Anti – VEGF is an injection that is used to prevent or reduce the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the eye.
VEGF is vascular endothelial growth factor. This VEGF is a cytokine protein responsible for the growth and proliferation of blood vessels. So injecting the eye with anti VEGF will eventually reduce the proliferation of new vessels while killing off the new vessels.
This anti-VEGF is a very important technique in treating conditions like diabetic retinopathy, vascular age related macular degeneration, and other vascular eye conditions.
Some anti VEGF drugs includes pegaptanib, afligecept, ranibizumab, bevacizumab
