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ReviewJAK-STAT2013

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling in retinal pigment epithelium cells.

Amit K Patel, Sarah Syeda, Abigail S Hackam

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Review in JAK-STAT, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The role of inflammation in myopic retinopathy.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2025
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  8. GADD34 Ablation Exacerbates Retinal Degeneration in P23H RHO Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  14. Tear film proteome in age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018
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  17. AnJournal of ophthalmic & vision research
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  18. Principles of Ocular Pharmacology.Handbook of experimental pharmacology
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit K PatelBascom Palmer Eye Institute; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami, FL USA.
Sarah SyedaBascom Palmer Eye Institute; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami, FL USA.
Abigail S HackamBascom Palmer Eye Institute; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami, FL USA.
University of Miami · US

Funding

Shared Equipment ModuleP30EY014801 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Victor L Perez · 2004 to 2026
$12.2M
WNT SIGNALING AND NEUROPROTECTION IN THE RETINAR01EY017837 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HACKAM, ABIGAIL S · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014801NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) is a monolayer of specialized epithelial cells located between the photoreceptors of the retina and the choroidal blood supply. The RPE is essential for maintaining retinal health and vision. Recent findings identified STAT3 as a newly recognized regulator of RPE survival, inflammatory response, visual cycle maintenance, and cytokine release. Additionally, STAT3 is implicated in retinal diseases that affect the RPE, including the common blinding disease age-related macular degeneration. Determining how STAT3 influences RPE functions ultimately may lead to novel therapeutics for retinal disease. In this review, we summarize the roles of JAK-STAT3 signaling in the RPE, and its potential contribution to retinal degenerations.

Indexed as

age-related macular degenerationcell survivalretinaretinal degenerationretinal pigment epithelium (RPE)STAT3

Identifiers

PMID24416648
PMCPMC3876436
OpenAlexW2081341046

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