Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24938626›Full record

ReviewMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2014

Age-related macular degeneration and changes in the extracellular matrix.

Małgorzata Nita, Barbara Strzałka-Mrozik, Andrzej Grzybowski, Urszula Mazurek, Wanda Romaniuk

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF)-Based Therapy Induced Photoreceptor Survival by Stabilizing Choroidal Neovessels in a VEGF Overexpression CNV Rat Model.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

12 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Małgorzata NitaDomestic and Specialized Medicine Centre "Dilmed", Katowice, Poland.
Barbara Strzałka-MrozikDepartment of Molecular Biology, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Andrzej GrzybowskiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
Urszula MazurekDepartment of Molecular Biology, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Wanda RomaniukDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia, Independent Public Clinical Hospital, Katowice, Poland.
Medical University of Silesia · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of permanent, irreversible, central blindness (scotoma in the central visual field that makes reading and writing impossible, stereoscopic vision, recognition of colors and details) in patients over the age of 50 years in European and North America countries, and an important role is attributed to disorders in the regulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The main aim of this article is to present the crucial processes that occur on the level of Bruch's membrane, with special consideration of the metalloproteinase substrates, metalloproteinase, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP). A comprehensive review of the literature was performed through MEDLINE and PubMed searches, covering the years 2005-2012, using the following keywords: AMD, extracellular matrix, metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases, Bruch's membrane, collagen, elastin. In the pathogenesis of AMD, a significant role is played by collagen type I and type IV; elastin; fibulin-3, -5, and -6; matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9, MMP-14, and MMP-1; and TIMP-3. Other important mechanisms include: ARMS2 and HTR1 proteins, the complement system, the urokinase plasminogen activator system, and pro-renin receptor activation. Continuous rebuilding of the extracellular matrix occurs in both early and advanced AMD, simultaneously with the dysfunction of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and endothelial cells. The pathological degradation or accumulation of ECM structural components are caused by impairment or hyperactivity of specific MMPs/TIMPs complexes, and is also endangered by the influence of other mechanisms connected with both genetic and environmental factors.

Indexed as

Extracellular MatrixHumansMacular DegenerationMatrix MetalloproteinasesTissue Inhibitor of MetalloproteinasesWet Macular DegenerationMatrix MetalloproteinasesTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases

Identifiers

PMID24938626
PMCPMC4072585
OpenAlexW2133556048

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.