Ocular Drug Delivery Systems : Barriers and Application of Nanoparticulate Systems / edited by Deepak Thassu and Gerald J. Chader.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Nanoparticulate-based therapeutics: an overview / Deepak Thassu, Kris Holt, and Gerald J. Chader -- 2. Eye anatomy, physiology and ocular barriers: basic considerations for drug delivery / Gerald J. Chader and Deepak Thassu -- 3. Animal models to evaluate nanoparticulate drug delivery systems / Vinson M. Wang, Jingsheng Tuo, and Chi-Chao Chan -- 4. Computer modeling for ocular drug delivery / Paul J. Missel -- 5. Considerations for development of ophthalmic nanotechnology-based drugs / Banu S. Zolnik, Sherizaq Baksh, and Nakissa Sadrieh -- 6. Blood-retinal barrier: the fundamentals / Rosa Fernandes, Andreia Gon{u386C}ves, and JosCunha-Vaz -- 7. Barriers to transscleral drug delivery to the retina / Alexandra Almazan ... [et al.] -- 8. Drug delivery to the vitreous humor / Francine Behar-Cohen -- 9. Transscleral and suprachoroidal drug delivery / Damian E. Berezovsky and Henry Edelhauser -- 10. Protein drug delivery to retina and choroid / Hogwen M. Rivers and Patrick M. Hughes -- 11. Transscleral drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye / Bernard F. Godley ... [et al.] -- 12. Drug delivery to the suprachoroidal space / Sung Won Cho and Timothy Olsen -- 13. Use of nanoparticles in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and other degenerative retinal diseases / Marco A. Zarbin ... [et al.] -- 14. Drug molecule characteristics and their impact on anterior versus posterior segment drug delivery strategies / Kay D. Rittenhouse -- 15. Surface modulation of nanoparticles / Deepak Thassu and Kris Holt -- 16. Nanoparticles for the treatment of retinal diseases / Amin Famili and Uday B. Kompella -- 17. Gene-based medicine for ocular diseases / Shannon M. Conley and Muna I. Naash -- 18. Stealth-type polymeric nanoparticles with encapsulated betamethasone phosphate for treatment of intraocular inflammation / Tsutomu Sakai, Tsutomu Ishihara, and Megumu Higaki -- 19. Nanotechnology-guided imaging of retinal vascular disease / Joshua R. Trantum, John S. Penn, and Ashwath Jayagopal -- 20. Photoresponsive polymers for ocular drug delivery / Laura A. Wells and Heather Sheardown -- t21. Nanosuspensions in ocular drug delivery systems / Himanshu Bhattacharjee and Sonia Bedi.