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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

Vitamin A-aldehyde adducts: AMD risk and targeted therapeutics.

Janet R Sparrow

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. The molecular aspects of absorption and metabolism of carotenoids and retinoids in vertebrates.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2020
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  17. Effects of deficiency in theThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2020
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  20. Bisretinoids: More than Meets the Eye.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janet R SparrowDepartment of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032 jrs88@cumc.columbia.edu.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

IMPACT OF LIPOFUSCIN IN RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLSR01EY012951 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SPARROW, JANET RUTHE · 2000 to 2024
$8.9M
Quantitative Fundus Autofluorescence in Retinal DisordersR01EY024091 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SPARROW, JANET RUTHE · 2014 to 2022
$3.4M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012951NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although currently available treatment options for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are limited, particularly for atrophic AMD, the identification of predisposing genetic variations has informed clinical studies addressing therapeutic options such as complement inhibitors and anti-inflammatory agents. To lower risk of early AMD, recommended lifestyle interventions such as the avoidance of smoking and the intake of low glycemic antioxidant-rich diets have largely followed from the identification of nongenetic modifiable factors. On the other hand, the challenge of understanding the complex relationship between aging and cumulative damage leading to AMD has fueled investigations of the visual cycle adducts that accumulate in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and are a hallmark of aging retina. These studies have revealed properties of these compounds that provide insights into processes that may compromise RPE and could contribute to disease mechanisms in AMD. This work has also led to the design of targeted therapeutics that are currently under investigation.

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AnimalsHumansMacular DegenerationMolecular Targeted TherapyRetinaldehydeRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRisk FactorsRetinaldehydeage-related macular degenerationbisretinoidsphotoreceptor cellsretinal pigment epitheliumvitamin A-aldehyde adducts

Identifiers

PMID27071115
PMCPMC4855581
OpenAlexW2339881828

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