Hydrogel-based ocular drug delivery systems: Emerging fabrication strategies, applications, and bench-to-bedside manufacturing considerations

RC Cooper, H Yang - Journal of controlled release, 2019 - Elsevier
The physiological barriers of the eye pose challenges to the delivery of the array of
therapeutics for ocular diseases. Hydrogels have been widely explored for medical …

Extraocular, periocular, and intraocular routes for sustained drug delivery for glaucoma

UB Kompella, RR Hartman, MA Patil - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2021 - Elsevier
Although once daily anti-glaucoma drug therapy is a current clinical reality, most therapies
require multiple dosing and there is an unmet need to develop convenient, safe, and …

Medical therapy for glaucoma: A review

RJ Casson - Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A number of pharmacological targets are exploited to modify the parameters in the
Goldmann equation and reduce the intraocular pressure (IOP). This strategy constitutes the …

Intraocular nano-microscale drug delivery systems for glaucoma treatment: design strategies and recent progress

Y Shen, J Sun, X Sun - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible visual impairment and blindness, affecting over
76.0 million people worldwide in 2020, with a predicted increase to 111.8 million by 2040 …

Medication adherence in patients with ocular hypertension or glaucoma

AL Robin, KW Muir - Expert Review of Ophthalmology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nonadherence to medication is a challenge to effective treatment of many
chronic diseases, including glaucoma, and persists even with interventions aimed at …

Microinvasive glaucoma surgery: a review of 3476 eyes

P Nichani, MM Popovic, MB Schlenker, J Park… - Survey of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) is a potentially safer and more efficacious method
studied in patients with mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma requiring less invasive …

Induced pluripotent stem cells restore function in a human cell loss model of open-angle glaucoma

DW Abu-Hassan, X Li, EI Ryan, TS Acott, MJ Kelley - Stem cells, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Normally, trabecular meshwork (TM) and Schlemm's canal inner wall endothelial cells within
the aqueous humor outflow pathway maintain intraocular pressure within a narrow safe …

Anterior eye segment drug delivery systems: current treatments and future challenges

SA Molokhia, SC Thomas, KJ Garff… - Journal of ocular …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
New technologies for delivery of drugs, such as small molecules and biologics, are of
growing interest among clinical and pharmaceutical researchers for use in treating anterior …

Neuroprotection as a therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy

C Hernández, M Dal Monte, R Simó… - Journal of diabetes …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a multifactorial progressive disease of the retina and a leading
cause of vision loss. DR has long been regarded as a vascular disorder, although neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Open angle glaucoma

N Mahabadi, M Zeppieri, K Tripathy - StatPearls [Internet], 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Identify risk factors and early signs of open-angle glaucoma during routine
patient evaluations. Differentiate between open-angle glaucoma and other ocular conditions …