Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30877076›Full record

ReviewDrug discovery today2019

Drug delivery to retinal photoreceptors.

Erico Himawan, Per Ekström, Matej Buzgo, Pieter Gaillard, Einar Stefánsson, Valeria Marigo, Thorsteinn Loftsson, François Paquet-Durand

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Erico HimawanInoCure s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic.
Per EkströmLund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Ophthalmology, Lund, Sweden.
Matej BuzgoInoCure s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic.
Pieter Gaillard2-BBB Medicines BV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Einar StefánssonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Valeria MarigoDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Thorsteinn LoftssonFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
François Paquet-DurandInstitute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: francois.paquet-durand@klinikum.uni-tuebingen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The photoreceptors of the retina are afflicted by diseases that still often lack satisfactory treatment options. Although suitable drugs might be available in some cases, the delivery of these compounds into the eye and across the blood-retinal barrier remains a significant challenge for therapy development. Here, we review the routes of drug administration to the retina and highlight different options for drug delivery to the photoreceptor cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinaPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID30877076
PMCPMC6715772

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