Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2019 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-mediated gene delivery is a promising approach for therapy, but implementation in the eye currently is hampered by the need for delivering the vector underneath the retina, using surgical application into the ...
Hongman Song +5 more
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Cost effectiveness of treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration [PDF]
, 2011 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in people aged >= 50 years. Wet AMD in particular has a major impact on patient quality of life and imposes substantial burdens on healthcare systems.
Annemans, Lieven +4 more
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Biological effects of cigarette smoke in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells. [PDF]
, 2012 The goal of the present study was to determine whether treatment with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) induces cell loss, cellular senescence, and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis in primary human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Primary cultured
Birke, Kerstin +3 more
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Plasma lipoprotein subfraction concentrations are associated with lipid metabolism and age-related macular degeneration [PDF]
, 2017 10.1194/jlr.M073684Journal of Lipid Research5891785 ...
Apte, Rajendra S. +10 more
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Reflections on the Utility of the Retina as a Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease: A Literature Review. [PDF]
, 2019 As a part of the central nervous system, the retina may reflect both physiologic processes and abnormalities related to diseases of the brain. Indeed, a concerted effort has been put forth to understand how Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology may manifest
Honma, Patrick +2 more
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mTORC1 and mTORC2 are differentially engaged in the development of laser-induced CNV
Cell Communication and Signaling, 2019 Background The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a potential target to inhibit pathologic processes in choroidal neovascularization. However, the exact role of mTOR signaling in the development of CNV remains obscure.
Jin Young Yang +7 more
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Medicina, 2022 The pathogeneses of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and age-related hearing impairment are not yet fully understood. If AMD and age-related hearing impairment are correlated, the cause of both may be a result of a common vulnerability.
Marina Istrate +5 more
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Therapeutic approaches with intravitreal injections in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: current drugs and potential molecules [PDF]
, 2019 The present review focuses on recent clinical trials that analyze the efficacy of intravitreal therapeutic agents for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), such as neuroprotective drugs, and complement inhibitors, also called ...
Cerini, Alberto +5 more
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An Evaluation of a Battery of Functional and Structural Tests as Predictors of Likely Risk of Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To evaluate the ability of visual function and structural tests to identify the likely risk of progression from early/intermediate to advanced AMD, using the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) simplified scale as a surrogate for risk of ...
Bailey, C. +3 more
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Open innovation in neuroscience research and drug discovery
Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 2018 The pressures on the pharmaceutical industry have incentivised a number of new collaborative models of research and development which can be categorised as open innovation.
Ann J. Hunter, Wen H. Lee, Chas Bountra
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