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ArticleJournal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics2014

Pharmacokinetics, electrophysiological, and morphological effects of the intravitreal injection of mycophenolic acid in rabbits.

Fabio Gasparin, Renata Genaro Aguiar, Gabriela Lourençon Ioshimoto, Armando Silva-Cunha, Silvia Ligório Fialho, André Mauricio Liber, Balázs Vince Nagy, Nestor Norio Oiwa, Marcelo Fernandes Costa, Christina Joselevitch and 2 more

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Article in Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Corosolic acid: antiangiogenic activity and safety of intravitreal injection in rats eyes.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2019
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  3. Test-retest reliability of scotopic full-field electroretinograms in rabbits.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fabio Gasparin1 Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) , São Paulo SP, Brazil .
Renata Genaro Aguiar
Gabriela Lourençon Ioshimoto
Armando Silva-Cunha
Silvia Ligório Fialho
André Mauricio Liber
Balázs Vince Nagy
Nestor Norio Oiwa
Marcelo Fernandes Costa
Christina Joselevitch
Dora Fix Ventura
Francisco Max Damico
Universidade de São Paulo · BREzequiel Dias Foundation · BRUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the half-life of mycophenolic acid (MPA) in the vitreous of New Zealand albino rabbits after intravitreal injection and the retinal toxicity of different doses of MPA.

methodsTen micrograms of MPA (Roche Bioscience, Palo Alto, CA) was injected in the vitreous of 16 rabbits, animals were sacrificed at different time-points, and vitreous samples underwent high-performance liquid chromatography. For functional and morphological studies, 5 doses of MPA (0.05, 0.5, 2, 10, and 100 μg) were injected in the vitreous of 20 rabbits. As control, contralateral eyes were injected with aqueous vehicle. Electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded before injection and at days 7, 15, and 30. Animals were sacrificed on day 30 and retinas were analyzed under light microscopy.

resultsMPA half-life in the vitreous was 5.0±0.3 days. ERG revealed photoreceptor functional impairment in eyes injected with 0.5 μg and higher on day 30, while eyes injected with 100 μg presented the same changes already from day 15. No morphological change was found.

conclusionsMPA vitreous half-life is 5.0 days. Intravitreal injection of 0.5 μg MPA and higher causes dose- and time-related photoreceptor sensitivity decrease in rabbits. The MPA dose of 0.05 μg may be safe for intravitreal use in rabbits.

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AnimalsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectrophysiological PhenomenaElectroretinographyHalf-LifeImmunosuppressive AgentsIntravitreal InjectionsMycophenolic AcidPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRabbitsRetinaTime FactorsVitreous BodyImmunosuppressive AgentsMycophenolic Acid

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PMID24828287
PMCPMC4074757
OpenAlexW2043238105

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