Intracameral injection of a chemically cross-linked hydrogel to study chronic neurodegeneration in glaucoma

KC Chan, Y Yu, SH Ng, HK Mak, YWY Yip… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigation of neurodegeneration in glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness
worldwide, has been obfuscated by the lack of an efficient model that provides chronic, mild …

In situ-crosslinked hydrogel-induced experimental glaucoma model with persistent ocular hypertension and neurodegeneration

J Lin, J Xue, Q Xu, Z Liu, C Zhao, J Tang, J Han… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A reliable animal model providing chronic and persistent ocular hypertension and
characteristic neurodegeneration is essential to recapitulate human glaucoma and …

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a chronic ocular hypertension mouse model induced by intracameral injection of cross-linking hydrogel

J Chen, J Sun, H Yu, P Huang, Y Zhong - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Glaucoma is an irreversible and blinding neurodegenerative disease that is
characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells. The current animal models of …

A murine glaucoma model induced by rapid in vivo photopolymerization of hyaluronic acid glycidyl methacrylate

C Guo, X Qu, N Rangaswamy, B Leehy, C Xiang… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy commonly associated with elevated intraocular pressure
(IOP) resulting in progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and optic nerve …

Imaging methods for the assessment of a complex hydrogel as an ocular drug delivery system for glaucoma treatment: opportunities and challenges in preclinical …

S Das, D Saha, S Majumdar, L Giri - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of loss of vision. The problems associated with the
marketed formulations of anti-glaucoma drugs are low bioavailability, unwanted side effects …

Hydrogels in ophthalmology: Novel strategies for overcoming therapeutic challenges

KY Wu, D Akbar, M Giunta, A Kalevar, SD Tran - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human eye's intricate anatomical and physiological design necessitates tailored
approaches for managing ocular diseases. Recent advancements in ophthalmology …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels for ocular drug delivery and tissue engineering

M Fathi, J Barar, A Aghanejad, Y Omidi - BioImpacts: BI, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hydrogels, as crosslinked polymeric three dimensional networks, possess unique structure
and behavior in response to the internal and/or external stimuli. As a result, they offer great …

Intravitreal injectable hydrogels for sustained drug delivery in glaucoma treatment and therapy

KA Akulo, T Adali, MTG Moyo, T Bodamyali - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glaucoma is extensively treated with topical eye drops containing drugs. However, the
retention time of the loaded drugs and the in vivo bioavailability of the drugs are highly …

Relevant variations and neuroprotecive effect of hydrogen sulfide in a rat glaucoma model

S Huang, P Huang, X Liu, Z Lin, J Wang, S Xu, L Guo… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is an irreversible and blinding neurodegenerative disease of the eye, and is
characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Since endogenous …

Mouse model of ocular hypertension with retinal ganglion cell degeneration

R Mukai, DH Park, Y Okunuki, E Hasegawa… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Ocular hypertension is a primary risk factor for glaucoma and results in retinal
ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. Current animal models of glaucoma lack severe RGC …