Abstract：
:The eye is afflicted by chronic vision debilitating neovascular disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and corneal angiogenesis. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an innovative, evolving approach for treating neovascular diseases of the eye. PDT refers to the process of activating a light sensitive agent or carrier with non-thermal light to induce chemical reactions that ameliorate a pathological condition. Key components of PDT include a photosensitizer, a colloidal carrier or formulation and a light source. This article summarizes currently available clinical PDTs, desirable features of PDTs and photosensitizers, useful light sources for PDT and investigational nanosystems, and colloidal carriers for PDT.
journal_name
Drug Discov Todayjournal_title
Drug discovery todayauthors
Christie JG,Kompella UBdoi
10.1016/j.drudis.2007.12.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-01 00:00:00pages
124-34issue
3-4eissn
1359-6446issn
1878-5832pii
S1359-6446(08)00006-8journal_volume
13pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative pathology of the central nervous system, mainly involving the selective and progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra, resulting in motor and non-motor symptoms. PD remains an incurable ailment; thus, treatments are limited to symptom alleviation...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2019.09.004
更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Patients can mount sustained immune responses to protein therapeutics with the production of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) that can compromise efficacy or safety of these drugs. Dendritic cells (DCs) are required for immunoglobulin (Ig) isotype switching and the production of IgG, a process involving presentation of ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2007.06.005
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This review provides an update on the promises and pitfalls when using in vitro bioassays to evaluate beneficial and adverse health effects of botanicals and botanical preparations. Important issues addressed in the paper are: (i) the type of assays and biological effects available; (ii) false-positives, false-negativ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2017.05.002
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was discovered in 1955, the burden associated with this infectious agent on all population groups is only now beginning to be fully appreciated. The successful launch of the humanized monoclonal antibody Synagis (developed by MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, USA), as a prophylact...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s1359-6446(00)01500-2
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Healthcare systems are faced with the challenge of providing innovative treatments, while shouldering high drug costs that pharmaceutical companies justify by the high costs of R&D. An emergent technology that could transform R&D efficiency is organ-on-a-chip. The technology bridges the gap between preclinical testing...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2019.06.003
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Epigenetic covalent modifications of DNA and chromatin proteins strongly affect gene expression and cellular activity, and epigenetic misregulation occurs in several diseases, especially cancer. First-generation drugs targeting the relatively promiscuous DNA methylation and histone acetylation modifiers have had succe...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2009.10.010
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Natural products (NPs) have been at the origin of several established drugs against tuberculosis (TB). Although the current clinical TB pipeline does not feature any candidates derived from new NP scaffolds, numerous novel NPs or NP analogs have been discovered in the recent past with promising activity against Mycoba...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2016.11.015
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) and small-molecule approaches are synergistic on multiple levels, from technology and high-throughput screen development to target identification and functional studies. Here, we describe the RNAi screening platform that we have established and made available to the community through the Drosop...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2006.10.006
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and almost invariably lethal disease that affects primarily older adults. After a decade of negative (or inconsistent) results, two recent clinical trials have demonstrated that slowing disease progression with medication is possible. An improved understanding of di...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2015.01.001
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The musculoskeletal system is an incredible machine that protects, supports and moves the human body. However, several diseases can limit its functionality, compromising patient quality of life. Designing novel pathological models would help to clarify the mechanisms driving such diseases, identify new biomarkers and ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2016.04.015
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) hinders the accumulation of active compounds in the central nervous system, thus decreasing their therapeutic effectiveness. To overcome this obstacle, interesting supramolecular nanodevices are herein considered. These systems have many advantages over the conventional formulations, such...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2011.02.006
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:With the aging of the general population, there is an increasing need for bone defect repair, prompting the development of reliable alternatives to autologous bone grafting, without the usually associated major drawbacks (i.e., limited volume and severe postoperative pain). Given the crucial role that miRNAs appear to...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.007
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Genomics and gene expression data require interpretation at the protein level to validate the biological or pathological findings. To match with the efficiency and capacity of DNA microarray application, methods and approaches of protein analysis in multiplex and high-throughput manner are required for effectively dis...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s1359-6446(03)02655-2
更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Analyzers for in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing facilitate the determination of medical information from biological samples. To reach a high quality, the detection reagents have to be dispensed with a high degree of precision and accuracy. A technology change from conventional pipetting systems to contact-free dispens...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.06.011
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Biomedical scientists tend to focus on only a small fraction of the proteins encoded by the human genome despite overwhelming genetic evidence that many understudied proteins are important for human disease. One of the best ways to interrogate the function of a protein and to determine its relevance as a drug target i...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2019.06.020
更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Confronted with the need to significantly raise the productivity of remotely located chemistry CROs Pfizer embraced a commitment to continuous improvement which leveraged the tools from both Lean Six Sigma and queue management theory to deliver positive measurable outcomes. During 2012 cycle times were reduced by 48% ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.07.017
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The popularization of genomic high-throughput technologies is causing a revolution in biomedical research and, particularly, is transforming the field of drug discovery. Systems biology offers a framework to understand the extensive human genetic heterogeneity revealed by genomic sequencing in the context of the netwo...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.06.003
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In developed countries that protect core aspects of the fundamental human right to the highest attainable standard of health, how does that right intersect with intellectual property rights? Here, the human rights implication of providing access to all cancer drugs recommended by experts in a developed country is cons...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2020.04.009
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most complex motor neuron diseases. Even though scientific discoveries are accelerating with an unprecedented pace, to date more than 30 clinical trials have ended with failure and staggering frustration. There are too many compounds that increase life span in mice, bu...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.10.014
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Identification and validation of viable targets is an important first step in drug discovery and new methods, and integrated approaches are continuously explored to improve the discovery rate and exploration of new drug targets. An in silico machine learning method, support vector machines, has been explored as a new ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2007.02.015
更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Marketing authorization application dossiers of 17 orphan drugs (ODs) and 51 non-ODs evaluated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the period 2009-2010 were compared. We aimed to identify whether any differences existed between ODs and non-ODs in number and type of deficits brought forward during the EMA review,...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.06.012
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Monitor provides an insight into the latest developments in drug discovery through brief synopses of recent presentations and publications together with expert commentaries on the latest technologies. There are two sections: Molecules summarizes the chemistry and the pharmacological significance and biological relevan...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s1359-6446(00)01551-8
更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Our understanding of the detailed recognition and processing of clinically useful therapeutic agents has grown rapidly in recent years, and we are now able to begin to apply this knowledge to the rational treatment of disease. Mammalian carboxylesterases (CEs) are enzymes with broad substrate specificities that have k...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S1359-6446(05)03383-0
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:New therapies based on the use of biomolecules [e.g., proteins, peptides, and non-coding (nc)RNAs] have emerged during the past few years. Given their instability, adverse effects, and limited ability to cross cell membranes, delivery systems are required to fully reveal their biological potential. Sophisticated nanof...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2018.01.019
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Model-based drug discovery (MBDDx) aims to build and continuously improve the quantitative understanding of the relation between drug exposure (target engagement) efficacy and safety, to support target validation; to define compound property criteria for lead optimization and safety margins; to set the starting dose; ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2013.05.012
更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:For a fortunate subset of pharmaceutical companies, a regulatory approval is the culmination of massive investment in time, work and money. What happens next? Some companies proceed to build a pipeline and obtain additional approvals. Others do not. In this present report, post-approval fate is evaluated and it was fo...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2014.10.013
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that extracellular vesicles (EVs) are key players in undesirable cell-cell communication in cancer. However, the release of EVs is not unique to cancer cells; normal cells release EVs to perform physiological roles. Thus, selective inhibition of EV release from cancer cells is desirable. ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2018.03.006
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The choroid plexus (CP) is a highly vascularized organ located in the brain ventricles and contains a single epithelial cell layer forming the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). This barrier is crucial for immune surveillance in health and is an underestimated gate for entry of immune cells during numerous inf...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2015.05.003
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The inhaled delivery of nanomedicines has attracted much attention in the treatment of lung diseases or systemic diseases. However, there is a lack of understanding about their fate upon lung delivery. Thus, the objective of this review is to summarize physicochemical properties affecting the fate of nanoparticles aft...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2019.09.023
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The occurrence of drug resistance in oncology accounts for treatment failure and relapse of diverse tumor types. Cancers contain cells at various stages of differentiation together with a limited number of 'cancer-initiating cells' able to self-renew and divide asymmetrically, driving tumorigenesis. Cancer-initiating ...
journal_title：Drug discovery today
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.drudis.2011.02.005
更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00
