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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2012

Novel targets against retinal angiogenesis in diabetic retinopathy.

Shuang Wang, James K Park, Elia J Duh

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuang WangOphthalmologic Department, China-Japan Union Hospital, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China. ccwangshuang@gmail.com
James K Park
Elia J Duh
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), characterized by pathologic retinal angiogenesis, is a major cause of blindness in the USA and globally. Treatments targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have emerged as a beneficial part of the therapeutic armamentarium for this condition, highlighting the utility of identifying and targeting specific pathogenic molecules. There continues to be active research into the molecular players regulating retinal angiogenesis, including pro-angiogenic factors, anti-angiogenic factors, and integrins and matrix proteinases. New insights have been especially prominent regarding molecules which regulate specialized endothelial cells called tip cells, which play a lead role in endothelial sprouting. Together, these research efforts are uncovering new, important molecular regulators of retinal angiogenesis, which provide fertile areas for therapeutic exploration. This review discusses potential molecular targets, with an emphasis towards newer targets.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsBlindnessDiabetic RetinopathyDisease ProgressionErythropoietinFemaleHumansHyperglycemiaMacular EdemaMaleRetinal NeovascularizationVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesis InhibitorsErythropoietinVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID22638940
OpenAlexW2041208148

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