Cargando…
Ocular therapeutics : eye on new discoveries /
Ocular Therapeutics: Eye on New Discovery focuses on emerging areas in ocular research, from new approaches to dry eye to gene therapy in the management of retinal diseases. This comprehensive book features more than 25 chapters of information that will be vital for ocular investigators and ophthalm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Boston ; London :
Academic,
2008.
|
| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section I
- General Principles and Therapeutic Targets
- Chapter 1: The Eye as Drug Target: Overview
- Chapter 2: Drug Delivery Systems in Ophthalmic Applications
- Chapter 3: IOP as a Target
- Inflow and Outflow Pathways
- Chapter 4: The ciliary body: a potential multifaceted functional neuroendocrine unit.
- Chapter 5: Growth Factors and Neurotrophic Factors as Targets
- Section II. Visual Pathway
- Chapter 6: New therapies for Dry Eye Disease
- Chapter 7: Refractive Surgery: Corneal Opacity (haze) after Surface Ablation
- Chapter 8: Progress in Preventing Age-Related Cataract
- Chapter 9: Myopia Pharmacology: Etiologic Clues, Therapeutic Potential
- Section III. Inflammation, Immune System and Anti-infectives
- Chapter 10: Immune system and the eye
- Chapter 11: Ocular Allergy: Clinical, Therapeutic and Drug Discovery Considerations
- Chapter 12: Ocular Inflammation in Anterior Segment
- Chapter 13: Posterior Segment uveitis
- Chapter 14: New Anti-Infectives for Ophthalmology
- Section IV. Clinical Therapeutics
- Chapter 15: Tissue Repair and Regeneration
- Chapter 16: Therapeutic Drugs for Anterior Segment Ocular Surgery
- Chapter 17: Therapeutic Drugs for Posterior Segment Vitrectomy Surgery
- Chapter 18: Progress and Prospects in Ocular Gene Therapy
- Section V. Retinal Diseases and Neuropathies
- Chapter 19: Neuroprotection in Glaucoma
- Chapter 20: Degenerative Retinopathies
- Chapter 22: Ocular Angiogenesis.
- 1. Eye as a drug target / Thomas Yorio, Abbot F. Clark and Martin B. Wax
- 2. drug delivery systems in ophthalmic applications / Alan L. Weiner
- 3. IOP as a target-inflow and outflow pathways / Iok-Hou Pang and Abbot F. Clark
- 4. Ciliary body: a potential multifaceted functional neuroendocrine unit / Thomas Yorio, Ganesh Prasanna and Miguel Coca-Prados
- 5. Growth factors and neurotrophic factors as targets / Robert J. Wordinger and Abbot F. Clark
- 6. New therapies for dry eye disease / Gary N. Foulks
- 7. Refractive surgery-corneal opacity (haze) after surface ablation / Steven E. Wilson and Fabricio W. Medeiros
- 8. Progress in preventing age-related cataract / David C. Beebe and Ying-Bo Shui
- 9. Myopia pharmacology: etiologic clues, therapeutic potential / Richard A. Stone
- 10. Immune system and the eye / Jerry Y. Niederkorn and M. Reza Dana
- 11. Ocular allergy: clinical, therapeutic and drug discovery considerations / John M. Yanni and Neal P. Barney
- 12. Ocular inflammation in anterior segment / Shlomit Schaal and Henry Kaplan
- 13. Posterior segment uveitis / Russell N. Van Gelder
- 14. New anti-infectives for ophthalmology / Barry A. Schlech
- 15. Tissue repair and regeneration / Peng Tee Khaw et al
- 16. Therapeutic drugs for anterior segment ocular surgery / Malik Y. Kahook and Joel S. Schuman
- 17. Therapeutic agents for posterior segment vitrectomy surgery / Lucian V. Del Priore, Henry J. Kaplan and Tongalp H. Tezel
- 18. Progress and prospects in ocular gene therapy / Xuyang Liu, Carol A. Rasmussen, Jean Bennett, Curtis R. Brandt, B'Ann T. Gabelt, Paul L. Kaufman
- 19. Neuroprotection in glaucoma / Joseph Caprioli and Natik Piri
- 20. Degenerative retinopathies / Gerald J. Chader
- 21. Ocular angiogenesis / Jing Chen and Lois E.H. Smith.