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ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2012

Loss of daylight vision in retinal degeneration: are oxidative stress and metabolic dysregulation to blame?

Claudio Punzo, Wenjun Xiong, Constance L Cepko

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
119citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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.

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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Metabolomics Effects of Folding Correction in Retinitis Pigmentosa Rhodopsin Mutant P23A.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  8. Cell-Type-Dependent Metabolic Compensation Preserves Photoreceptor Survival Through Pyruvate Kinase Isoform Balance.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  9. Mapping the Hypoxic Fitness Landscape of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. RPE-specific MCT2 expression promotes cone survival in models of retinitis pigmentosa.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claudio PunzoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01606, USA.
Wenjun Xiong
Constance L Cepko
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa is characterized by loss of night vision, followed by complete blindness. Over 40 genetic loci for retinitis pigmentosa have been identified in humans, primarily affecting photoreceptor structure and function. The availability of excellent animal models allows for a mechanistic characterization of the disease. Metabolic dysregulation and oxidative stress have been found to correlate with the loss of vision, particularly in cones, the type of photoreceptors that mediate daylight and color vision. The evidence that these problems actually cause loss of vision and potential therapeutic approaches targeting them are discussed.

Indexed as

Color VisionOxidative StressAnimalsBlindnessGenetic LociHumansRetinitis Pigmentosa

Identifiers

PMID22074929
PMCPMC3265845
OpenAlexW2127186818

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