Medical treatment of diabetic retinopathy with somatostatin analogues

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Palii, Stela S ^c   Caballero Jr , Sergio ^c   Shapiro, Gideon ^a   Grant, Maria B ^b  

^a Pharmore Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Neovascularisation; Octreotide; Somatostatin analogues; Somatostatin receptor

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; INSULIN; L 779976; LONG ACTING DRUG; OCTREOTIDE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEGLITIDE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOSTATIN 14; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LASER COAGULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 33845700582     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.16.1.73     Document Type: Review

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