The present subject matter provides compositions, formulations and methods for preventing or reducing proliferation or migration of retinal cells or epithelial to mesenchymal transition in ocular cells or cells from other tissues.

The invention is directed to the use of biomarkers to determine responsiveness of an individual with wet AMD to treatment with a VEGF antagonist, to diagnose and distinguish dry and wet AMD and to determine the risk of conversion of a dry AMD disease to a wet AMD disease.

The present invention provides biomarkers of oxidative stress in subjects with retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, Fuchs' dystrophy, diabetic macular edema (DME), geographic atrophy, Stargardt's disease, or retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and their use in identifying subjects in need of treatment and methods for staging the severity of the disease.

In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides methods and materials for detection and characterization of retinal ganglion cells in a sample. In accordance with certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for detection of disease or diseased states related to retinal ganglion cells. In some forms the disclosure provides for a method for diagnosing a disease or diseased state related to retinal ganglion cells in a patient, the method comprising the step of detecting in a body fluid of the patient one or more markers associated with the disease or diseased state.

The present invention relates to a combination of biomarkers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy and a use thereof, and more specifically to a combination of biomarkers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy which is composed of two or more blood biomarkers specific for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy with increased diagnostic performance. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, a diagnostic kit and a method for providing information necessary for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy, using the combination of biomarkers. The combination of biomarkers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy according to the present invention was confirmed to exhibit excellent sensitivity and diagnostic performance compared to other biomarker combinations, and it was also confirmed to exhibit high diagnostic capacity in early diabetic retinopathy when the protein quantitative values of the combination of biomarkers and the basic clinical information were combined and analyzed.

The present invention relates to a combination of biomarkers for diagnosing age-related macular degeneration which is composed of two or more blood biomarkers specific for the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration with increased diagnostic performance. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition for diagnosing age-related macular degeneration, a diagnostic kit and a method for providing information necessary for the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration, using the combination of biomarkers. The combination of biomarkers for diagnosing age-related macular degeneration according to the present invention was confirmed to exhibit excellent sensitivity and diagnostic performance compared to other biomarker combinations, and it was also confirmed to exhibit high diagnostic capacity in two stages of early and late age-related macular degeneration when the protein quantitative values of the combination of biomarkers and the basic clinical information were combined and analyzed.

Provided are: an integrin targeting probe, which can be effectively used for the diagnosis or treatment of retinochoroidal neovascularization or age-related macular degeneration by predicting the occurrence and recurrence of retinochoroidal neovascularization before structural changes of retinochoroidal neovascularization occur; and a preparation method therefor. The integrin targeting probe is an integrin α.sub.vβ.sub.3 targeting probe for diagnosing retinochoroidal neovascular diseases and can comprise a fluorescent material-labeled cyclic RGD peptide, which is completed by conjugating an NH.sub.2-cyclic RGD peptide precursor to a fluorescent material.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing fundus images using fundus image processing machine learning models. One of the methods includes obtaining a model input comprising one or more fundus images, each fundus image being an image of a fundus of an eye of a patient; processing the model input using a fundus image processing machine learning model, wherein the fundus image processing machine learning model is configured to process the model input comprising the one or more fundus image to generate a model output; and processing the model output to generate health analysis data.

The present invention relates to a use of compounds having TRPV4 inhibitory activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating a retinal disease accompanied with blood flow disorder or cell disorder. It also relates to a method for preventing or treating the disease, wherein the method comprises administering the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them to humans or animals. The compounds, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them may be used in combination with one or more second active agents. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a kit containing a compound having TRPV4 inhibitory activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is used for preventing or treating the disease. Furthermore, it relates to a marker for diagnosing a disease for which treatment with the compound is useful, and a screening method for drugs in preventing or treating the disease.

The present invention relates to the quantification of various biomarkers, including MMP9 (Inflammatory marker), LOX (Lysyl oxidase), IL6 (Interleukin-6), TNFα (tumor necrosis factor alpha), VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) ICAM-1 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) in aqueous humor, vitreous humor, tear and serum of patients with ocular diseases. The invention further describes the role of biomarkers in the pathogenesis, progression of ocular diseases. Hence, the level of biomarkers serves as a diagnostic and/or prognostic marker in ocular diseases. The invention further relates to the use of multiple biomarkers that can be simultaneously used for testing various corneal and retinal diseases.