Aged macular degeneration: current therapeutics for management and promising new drug candidates.
Drug Discov Today
; 22(11): 1671-1679, 2017 11.
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ABSTRACT
In elderly aged related macular degeneration (AMD) is the common eye disease which impairs the vision and most of the time it creates permanent vision loss. Because elderly population constitute the larger percentage among society, visual loss due to AMD has become a growing problem. Despite the advances made in developing therapeutics, there is still no satisfactory treatment. The limitations of the available treatments are due to the absence of potent, non-invasive therapy. Furthermore, part of the available drugs targets angiogenesis and create a hypoxic environment that augment further angiogenesis. Therefore, it is reasonable to consider eye integrity and the correlation between hypoxia and angiogenesis before developing successful drugs. This review highlighted issues regarding the available therapeutic strategies and explored whether AMD can be managed by employing specific nanoformulations.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Diseño de Fármacos
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Inhibidores de la Angiogénesis
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Degeneración Macular
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Discov Today
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACOLOGIA
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia