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ReviewArchives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)2007

Perspective on genes and mutations causing retinitis pigmentosa.

Stephen P Daiger, Sara J Bowne, Lori S Sullivan

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Review in Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 274 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

274 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Vitamin A and fish oils for retinitis pigmentosa.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  13. Early Rod Dysfunction Influences Cone Development in a Rhodopsin P23H Mouse Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  20. A synthetic opsin restores vision in patients with severe retinal degeneration.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stephen P DaigerDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. stephen.p.daiger@uth.tmc.edu
Sara J Bowne
Lori S Sullivan

Funding

DNA LINKAGE STUDIES OF DEGENERATIVE RETINAL DISEASESR01EY007142 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DAIGER, STEPHEN P · 1989 to 2017
$4.1M
RETINAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INFANTS AND ADULTSR01EY005235 · NEI · RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST · PI BIRCH, DAVID G · 1985 to 2005
$1.6M
Identifying the RP10 gene causing retinitis pigmentosaR01EY014170 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DAIGER, STEPHEN P · 2002 to 2004
$881k
NEI NIH HHS EY 007142NEI NIH HHS EY 014170NEI NIH HHS R01 EY005235NEI NIH HHS R01 EY007142NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exceptional progress has been made during the past two decades in identifying genes causing inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. An inescapable consequence is that the relationship between genes, mutations, and clinical findings has become very complex. Success in identifying the causes of inherited retinal diseases has many implications, including a better understanding of the biological basis of vision and insights into the processes involved in retinal pathology. From a clinical point of view, there are two important questions arising from these developments: where do we stand today in finding disease-causing mutations in affected individuals, and what are the implications of this information for clinical practice? This perspective addresses these questions specifically for retinitis pigmentosa, but the observations apply generally to other forms of inherited eye disease.

Indexed as

GenesMutationHumansRetinitis Pigmentosa

Identifiers

PMID17296890
PMCPMC2580741

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