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ReviewExperimental eye research2016

Retinal remodeling in human retinitis pigmentosa.

B W Jones, R L Pfeiffer, W D Ferrell, C B Watt, M Marmor, R E Marc

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Review in Experimental eye research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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185citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
16.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

185 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 350 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

B W JonesDept. Ophthalmology, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA. Electronic address: bryan.jones@m.cc.utah.edu.
R L PfeifferDept. Ophthalmology, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA.
W D FerrellDept. Ophthalmology, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA.
C B WattDept. Ophthalmology, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA.
M MarmorDept. Ophthalmology, Stanford University, USA.
R E MarcDept. Ophthalmology, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA.
University of Utah · USStanford University · US

Funding

University of Utah, Core Vision Research GrantP30EY014800 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Bryan William Jones · 2005 to 2026
$14.6M
STRUCTURAL NEUROCHEMISTRY OF RETINAL CIRCUITSR01EY002576 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MARC, ROBERT E · 1985 to 2016
$8.0M
Retinal RemodelingR01EY015128 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI JONES, BRYAN WILLIAM · 2004 to 2021
$7.0M
Retinal CircuitryR01EY028927 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Bryan William Jones · 2019 to 2026
$5.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014800NEI NIH HHS R01 EY002576NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015128NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) in the human is a progressive, currently irreversible neural degenerative disease usually caused by gene defects that disrupt the function or architecture of the photoreceptors. While RP can initially be a disease of photoreceptors, there is increasing evidence that the inner retina becomes progressively disorganized as the outer retina degenerates. These alterations have been extensively described in animal models, but remodeling in humans has not been as well characterized. This study, using computational molecular phenotyping (CMP) seeks to advance our understanding of the retinal remodeling process in humans. We describe cone mediated preservation of overall topology, retinal reprogramming in the earliest stages of the disease in retinal bipolar cells, and alterations in both small molecule and protein signatures of neurons and glia. Furthermore, while Müller glia appear to be some of the last cells left in the degenerate retina, they are also one of the first cell classes in the neural retina to respond to stress which may reveal mechanisms related to remodeling and cell death in other retinal cell classes. Also fundamentally important is the finding that retinal network topologies are altered. Our results suggest interventions that presume substantial preservation of the neural retina will likely fail in late stages of the disease. Even early intervention offers no guarantee that the interventions will be immune to progressive remodeling. Fundamental work in the biology and mechanisms of disease progression are needed to support vision rescue strategies.

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HumansNeurogliaPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinaRetinitis PigmentosaAmacrine cellBipolar cellComputational molecular phenotyping (CMP)Cone photoreceptorGanglion cellMüller cellNeural remodelingRetinaRetinal pigment epithelium (RPE)Retinal remodelingRetinitis pigmentosa (RP)Rod photoreceptor

Identifiers

PMID27020758
PMCPMC5031517
OpenAlexW2328990582

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