Breakdown of the blood-ocular barrier as a strategy for the systemic use of nanosystems

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-275

  Occhiutto, Marcelo L ^a   Freitas, Fatima R ^a   Maranhao, Raul C ^a   Costa, Vital P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood ocular barrier; Hypotony; Nanotechnology; Ocular drug delivery system; Ocular inflammatory mediators; Systemic route

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CELECOXIB; CHITOSAN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DENDRIMER; FINGOLIMOD; LIPOSOME; NANOPARTICLE; NIOSOME; PUERARIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD EYE BARRIER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MATERIAL COATING; MICELLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84863189809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics4020252     Document Type: Review

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