Ann-Marie Chacko

Prof. Dr. Ann-Marie Chacko


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2021 in Journal of Controlled Release
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SCSu Yin Chaw
Su Yin Chaw
WNWisna Novera
Wisna Novera
ACAnn-Marie Chacko
Ann-Marie Chacko
TWTina T Wong
Tina T Wong
SVSubbu Venkatraman
Subbu Venkatraman

27 September 2021 in Journal of Visualized Experiments
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SCSu Yin Chaw
Su Yin Chaw
TWTina Tzee Ling Wong
Tina Tzee Ling Wong
SVSubbu Venkatraman
Subbu Venkatraman
ACAnn-Marie Chacko
Ann-Marie Chacko
Subconjunctival injection is an attractive route to administer ocular drugs due to easy trans-scleral access that bypasses anterior ocular barriers, such as the cornea and conjunctiva. While therapeutic effects and pharmacokinetics of the drugs upon subconjunctival injection have been described in some studies, very few assess the ocular distribution of drugs or drug delivery systems (DDS). The latter is critical for the optimization of intraocular DDS design and drug bioavailability to achieve the desired ocular localization and duration of action (e.g., acute versus. prolonged). This study establishes the use of fiberoptic confocal laser microendoscopy (CLM) to qualitatively study the ocular distribution of fluorescent liposomes in real-time in live mice after sub-conjunctival injection. Being designed for in vivo visual inspection of tissues at the microscopic level, this is also the first full description of the CLM imaging method to study spatio-temporal distribution of injectables in the eye after subconjunctival injection.