Pharmacologic inhibitors of PDGFR for the treatment of PVR

描述（由申请人提供）：作为指导临床科学家发展奖（K08）的获得者，我将能够在Schepens眼科研究所的Andrius Kazlauskas博士的赞助下直接工作，我的目标是追求将患者护理与研究相结合的职业生涯。在一个以卓越的眼科研究而闻名的研究所，与经验丰富的科学家一起全职工作和合作，将使我获得必要的基本技能，以进一步了解和研究参与眼部疾病病理生理学的分子机制，特别是增生性玻璃体视网膜病变（PVR）。这将补充并进一步扩展我之前所接受的培训所奠定的基础，并为我提供所需的工具，使我在未来几年成为我的领域中富有成效和重要的贡献者。本基金提出的工作旨在促进我们对PVR和血小板衍生生长因子（PDGF）在该疾病中的作用的理解。更重要的是，让我们能够寻找治疗人类致盲疾病的潜在药物。为此，本课题拟重点研究PDGFR抑制剂STI571在兔PVR模型中的作用和毒性。其他药剂也将在可用时进行测试和比较。这项工作的结果可能会导致未来的临床试验，这可能会改变我们在人类中治疗这种疾病的方式，并改善患有这种潜在致盲并发症的患者视力恢复的预后。此外，通过这项工作获得的知识可以增加对其他涉及纤维增生的致盲眼内疾病的理解和未来治疗，如早产儿视网膜病变（ROP），增生性糖尿病视网膜病变（PDR），以及黄斑变性（AMD）中所见的视网膜下纤维化和盘状疤痕形成。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As a recipient of a Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) I would be able to work directly under the sponsorship of Dr. Andrius Kazlauskas at the Schepens Eye Research Institute in my goal of pursuing a career that combines patient care with research. Working and collaborating on a full-time basis with experienced scientists in an Institute known for its excellence in eye research, will allow me to acquire the basic skills necessary to further understand and investigate molecular mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of ocular disease, and in particular proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). This would complement and further expand the foundation laid by my prior training, and give me the tools needed to become a productive and significant contributor to my field through years to come. The work proposed in this grant is meant to advance our understanding PVR and the role that platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) plays in this disease. More importantly, allow us to search for potential agents for the treatment of this blinding condition in humans. To this end, this proposal focuses on studying the efficacy and toxicity of STI571, a PDGFR inhibitor, in a rabbit model of PVR. Other agents will also be tested and compared as they become available. The results from this work could potentially lead to future clinical trials that could change how we treat this disease in humans, and improve the prognosis for visual recovery for patients who develop this potentially blinding complication. Furthermore, the knowledge acquired through this work could lead to increased understanding of and future therapies for other blinding intraocular disorders involving fibrous proliferation, such as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), and subretinal fibrosis and disciform scar formation such as seen in macular degeneration (AMD).