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Viruses
December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Białystok, 15-540 Białystok, Poland.
The SARS-CoV-2 infection manifests with diverse clinical manifestations, with severity potentially influenced by the viral variant. COVID-19 has also been shown to impact ocular microcirculation in some patients, but whether this effect varies by viral lineage remains unclear. This prospective study compared clinical features and ocular parameters assessed via optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infections during the dominance of two distinctive viral lineages, Alpha (B.
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January 2025
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 7-105 Hasselmo Hall, 312 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Focused ultrasound has advantages as an external stimulus for drug delivery as it is non-invasive, has high precision and can penetrate deep into tissues. Here, we report a gold-plated alginate (ALG) hydrogel system that retains highly water-soluble small-molecule fluorescein for sharp off/on release after ultrasound exposure. The ALG is crosslinked into beads with calcium chloride and layered with a polycation to adjust the surface charge for the adsorption of catalytic platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs).
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January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju 61469, Republic of Korea.
: This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of combined 5% lifitegrast (LF) and tocopherol (TCP) eye drops in a murine experimental dry eye (EDE) model. Female C57BL/6 were divided into seven groups: untreated controls, EDE control, EDE + 0.05% cyclosporin A (CsA), EDE + tocopherol (TCP), EDE + 5% LF, EDE + 5% LF + TCP (once daily), and EDE + 5% LF + TCP (twice daily).
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January 2025
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Background/objectives: The interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycans 1 and 2 (IMPG1 and IMPG2) are two interdependent proteoglycans of the interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM). Mutations in IMPG1 or IMPG2 are linked to retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD), yet the specific mutations responsible for each condition remain undefined. This study identifies mutations in IMPG1 and IMPG2 linked to either RP or VMD.
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January 2025
Department of the Pediatric Ophthalmology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Neovascular glaucoma is a rare and serious condition typically associated with advanced ocular or systemic vascular diseases such as central retinal vein occlusion or diabetic retinopathy. This report describes a unique case of neovascular glaucoma presenting for the first time as an initial symptom of bilateral occlusive retinal vasculitis (ORV) in a generally healthy 4-year-old girl. The patient presented with symptoms of pain and redness in the left eye, accompanied by high intraocular pressure.
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