Nanoparticle based medicines: approaches for evading and manipulating the mononuclear phagocyte system and potential for clinical translation

JA Mills, F Liu, TR Jarrett, NL Fletcher… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For decades, nanomedicines have been reported as a potential means to overcome the
limitations of conventional drug delivery systems by reducing side effects, toxicity and the …

Novel ocular antihypertensive compounds in clinical trials

J Chen, SA Runyan, MR Robinson - Clinical ophthalmology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Glaucoma is a multifactorial disease characterized by progressive optic nerve
injury and visual field defects. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most widely …

Intra‐ocular pressure‐lowering effects of a Rho kinase inhibitor, ripasudil (K‐115), over 24 hours in primary open‐angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension: a …

H Tanihara, T Inoue, T Yamamoto… - Acta …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the intra‐ocular pressure (IOP)‐lowering effects of a selective Rho
kinase inhibitor, ripasudil (K‐115), over 24 hr in patients with primary open‐angle glaucoma …

Phase 1 clinical trials of a selective Rho kinase inhibitor, K-115

H Tanihara, T Inoue, T Yamamoto… - JAMA …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance We conducted a series of phase 1 clinical trials to elucidate the efficacy and
safety of the selective Rho kinase inhibitor K-115 as a candidate drug for the treatment of …

The role of the actomyosin system in regulating trabecular fluid outflow

B Tian, TG B'Ann, B Geiger, PL Kaufman - Experimental eye research, 2009 - Elsevier
Abnormally high resistance to aqueous humor drainage via the trabecular meshwork and
Schlemm's canal is highly correlated with the development of primary open-angle glaucoma …

Aqueous outflow: segmental and distal flow

SS Swaminathan, DJ Oh, MH Kang… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) of primary open-angle glaucoma is caused by
impaired outflow of aqueous humor through the trabecular meshwork. Within the …

Open-angle glaucoma: therapeutically targeting the extracellular matrix of the conventional outflow pathway

J O'Callaghan, PS Cassidy… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Ocular hypertension in open-angle glaucoma is caused by a reduced rate of
removal of aqueous humour (AH) from the eye, with the majority of AH draining from the …

Bioactive natural and semisynthetic latrunculins

KA El Sayed, DTA Youssef… - Journal of natural products, 2006 - ACS Publications
Marine-derived macrolides latrunculins A and B, of the Red Sea sponge Negombata
magnifica, are the first marine natural products that have been found to reversibly bind to …

Effects of latrunculin-B on outflow facility and trabecular meshwork structure in human eyes

CR Ethier, AT Read, DWH Chan - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2006 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To determine the effect of the F-actin-disrupting agent latrunculin-B on aqueous
outflow facility and trabecular meshwork architecture in human eyes. methods. After …

Latrunculin A and Its C-17-O-Carbamates Inhibit Prostate Tumor Cell Invasion and HIF-1 Activation in Breast Tumor Cells

KAE Sayed, MA Khanfar, HM Shallal… - Journal of natural …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The marine-derived macrolides latrunculins A (1) and B, from the Red Sea sponge
Negombata magnifica, have been found to reversibly bind actin monomers, forming a 1: 1 …