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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2024

Breaking Barriers: Nanomedicine-Based Drug Delivery for Cataract Treatment.

Yilin Chen, Zi Ye, Haixu Chen, Zhaohui Li

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Nanotechnology-Based Treatment for Ophthalmic Diseases.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026
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  14. Cataract: Surgery first - is there still room for basic research?Advances in ophthalmology practice and research
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yilin ChenSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Zi YeSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Haixu ChenInstitute of Geriatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics Diseases, The Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zhaohui LiSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cataract is a leading cause of blindness globally, and its surgical treatment poses a significant burden on global healthcare. Pharmacologic therapies, including antioxidants and protein aggregation reversal agents, have attracted great attention in the treatment of cataracts in recent years. Due to the anatomical and physiological barriers of the eye, the effectiveness of traditional eye drops for delivering drugs topically to the lens is hindered. The advancements in nanomedicine present novel and promising strategies for addressing challenges in drug delivery to the lens, including the development of nanoparticle formulations that can improve drug penetration into the anterior segment and enable sustained release of medications. This review introduces various cutting-edge drug delivery systems for cataract treatment, highlighting their physicochemical properties and surface engineering for optimal design, thus providing impetus for further innovative research and potential clinical applications of anti-cataract drugs.

Indexed as

CataractDrug Delivery SystemsNanomedicineAnimalsCataract ExtractionHumansLens, CrystallineNanoparticle Drug Delivery SystemNanoparticlesOphthalmic SolutionsNanoparticle Drug Delivery SystemOphthalmic Solutionscataractdrug delivery systemnanomedicineocular barrier

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PMID38736657
PMCPMC11086653

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