Campus Units
Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
7-31-2020
Journal or Book Title
Medicinal Research Reviews
DOI
10.1002/med.21716
Abstract
Preclinical animal studies provide valuable opportunities to better understand human diseases and contribute to major advances in medicine. This review provides a comprehensive overview of ocular parameters in humans and selected animals, with a focus on the ocular surface, detailing species differences in ocular surface anatomy, physiology, tear film dynamics and tear film composition. We describe major pitfalls that tremendously limit the translational potential of traditional laboratory animals (i.e., rabbits, mice, and rats) in ophthalmic research, and highlight the benefits of integrating companion dogs with clinical analogues to human diseases into preclinical pharmacology studies. This One Health approach can help accelerate and improve the framework in which ophthalmic research is translated to the human clinic. Studies can be conducted in canine subjects with naturally occurring or noninvasively induced ocular surface disorders (e.g., dry eye disease, conjunctivitis), reviewed herein, and tear fluid can be easily retrieved from canine eyes for various bioanalytical purposes. In this review, we discuss common tear collection methods, including capillary tubes and Schirmer tear strips, and provide guidelines for tear sampling and extraction to improve the reliability of analyte quantification (drugs, proteins, others).
Copyright Owner
Wiley Periodicals LLC
Copyright Date
2020
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Sebbag, Lionel and Mochel, Jonathan P., "An eye on the dog as the scientist's best friend for translational research in ophthalmology: Focus on the ocular surface" (2020). Biomedical Sciences Publications. 86.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/bms_pubs/86
Included in
Ophthalmology Commons, Small or Companion Animal Medicine Commons, Translational Medical Research Commons, Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology Commons
Comments
This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Sebbag, Lionel, and Jonathan P. Mochel. "An Eye on the Dog as the Scientist’s Best Friend for Translational Research in Ophthalmology: Focus on the Ocular Surface." Medicinal Research Reviews (2020), which has been published in final form at DOI: 10.1002/med.21716. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Posted with permission.