Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19563909›Full record

ReviewProgress in retinal and eye research2009

The neurovascular retina in retinopathy of prematurity.

Anne B Fulton, Ronald M Hansen, Anne Moskowitz, James D Akula

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In one paragraph

Review in Progress in retinal and eye research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 83 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Piperine alleviates retinal ischemic injury by mediating the APE1 signaling.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  12. Pathophysiology of Retinopathy of Prematurity.Annual review of vision science · 2023
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  16. Insights into the developing fovea revealed by imaging.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2022
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  19. Neurovascular abnormalities in retinopathy of prematurity and emerging therapies.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2022
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne B FultonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115-5737, USA. anne.fulton@childrens.harvard.edu
Ronald M Hansen
Anne Moskowitz
James D Akula
Harvard University · US

Funding

Photoreceptor Function in ROPR01EY010597 · NEI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI FULTON, ANNE B · 1994 to 2023
$10.7M
NEI NIH HHS EY10597NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The continuing worldwide epidemic of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of childhood visual impairment, strongly motivates further research into mechanisms of the disease. Although the hallmark of ROP is abnormal retinal vasculature, a growing body of evidence supports a critical role for the neural retina in the ROP disease process. The age of onset of ROP coincides with the rapid developmental increase in rod photoreceptor outer segment length and rhodopsin content of the retina with escalation of energy demands. Using a combination of non-invasive electroretinographic (ERG), psychophysical, and image analysis procedures, the neural retina and its vasculature have been studied in prematurely born human subjects, both with and without ROP, and in rats that model the key vascular and neural parameters found in human ROP subjects. These data are compared to comprehensive numeric summaries of the neural and vascular features in normally developing human and rat retina. In rats, biochemical, anatomical, and molecular biological investigations are paired with the non-invasive assessments. ROP, even if mild, primarily and persistently alters the structure and function of photoreceptors. Post-receptor neurons and retinal vasculature, which are intimately related, are also affected by ROP; conspicuous neurovascular abnormalities disappear, but subtle structural anomalies and functional deficits may persist years after clinical ROP resolves. The data from human subjects and rat models identify photoreceptor and post-receptor targets for interventions that promise improved outcomes for children at risk for ROP.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalElectroretinographyHumansInfant, NewbornPsychophysicsRatsRetinaRetinal NeuronsRetinal VesselsRetinopathy of PrematuritySensory Thresholds

Identifiers

PMID19563909
PMCPMC2783268
OpenAlexW2162629754

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