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ArticleBiology2021

Therapeutic Effects of Fenofibrate Nano-Emulsion Eye Drops on Retinal Vascular Leakage and Neovascularization.

Li Huang, Wentao Liang, Kelu Zhou, Ronald A Wassel, Zachary D Ridge, Jian-Xing Ma, Bing Wang

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Article in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Fenofibrate microemulsion eyedrops for treating nitrogen mustard induced corneal injury.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  5. Ferroptosis: A Novel Mechanism in Diabetic Keratopathy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026
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  6. Fenofibrate in ophthalmology: therapeutic efficacy and mechanisms.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2026
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  8. Recent advances in the study of Conbercept for diabetic macular edema.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2025
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  11. Nanotherapy for Neural Retinal Regeneration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Li HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou 350001, China.
Wentao LiangDepartment of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Kelu ZhouDepartment of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Ronald A WasselEyeCro, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Zachary D RidgeEyeCro, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Jian-Xing MaDepartment of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Bing WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou 350001, China.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USFujian Medical University · CN

Funding

P30-CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCHP30EY021725 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Michelle C Callegan, MICHAEL H ELLIOTT · 2011 to 2026
$10.5M
Pilot Project ProgramP30GM122744 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI LE, YUN ZHENG · 2017 to 2021
$5.5M
Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2018J01310NEI NIH HHS P30 EY021725NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM122744NIH HHS EY019309, EY012231, EY028949, EY032930, EY032931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macular edema caused by retinal vascular leakage and ocular neovascularization are the leading causes of severe vision loss in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients. Oral administration of fenofibrate, a PPARα agonist, has shown therapeutic effects on macular edema and retinal neovascularization in diabetic patients. To improve the drug delivery to the retina and its efficacy, we have developed a nano-emulsion-based fenofibrate eye drop formulation that delivered significantly higher amounts of the drug to the retina compared to the systemic administration, as measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer (LC-MS). The fenofibrate eye drop decreased leukocytes adherent to retinal vasculature and attenuated overexpression of multiple inflammatory factors in the retina of very low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (

Indexed as

age-related macular degenerationdiabetic retinopathyeye dropfenofibratenanomedicinePPARαvascular leakage

Identifiers

PMID34943243
PMCPMC8698460
OpenAlexW4200555549

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