Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27039707›Full record

ReviewExperimental eye research2017

Small molecules, both dietary and endogenous, influence the onset of lens cataracts.

Stephen Barnes, Roy A Quinlan

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Review in Experimental eye research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. The aging mouse lens transcriptome.Experimental eye research · 2021
    Article
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  7. Molecular Processes Implicated in Human Age-Related Nuclear Cataract.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2019
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Non-invasiveBiomedical optics express · 2018
    Article
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephen BarnesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Roy A QuinlanBiophysical Sciences Institute, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. Electronic address: r.a.quinlan@durham.ac.uk.
Durham University · GBUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Kirk Michael Habegger · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
PROJECT 4 - POLYPHENOLS AND DAMAGE IN THE EYEP50AT000477 · NCCIH · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI WEAVER, CONNIE MARIE · 2000 to 2010
$15.0M
5500 Q-Trap Mass SpectrometerS10RR027822 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARNES, STEPHEN · 2010 to 2010
$469k
Lens crystallins: spatial location and properties in the ICR/f rat cataract modelR21EY020963 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARNES, STEPHEN · 2010 to 2011
$417k
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT000477NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027822NEI NIH HHS R21 EY020963NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How the lens ages successfully is a lesson in biological adaption and the emergent properties of its complement of cells and proteins. This living tissue contains some of the oldest proteins in our bodies and yet they remain functional for decades, despite exposure to UV light, to reactive oxygen species and all the other hazards to protein function. This remarkable feat is achieved by a shrewd investment in very stable proteins as lens crystallins, by providing a reservoir of ATP-independent protein chaperones unequalled by any other tissue and by an oxidation-resistant environment. In addition, glutathione, a free radical scavenger, is present in mM concentrations and the plasma membranes contain oxidation-resistant sphingolipids what compromises lens function as it ages? In this review, we examine the role of small molecules in the prevention or causation of cataracts, including those associated with diet, metabolic pathways and drug therapy (steroids).

Indexed as

DietAgingAnimalsAntioxidantsCataractCrystallinsGlucocorticoidsGlutathioneHumansLens, CrystallineMetabolic Networks and PathwaysSphingolipidsVitaminsAntioxidantsCrystallinsGlucocorticoidsGlutathioneSphingolipidsVitaminsCataractCholesterolDietFlavonoidsLanosterolLensStatinsSteroidsSterols

Identifiers

PMID27039707
PMCPMC5107344
OpenAlexW2334888454

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