A Lashay… - European journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To evaluate the additional therapeutic effect of single intravitreal bevacizumab
injection on standard laser treatment in the management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy …