Incomplete response to Anti-VEGF therapy in neovascular AMD: Exploring disease mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

PS Mettu, MJ Allingham, SW Cousins - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs have revolutionized the
treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD). However, many …

Periodontal and peri-implant diseases and systemically administered statins: A systematic review

F Di Spirito, L Schiavo, V Pilone, A Lanza, L Sbordone… - Dentistry Journal, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hyperlipidemia is a well-recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which, in turn,
acts as a contributory factor in periodontitis development. Periodontitis has been associated …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators of oral health care experienced by nursing home staff

LF Weening-Verbree, AA Schuller, SL Cheung… - Geriatric Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives to explore attitudes, perceptions, and perceived barriers to and the perceived
facilitators of daily oral health care and the actual daily oral health care performances …

Salivary exosomes in health and disease: future prospects in the eye

A Liu, B Hefley, P Escandon, SE Nicholas… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Exosomes are a group of vesicles that package and transport DNA, RNA, proteins, and
lipids to recipient cells. They can be derived from blood, saliva, urine, and/or other biological …

Epidemiology of geographic atrophy and its precursor features of intermediate age‐related macular degeneration

S Vujosevic, C Alovisi, U Chakravarthy - Acta Ophthalmologica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Globally age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness with a
significant impact on quality of life. Geographic atrophy (GA) is the atrophic late form of AMD …

Periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes: review of two decades of clinical research.

ZAD Pockpa, A Soueidan… - Oral health & …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to review the literature and chart the clinical studies that
have focused on periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes since 1996 …

[HTML][HTML] Oral health and diabetes

WS Borgnakke, RJ Genco, PI Eke, GW Taylor - 2021 - europepmc.org
The vast majority of the US adult population suffers from periodontal diseases, as about 90%
suffer from the reversible form, gingivitis, whereas almost 50% of adults age≥ 30 years are …

Possible association of periodontal disease and macular degeneration: A case-control study

F Di Spirito, M La Rocca, M De Bernardo, N Rosa… - Dentistry Journal, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oral pathogens have been identified in bioptic specimens from Age-Related Macular
Degeneration (ARMD) patients, and alveolar bone loss has been related to ARMD …

Automated process incorporating machine learning segmentation and correlation of oral diseases with systemic health

G Yauney, A Rana, LC Wong, P Javia… - 2019 41st annual …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Imaging fluorescent disease biomarkers in tissues and skin is a non-invasive method to
screen for health conditions. We report an automated process that combines intraoral …

Bruch's membrane pathology: a mechanistic perspective

A Murali, S Krishnakumar… - European journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Bruch's membrane, an extracellular matrix located between the retinal pigment epithelium
and the choroid, plays a vital role as structural and functional support to the retinal pigment …