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ReviewMedical gas research2025

Latanoprostene bunod: the first nitric oxide-donating antiglaucoma medication.

Ghazaleh Soltani, Wesam Shamseldin Shalaby, Reza Razeghinejad

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Review in Medical gas research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Linking layered corneal compactness to macroscopic biomechanics:Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ghazaleh SoltaniGlaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1361-2519
Wesam Shamseldin ShalabyGlaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Reza RazeghinejadGlaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glaucoma is a chronic optic neuropathy that causes characteristic visual field defects and is considered one of the leading causes of irreversible vision loss worldwide. Lowering intraocular pressure is the only proven treatment for glaucoma. Medical therapy is usually the first-line treatment for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Latanoprostene bunod ophthalmic drop 0.024% is a nitric oxide-donating prostaglandin F2α analog. It lowers the intraocular pressure via a dual mechanism of enhancing aqueous humor outflow through both the trabecular meshwork and uveoscleral pathways. Additionally, the nitric oxide component has shown promise in regulating ocular blood flow and promoting the survival of retinal ganglionic cells. Herein, the mechanism of action, efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the latanoprostene bunod and its effects on ocular blood flow are reviewed. Latanoprostene bunod has demonstrated strong efficacy and a favorable safety profile in both clinical trials and real-world studies. Given the promising results of latanoprostene bunod and advancements in drug delivery, topical fixed-combination and sustained-release formulations containing latanoprostene bunod and other agents targeting different intraocular pressure-lowering mechanisms may become available in the future.

Indexed as

Antihypertensive AgentsGlaucomaLatanoprostNitric OxideNitric Oxide DonorsProstaglandins F, SyntheticAnimalsHumansIntraocular PressureAntihypertensive AgentsBOL 303259-XLatanoprostNitric OxideNitric Oxide DonorsProstaglandins F, Synthetic

Identifiers

PMID39829161
PMCPMC11918484

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