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High-density lipoprotein mutant eye drops for the treatment of posterior eye diseases.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society - 28 Nov 2017
Suda Kenji, Murakami Tatsuya, Gotoh Norimoto, Fukuda Ryosuke, Hashida Yasuhiko, Hashida Mitsuru, Tsujikawa Akitaka, Yoshimura Nagahisa
Abstract excerpt
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in which choroidal neovascularization (CNV) affects the center of the retina (macula), leads to the irreversible visual loss. The intravitreal injection of anti-angiogenesis antibodies improved the prognosis of AMD, but relatively less invasive therapies should be explored. In the present study, we show that a high-density lipoprotein (HDL) mutant is a therapeutically...
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