{"title":"Molecular biology of choroidal neovascularization.","authors":"Ming Lu, Anthony P Adamis","doi":"10.1016/j.ohc.2006.05.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>VEGF plays a pivotal role in the neovascularization of the choroid in AMD. Anti-VEGF agents have been developed to target VEGF itself or its receptor signal transduction pathway, and have shown promising results in clinical trials. The combination of anti-VEGF strategies with established treatment modalities may have additional efficacy. Safe and effective drug-delivery systems are also required for the successful anti-VEGF therapies for AMD and other ocular diseases with CNV.</p>","PeriodicalId":82231,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology clinics of North America","volume":"19 3","pages":"323-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"43","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ophthalmology clinics of North America","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohc.2006.05.001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
VEGF plays a pivotal role in the neovascularization of the choroid in AMD. Anti-VEGF agents have been developed to target VEGF itself or its receptor signal transduction pathway, and have shown promising results in clinical trials. The combination of anti-VEGF strategies with established treatment modalities may have additional efficacy. Safe and effective drug-delivery systems are also required for the successful anti-VEGF therapies for AMD and other ocular diseases with CNV.