Pharmaceutics, 2018 Ocular drug delivery is challenging due to the presence of anatomical and physiological barriers. These barriers can affect drug entry into the eye following multiple routes of administration (e.g., topical, systemic, and injectable).
Rinda Devi Bachu +4 more
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Drug Delivery Challenges and Current Progress in Nanocarrier-Based Ocular Therapeutic System
Gels, 2022 Drug instillation via a topical route is preferred since it is desirable and convenient due to the noninvasive and easy drug access to different segments of the eye for the treatment of ocular ailments.
Md Habban Akhter +9 more
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A Review on Conventional and Novel Topical Ocular Drug Delivery System
Journal of Pharmacy, 2021 Ocular drug delivery is a very challenging area for ophthalmologists and drug delivery scientists due to the structural and barrier complexity of the eye.
Mohamad Faeznudin Rozi +1 more
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Epidemiological study of ocular trauma in an urban slum population in Delhi, India. [PDF]
, 2008 PURPOSE: To study the epidemiology and clinical profile of victims of ocular trauma in an urban slum population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study, conducted on 500 families each in three randomly selected urban slums in Delhi, collected ...
Vats, S +5 more
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Recent Developments of Nanostructures for the Ocular Delivery of Natural Compounds
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Ocular disorders comprising various diseases of the anterior and posterior segments are considered as the main reasons for blindness. Natural products have been identified as potential treatments for ocular diseases due to their anti-oxidative ...
Malihe Sadat Razavi +7 more
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Application of Convergent Science and Technology toward Ocular Disease Treatment
Pharmaceuticals, 2023 Eyes are one of the main critical organs of the body that provide our brain with the most information about the surrounding environment. Disturbance in the activity of this informational organ, resulting from different ocular diseases, could affect the ...
Ayça Bal-Öztürk +7 more
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Ocular disorders in children with learning disabilities in special education schools of Pune, India. [PDF]
, 2011 AIM: The aim was to study and treat ocular disorders in children with learning disabilities (cLDs) and explore associations with their perinatal history.
Gilbert, Clare +12 more
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Immunological studies of chronic ocular toxoplasmosis : up-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I and transforming growth factor beta and a protective role for interleukin-6 [PDF]
, 2001 A murine model was used to characterize the local immune and inflammatory response during ocular toxoplasmosis. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, normally expressed at low levels in immune-privileged sites such as the eye, was up-regulated ...
Byrne, N. +6 more
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Nanotechnology-based ocular drug delivery systems: recent advances and future prospects
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 Ocular drug delivery has constantly challenged ophthalmologists and drug delivery scientists due to various anatomical and physiological barriers. Static and dynamic ocular barriers prevent the entry of exogenous substances and impede therapeutic agents'
Shiding Li, Liangbo Chen, Yao Fu
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, 2008 There are two main blood-ocular barriers, the blood-aqueous barrier and the blood-retinal barrier. The blood-aqueous barrier is formed by the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium of the ciliary body and the vascular endothelium of the iris vessels.
Hou, Ping-Kang +3 more
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