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ReviewExperimental eye research2017

Trabecular meshwork stiffness in glaucoma.

Ke Wang, A Thomas Read, Todd Sulchek, C Ross Ethier

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In one paragraph

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 125 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Twelve-month results of ab interno trabeculectomy with Kahook Dual Blade: an interventional, randomized, controlled clinical study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021
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  9. Canaloplasty via an ab-interno approach in primary open-angle glaucoma: Results from a large case series.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ke WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
A Thomas ReadDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Todd SulchekGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
C Ross EthierDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: ross.ethier@bme.gatech.edu.
Emory University · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

The Mechanical Basis of Primary Open Angle GlaucomaR01EY019696 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FREDBERG, JEFFREY J, JOHNSON, MARK · 2009 to 2019
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NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alterations in stiffness of the trabecular meshwork (TM) may play an important role in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the second leading cause of blindness. Specifically, certain data suggest an association between elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and increased TM stiffness; however, the underlying link between TM stiffness and IOP remains unclear and requires further study. We here first review the literature on TM stiffness measurements, encompassing various species and based on a number of measurement techniques, including direct approaches such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and uniaxial tension tests, and indirect methods based on a beam deflection model. We also briefly review the effects of several factors that affect TM stiffness, including lysophospholipids, rho-kinase inhibitors, cytoskeletal disrupting agents, dexamethasone (DEX), transforming growth factor-β

Indexed as

Ocular Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsAqueous HumorBiomechanical PhenomenaElasticityElasticity Imaging TechniquesFemaleGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansIntraocular PressureMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAMicroscopy, Atomic ForceTrabecular MeshworkBiomechanicsGlaucomaOutflow facilityStiffnessTrabecular meshwork

Identifiers

PMID27448987
PMCPMC6501821
OpenAlexW2495298820

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