Isolated anti-IDE antibodies are provided. Each of the antibodies comprise an antigen recognition domain comprising the indicated CDR amino acid sequences. Methods of producing same, methods of using same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and articles of manufacture are also provided.

The present application is directed to the use of a VEGF-C inhibitor, a VEGFR-2 inhibitor and/or a VEGFR-3 inhibitor as a prophylactic or therapeutic for the treatment of eye disorders such as a maculopathy and pathogenic ocular neovascularisation. The application is also directed to the use of a VEGF-C measurement from a biological sample from a mammalian subject as a predictive marker, a selected marker, a responsive marker or a tracking marker for a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of a maculopathy and pathogenic ocular neovascularization.

Provided are nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides with ribonuclease III activity, wherein the nucleotide sequences have been modified to reduce their regulation by miRNAs. In some embodiments, the nucleotide sequences are at least 50% and as much as 100% identical to SEQ ID NO: 20 or SEQ ID NO: 22, and/or encode polypeptides that are at least 90% percent identical to SEQ ID NO: 23. Also provided are vectors and host cells that include the nucleotide sequences, methods for expressing the nucleotide sequences in cells, tissues, and organs, which in some embodiments can be in the eye of a subject in need thereof, methods for preventing and/or treating development of diseases or disorders and/or for restoring undesirably low DICER1 expression using the nucleotide sequences, and pharmaceutical compositions that have the presently disclosed nucleotide sequences.

The present invention relates to the field of ophthalmology. More specifically, the present invention provides compositions and methods useful for screening for drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) including geographic atrophy (GA). In one embodiment, a method comprises the steps of (a) administering a drug to a mammal, wherein the mammal comprises a rat or a mouse; (b) enucleating the eyes of the mammal; (c) removing the anterior eye and excising the retina from the eye, wherein the eye comprises an eyecup that comprises choroidal mast cells (MCs); and (d) measuring mast cell degranulation. In an alternative embodiment, a method of the present invention can comprise the steps of (a) contacting an eyecup of a mammal with a drug, wherein the eyecup comprises choroidal mast cells; and (b) measuring MC degranulation.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the content of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the retina of a subject comprising the determination of the content of at least one cholesteryl ester in a blood sample from said subject, the content of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the retina being correlated to the content of said at least one cholesteryl ester, said at least one cholesteryl ester being cholesteryl 5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoate.

The instant invention provides methods and compositions related to discovery of Free Fatty Acid Receptor 1 (FFA1) as a therapeutic target for treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders of neurons that are characterized by angiogenesis, or of vascular diseases of the eye, retinal degeneration and/or tumors more generally. Therapeutic and/or prophylactic uses and compositions of known FFA1 inhibitors, including small molecules and nucleic acid agents, are described. Methods for identification of novel FFA1 inhibitors are also provided.

This disclosure provides a new phagocytosis assay to test the function of RPE cells and photoreceptor progenitors using a pH sensitive fluorescent label.

Methods are provided for treating and diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with retinal degeneration, such as retinitis pigmentosa. Dietary supplementation with specific metabolites and vitamins can prolong vision and provide a neuroprotective effect. In particular, dietary supplementation with α-ketoglutarate, or a derivative thereof, significantly prolongs photoreceptor cell survival and visual function. In addition, dietary supplementation with B vitamins and a ketogenic diet also improves photoreceptor cell survival and delays disease progression in some cases. Additionally, compositions, methods, and kits are provided for diagnosing a subject with retinitis pigmentosa based on expression levels of vitreous biomarkers.

The present subject matter provides, inter alia, compositions, systems, kits, and methods for diagnosing and treating small vessel diseases (SVDs).

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.