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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2015

Sufficient Evidence for Lymphatics in the Developing and Adult Human Choroid?

Ludwig M Heindl, Alexandra Kaser-Eichberger, Simona L Schlereth, Felix Bock, Birgit Regenfuss, Herbert A Reitsamer, Paul McMenamin, Gerard A Lutty, Kazuichi Maruyama, Lu Chen and 7 more

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ocular Lymphatics in Health and Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Evolution of the ocular immune system.Eye (London, England) · 2025
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  8. Unconventional aqueous humor outflow: A review.Experimental eye research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 11 institutions in 7 countries.

Ludwig M HeindlDepartment of Ophthalmology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
Alexandra Kaser-EichbergerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria;
Simona L SchlerethDepartment of Ophthalmology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
Felix BockDepartment of Ophthalmology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
Birgit RegenfussDepartment of Ophthalmology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
Herbert A ReitsamerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria;
Paul McMenaminDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;
Gerard A LuttyWilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States;
Kazuichi MaruyamaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
Lu ChenCenter for Eye Disease & Development, Program in Vision Science and School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States;
Reza DanaMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States;
Dontscho KerjaschkiDepartment of Pathology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria;
Kari AlitaloInstitute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;
Maria Egle De StefanoIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin," Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;
Barbara M JunghansSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
Falk SchroedlDepartment of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; 12Department of Anatomy, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Claus CursiefenDepartment of Ophthalmology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
University of Cologne · DEParacelsus Medical University · ATBerkeley Eye Center · USHarvard University · USIstituto Pasteur · ITJohns Hopkins University · USMedical University of Vienna · ATMonash University · AUTohoku University · JPUniversity of Helsinki · FIUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

Molecular Regulation of Lymphangiogenesis in Corneal AlloimmunityR01EY017392 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CHEN, LU · 2007 to 2020
$5.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017392
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgingChoroidFemaleHumansLymphatic VesselsMalePregnancy

Identifiers

PMID26588256
PMCPMC4911099
OpenAlexW2413445207

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Registered trials

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