The existent therapeutic drugs for CNV are merely pharmaceuticals for a symptomatic therapy, and therapeutic drugs for radical cure are strongly demanded. Also, a therapeutic drug for Dry AMD does not exist, and therapeutic drugs for radical cure are strongly demanded. The present invention provides a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for choroidal neovascularization, containing a compound having an activity of suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in retinal pigment epithelial cells, as an active ingredient. Also, the present invention provides a drusen suppressor comprising a compound having an activity of suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in retinal pigment epithelial cells, as an active ingredient.
现有的 CNV 治疗药物仅仅是对症治疗的药物,人们强烈需要根治性的治疗药物。同样,干性老年黄斑变性的治疗药物也不存在,人们对根治性治疗药物的需求非常强烈。本发明提供了一种脉络膜新生血管的预防和/或治疗药物,其活性成分含有一种具有抑制视网膜色素上皮细胞上皮-间质转化活性的化合物。此外,本发明还提供了一种色素沉着
抑制剂,其活性成分是一种具有抑制视网膜色素上皮细胞上皮-间质转化活性的化合物。