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SUBMITTER: Tsujinaka H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsujinaka Hiroki H Fu Jie J Shen Jikui J Yu Yun Y Hafiz Zibran Z Kays Joshua J McKenzie David D Cardona Delia D Culp David D Peterson Ward W Gilger Brian C BC Crean Christopher S CS Zhang Jin-Zhong JZ Kanan Yogita Y Yu Weiling W Cleland Jeffrey L JL Yang Ming M Hanes Justin J Campochiaro Peter A PA
Nature communications 20200204 1
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are prevalent causes of vision loss requiring frequent intravitreous injections of VEGF-neutralizing proteins, and under-treatment is common and problematic. Here we report incorporation of sunitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that blocks VEGF receptors, into a non-inflammatory biodegradable polymer to generate sunitinib microparticles specially formulated to self-aggregate into a depot. A single intravitreous injection of s ...[more]