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ArticleJournal of neurology2014

Selective retinal ganglion cell loss in familial dysautonomia.

Carlos E Mendoza-Santiesteban, Thomas R Hedges Iii, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Felicia Axelrod, Horacio Kaufmann

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Animal and cellular models of familial dysautonomia.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2017
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  20. BGP-15 prevents the death of neurons in a mouse model of familial dysautonomia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos E Mendoza-SantiestebanDysautonomia Center, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, USA, carlos.mendoza_santiesteban@tufts.edu.
Thomas R Hedges Iii
Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann
Felicia Axelrod
Horacio Kaufmann
NYU Langone Health · USTufts University · US

Funding

Training CoreU54NS065736 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI FREEMAN, ROY · 2009 to 2018
$11.6M
NINDS NIH HHS U54-NS065736-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To define the retinal phenotype of subjects with familial dysautonomia (FD). A cross-sectional study was carried out in 90 subjects divided in three groups of 30 each (FD subjects, asymptomatic carriers and controls). The study was developed at the Dysautonomia Center, New York University Medical Center. All subjects underwent spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and full neuro-ophthalmic examinations. In a subset of affected subjects, visual evoked potentials and microperimetry were also obtained. We compared the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness from OCT between the three groups. OCT showed loss of the RNFL in all FD subjects predominantly in the maculopapillary region (63 % temporally, p < 0.0001; and 21 % nasally, p < 0.005). RNFL loss was greatest in older FD subjects and was associated with decreased visual acuity and color vision, central visual field defects, temporal optic nerve pallor, and delayed visual evoked potentials. Asymptomatic carriers of the FD gene mutation all had thinner RNFL (12 % globally, p < 0.005). OCT and clinical neuro-ophthalmological findings suggest that maculopapillary ganglion cells are primarily affected in FD subjects, leading to a specific optic nerve damage that closely resembles mitochondrial optic neuropathies. This raises the possibility that reduced IKAP levels may affect mitochondrial proteins and their function in the nervous system, particularly in the retina.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAgingChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDysautonomia, FamilialEvoked Potentials, VisualFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedPupilRetinal Ganglion Cells

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PMID24487827
OpenAlexW2043417161

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