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ArticleScientific reports2017

Ultrahigh field MR imaging of a subconjunctival anti-glaucoma drug delivery system in a rabbit model.

Franziska Kopp, Thomas Eickner, Stefan Polei, Karen Falke, Martin Witt, Niels Grabow, Oliver Stachs, Rudolf F Guthoff, Tobias Lindner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. 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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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Evolution of drug-eluting biomedical implants for sustained drug delivery.European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Franziska KoppDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany. franziska.kopp@med.uni-rostock.de.
Thomas EicknerInstitute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Stefan PoleiCore Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Karen FalkeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Martin WittInstitute for Anatomy, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Niels GrabowInstitute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Oliver StachsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Rudolf F GuthoffDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.
Tobias LindnerCore Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7826-3132

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local drug delivery systems (DDS) have become a favourable approach for the treatment of numerous diseases. Biomedical imaging techniques such as ultrahigh field magnetic resonance imaging (UHF-MRI) offer unique insight into DDS biodegradation in vivo. We describe the establishment of a 7 Tesla MRI routine for longitudinal in vivo examinations of a subconjunctival DDS for the treatment of glaucoma in a rabbit model. In initial in vitro examinations the T2-relaxation times of the polymeric DDS components were assessed. Imaging of enzymatically degraded depot samples in vitro did not reveal changes in sample morphology or T2-relaxation time. Ex vivo investigations with an enucleated porcine eye showed good correlation of anatomical MRI and histological data. In longitudinal in vivo studies in rabbits, we repeatedly scanned the depot in the same animal over the course of 5 months with an in-plane resolution of 130 µm at scan times of less than 30 minutes. The degradation was quantified using volumetric analysis showing a volume reduction of 82% between 3 and 21 weeks after depot implantation. We have thereby demonstrated the feasibility of our UHF-MRI protocol as a non-invasive imaging routine for qualitative and quantitative, longitudinal evaluation of biodegradable subconjunctival DDS.

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Drug Delivery SystemsMagnetic Resonance ImagingAnimalsConjunctivaDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGlaucomaRabbitsSwine

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PMID29150670
PMCPMC5693897

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