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ArticleHandbook of experimental pharmacology

Anti-angiogenic Therapy for Retinal Disease.

Yannis M Paulus, Akrit Sodhi

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Article in Handbook of experimental pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
19.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Molecular stress and neurovascular injury in the diabetic retina.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  5. Intravitreal injection delivered volume under different environmental and training conditions.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  10. Tropism of the AAV6.2 Vector in the Murine Retina.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Cells · 2024
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  20. Effects ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yannis M PaulusKellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Akrit SodhiWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N. Broadway St., Smith Building, 4039, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. asodhi1@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Michigan Vision Clinician Scientist Development ProgramK12EY022299 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Abigail Fahim, DAVID N ZACKS · 2013 to 2026
$6.3M
HIF dysregulation as a novel genetic model to study retinal neovascular disease.K08EY021189 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SODHI, AKRIT SINGH · 2011 to 2015
$898k
NEI NIH HHS K08 EY021189NEI NIH HHS K12 EY022299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the molecular pathophysiology of retinal vascular disease have allowed us to specifically target pathological angiogenesis while minimizing damage to the neurosensory retina. This is perhaps best exemplified by the development of therapies targeting the potent angiogenic growth factor and vascular permeability mediator, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Anti-VEGF therapies, initially introduced for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration, have also had a dramatic impact on the management of retinal vascular disease and are currently an indispensable component for the treatment of macular edema in patients with diabetic eye disease and retinal vein occlusions. Emerging evidence supports expanding the use of therapies targeting VEGF for the treatment of retinal neovascularization in patients with diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. However, VEGF is among a growing list of angiogenic and vascular hyperpermeability factors that promote retinal vascular disease. Many of these mediators are expressed in response to stabilization of a single family of transcription factors, the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), that regulate the expression of these angiogenic stimulators. Here we review the basic principles driving pathological angiogenesis and discuss the current state of retinal anti-angiogenic pharmacotherapy as well as future directions.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsDiabetic RetinopathyHumansInfant, NewbornVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesis InhibitorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesisHypoxia-inducible factorIschemiaMacular edemaNeovascularizationOxidative stressVascular endothelial growth factorVascular permeability

Identifiers

PMID27783271
PMCPMC5451313
OpenAlexW2538919788

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