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Inhibition of experimental corneal neovascularization by using subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab (Avastin).

Authors
 Tae-im Kim  ;  Sang Woo Kim  ;  Sunwoong Kim  ;  Terry Kim  ;  Eung Kweon Kim 
Citation
 CORNEA, Vol.27(3) : 349-352, 2008 
Journal Title
CORNEA
ISSN
 0277-3740 
Issue Date
2008
MeSH
Angiogenesis Inhibitors/administration & dosage* ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage* ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; Bevacizumab ; Conjunctiva ; Corneal Neovascularization/drug therapy* ; Corneal Neovascularization/metabolism ; Corneal Neovascularization/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal* ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect ; Injections ; Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism ; Rabbits ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
Keywords
cornea ; neovascularization ; bevacizumab
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of subconjunctival bevacizumab (Avastin) administration on corneal neovascularization (NV) in rabbits.

METHODS: NV was induced by placing a suture at the corneal periphery of the right eye of 20 rabbits. Immediately after suturing and again 1 week later, rabbits were divided into 2 groups and administered a subconjunctival injection of normal saline (control) or bevacizumab (Avastin; 5 mg/0.2 mL), respectively. On day 14, digital photographs of the cornea were taken and analyzed to determine the area of the cornea covered by NV. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis was used to determine CD31 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in corneal tissue.

RESULTS: Analysis of digital photographs showed that there was less corneal NV in bevacizumab-treated eyes than in controls (P < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test). In addition, there was less staining for VEGF and CD31 in corneas from bevacizumab-treated eyes than in control eyes. Subconjunctival bevacizumab injections were not associated with any complications during observation.

CONCLUSIONS: Subconjunctival bevacizumab administration decreased suture-induced corneal neovascularization in rabbits
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DOI
10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815cf67d
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Ophthalmology (안과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Eung Kweon(김응권) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-8042
Kim, Tae-Im(김태임) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-3842
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/107512
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