Current and Future Treatments for Diabetic Retinopathy
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2021) | Viewed by 26468
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Université de Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, From Physiopathology of Ocular Diseases to Clinical Development, 75006 Paris, France
3. Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
Interests: neuroprotection; diabetic retinopathy; retinal ischemia; glia; drug development
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Interests: ophthalmology; retina; retinal imaging; diabetic retinopathy; surgical retina; cell therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diabetic retinopathy remains the first cause of blindness in the younger and active population, despite the major recent advances achieved in the reduction of diabetic macular edema (DME). In fact, many aspects of diabetic retinopathy are not targeted by anti-VEGF therapy or by corticosteroids, and vision gain still remains limited for many patients.
New molecular targets have been identified in diabetic retinopathy pathogenesis, which are involved in ischemia, neuronal cell death, glial metabolism, or vasculopathy, and old drugs as well as new drug candidates targeting these pathways have been discovered and evaluated in animal models.
In this Special Issue, we will summarize the benefits of the treatments currently available for DME and present potential new drug candidates for this devastating disease.
Prof. Francine Behar-Cohen
Prof. Dr. Anat Lowenstein
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neuroprotection
- diabetic retinopathy
- retinal ischemia
- glia
- drug targeting
- drug development
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