P2Y2 receptor agonists for the treatment of dry eye disease: a review
| Autor: | Simon E. Skalicky, Chameen Samarawickrama, Oliver C F Lau |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty P2Y2 agonists medicine.drug_class Disease Review meibomian gland disease Bioinformatics law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound Pharmacotherapy Randomized controlled trial law Ophthalmology medicine Diquafosol Schirmer test In patient aqueous tear deficiency Receptor business.industry diquafosol dry eye disease chemistry business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) |
| ISSN: | 1177-5483 1177-5467 |
| Popis: | Recent advances in the understanding of dry eye disease (DED) have revealed previously unexplored targets for drug therapy. One of these drugs is diquafosol, a uridine nucleotide analog that is an agonist of the P2Y2 receptor. Several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the application of topical diquafosol significantly improves objective markers of DED such as corneal and conjunctival fluorescein staining and, in some studies, tear film break-up time and Schirmer test scores. However, this has been accompanied by only partial improvement in patient symptoms. Although evidence from the literature is still relatively limited, early studies have suggested that diquafosol has a role in the management of DED. Additional studies would be helpful to delineate how different subgroups of DED respond to diquafosol. The therapeutic combination of diquafosol with other topical agents also warrants further investigation. |
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