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ReviewDrug discovery today2019

Therapeutic implications of nanomedicine for ocular drug delivery.

Tuo Meng, Vineet Kulkarni, Russell Simmers, Vikram Brar, Qingguo Xu

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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 47 papers.

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47citing 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

47 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Review: Neuroprotective Nanocarriers in Glaucoma.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  19. Overview of Recent Advances in Nano-Based Ocular Drug Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

5 authors.

Tuo MengDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Vineet KulkarniDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Russell SimmersDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Department of Physics, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
Vikram BrarDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Qingguo XuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Massey Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. Electronic address: qxu@vcu.edu.

Funding

New method to treat or prevent corneal graft rejectionR01EY027827 · NEI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI XU, QINGGUO · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
FDA HHS HHSF223201810114CNEI NIH HHS R01 EY027827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Delivering therapeutics to the eye is challenging on multiple levels: rapid clearance of eyedrops from the ocular surface requires frequent instillation, which is difficult for patients; transport of drugs across the blood-retinal barrier when drugs are administered systemically, and the cornea when drugs are administered topically, is difficult to achieve; limited drug penetration to the back of the eye owing to the cornea, conjunctiva, sclera and vitreous barriers. Nanomedicine offers many advantages over conventional ophthalmic medications for effective ocular drug delivery because nanomedicine can increase the therapeutic index by overcoming ocular barriers, improving drug-release profiles and reducing potential drug toxicity. In this review, we highlight the therapeutic implications of nanomedicine for ocular drug delivery.

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AnimalsDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsEyeHumansNanomedicineOphthalmic SolutionsDrug CarriersOphthalmic Solutions

Identifiers

PMID31102733
PMCPMC6717514

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