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Diabetic macular edema: Upcoming therapies.

Audrey Yan, Crandall Jones, Sibel Demirel, Jay Chhablani

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Review in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Audrey YanDepartment of Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA.
Crandall JonesDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sibel DemirelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Jay ChhablaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. jay.chhablani@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1772-3558

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a serious vision-threatening complication that can arise at any stage of diabetic retinopathy. Primary treatment involves anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, which are highly effective but associated with challenges, such as the need for frequent injections, relapses, and resistance to therapy. Therefore, there has been a growing interest in developing new treatments that offer similar or superior outcomes in DME. This review article explores emerging treatments, including WNT agonists, gene therapy, protein inhibitors, and, most importantly, the first-ever non-invasive and oral drugs. The evolving therapies in diabetic retinopathy offer hope for continued improvement in vision loss associated with one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsDiabetic RetinopathyGenetic TherapyMacular EdemaHumansIntravitreal InjectionsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAnti-VEGFDiabetic macular edemaDiabetic macular edema therapyDiabetic retinopathyGene therapy

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