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ArticlePharmaceutics2021

Dextran Sulfate Polymer Wafer Promotes Corneal Wound Healing.

Remya Ammassam Veettil, Daniela C Marcano, Xiaoyong Yuan, Mahira Zaheer, Aparna Adumbumkulath, Richard Lee, Lucas C Isenhart, Nicole Soriano, Kirti Mhatre, Robiya Joseph and 3 more

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Remya Ammassam VeettilMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Daniela C MarcanoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xiaoyong YuanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mahira ZaheerMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Aparna AdumbumkulathMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Richard LeeMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2821-2713
Lucas C IsenhartDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Nicole SorianoMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Kirti MhatreMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Robiya JosephDepartment of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sendurai A ManiDepartment of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-4276
Crystal S ShinMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ghanashyam AcharyaMichael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5445-5364
Baylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AIMEE S JAMES · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Michael M Ittmann · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY NANOWAFER THERAPEUTIC TO TREAT CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATIONR01EY026950 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ACHARYA, GHANASHYAM S · 2017 to 2020
$1.6M
Quanterix 2470 Arrayer for Reverse Phase Protein Array TechnologyS10OD028648 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI HUANG, SHIXIA · 2020 to 2020
$300k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NIH HHS R01EY026950NIH HHS S10 OD028648
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eye injuries due to corneal abrasions, chemical spills, penetrating wounds, and microbial infections cause corneal scarring and opacification that result in impaired vision or blindness. However, presently available eye drop formulations of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic drugs are not effective due to their rapid clearance from the ocular surface or due to drug-related side effects such as cataract formation or increased intraocular pressure. In this article, we presented the development of a dextran sulfate-based polymer wafer (DS-wafer) for the effective modulation of inflammation and fibrosis and demonstrated its efficacy in two corneal injury models: corneal abrasion mouse model and alkali induced ocular burn mouse model. The DS-wafers were fabricated by the electrospinning method. We assessed the efficacy of the DS-wafer by light microscopy, qPCR, confocal fluorescence imaging, and histopathological analysis. These studies demonstrated that the DS-wafer treatment is significantly effective in modulating corneal inflammation and fibrosis and inhibited corneal scarring and opacification compared to the unsulfated dextran-wafer treated and untreated corneas. Furthermore, these studies have demonstrated the efficacy of dextran sulfate as an anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic polymer therapeutic.

Indexed as

corneacorneal fibrosiscorneal scarringdextran sulfateeye injuryinflammationpolymer therapeutic

Identifiers

PMID34683921
PMCPMC8539456
OpenAlexW3202892257

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