Bookedited by Ashim K. Mitra.
Summary: Contains detailed descriptions of major transporters and receptors expressed in the eye, with special emphasis on their role in drug delivery. Key topics covered include the anatomy and physiology of the eye, biology of ocular transporters and receptors and techniques in their characterization, transporters and receptors in the anterior and posterior segment in the eye, and transporter-metabolism interplay in the eye.
Contents:
1. Eye : anatomy, physiology and barriers to drug delivery / Kishore Cholkar [and three others]
2. Biology of ocular transporters : efflux and influx transporters in the eye / Dhananjay Pal [and three others]
3. Characterization of ocular transporters / Animikh Ray [and three others]
4. Transporters and receptors in the anterior segment of the eye / Kishore Cholkar [and four others]
5. Transporters and receptors in the posterior segment of the eye / Ashaben Patel [and three others]
6. Transporters in drug discovery and delivery : a new paradigm in ocular drug design / Viral Tamboli, Sujay Shah and Ashim K. Mitra
7. Transporter-metabolism interplay in the eye / Megha Barot [and three others].