[HTML][HTML] Role of oxidative stress in ocular diseases associated with retinal ganglion cells degeneration

EYC Kang, PK Liu, YT Wen, PMJ Quinn, SR Levi… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ocular diseases associated with retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration is the most
common neurodegenerative disorder that causes irreversible blindness worldwide. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of treatments in nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Lantos, ZR Dömötör, N Farkas, S Kiss… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) is the second most
common cause of optic nerve-related permanent visual loss in adults. Aim: We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Angiopoietin-like 4 binds neuropilins and cooperates with VEGF to induce diabetic macular edema

A Sodhi, T Ma, D Menon, M Deshpande… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The majority of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), the most common cause of
vision loss in working-age Americans, do not respond adequately to current therapies …

Rho kinase inhibitors—a review on the physiology and clinical use in Ophthalmology

N Moura-Coelho, J Tavares Ferreira… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2019 - Springer
The Rho kinase (ROCK) signaling pathway is involved in several cellular events that include
cell proliferation and cytoskeleton modulation leading to cell adhesion. The ROCK pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy with an endothelin antagonist: ENDOTHELION (ENDOTHEL in antagonist receptor in I schemic O …

C Chiquet, C Vignal, P Gohier, E Heron, G Thuret… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAAION) is a major cause of
blindness in individuals over 50 years of age, with no available effective treatment. The oral …

The enigma of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: an update for the comprehensive ophthalmologist

ED Gaier, N Torun - Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
NAION is a common cause of acute vision loss in adult and older patients, and thus,
comprehensive ophthalmologists need to be able to diagnose and appropriately manage …

ROCK Inhibitors as an Alternative Therapy for Corneal Grafting: A Systematic Review

S Polopalli, A Saha, P Niri, M Kumar, P Das… - Journal of Ocular …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Currently, corneal blindness is affecting> 10 million individuals worldwide, and there is a
significant unmet medical need because only 1.5% of transplantation needs are met globally …

ROCK inhibitors for the treatment of ocular diseases

R Nourinia, S Nakao, S Zandi, S Safi… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjo.bmj.com
The Rho-kinase/ROCK (Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase) pathway is
involved in the pathogenesis of multiple ocular and systemic disorders. Recently, ROCK …

New treatments for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

R Foroozan - Neurologic clinics, 2017 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) refers to a presumed ischemic
process of the anterior portion of the optic nerve. Although many associations with NAION …

[HTML][HTML] Fasudil, a clinically used ROCK inhibitor, stabilizes rod photoreceptor synapses after retinal detachment

E Townes-Anderson, J Wang, E Halasz… - … Vision Science & …, 2017 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Retinal detachment disrupts the rod-bipolar synapse in the outer plexiform layer by
retraction of rod axons. We showed that breakage is due to RhoA activation whereas …