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ReviewExperimental eye research2016

Life under pressure: The role of ocular cribriform cells in preventing glaucoma.

Jayter S Paula, Colm O'Brien, W Daniel Stamer

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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 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting the Glutaminolysis Pathway in Glaucoma-Associated Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Transcriptomic analysis of the ocular posterior segment completes a cell atlas of the human eye.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  9. Roles of exosomes in the normal and diseased eye.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jayter S PaulaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Colm O'BrienOphthalmology, UCD School of Medicine, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
W Daniel StamerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: dan.stamer@duke.edu.
Duke University · USMater Misericordiae University Hospital · IE

Funding

The Mechanical Basis of Primary Open Angle GlaucomaR01EY019696 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FREDBERG, JEFFREY J, JOHNSON, MARK · 2009 to 2019
$7.6M
eNOS-Dependent Mechanoregulation of Intraocular PressureR01EY022359 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI STAMER, W DANIEL · 2012 to 2025
$5.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019696NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary open-angle glaucoma is a multifactorial blinding disease often impacting the two pressure-sensitive regions of the eye: the conventional outflow pathway and the optic nerve head (ONH). The connective tissues that span these two openings in the globe are the trabecular meshwork of the conventional outflow pathway and the lamina cribrosa of the ONH. Resident cribiform cells of these two regions are responsible for actively remodeling and maintaining their connective tissues. In glaucoma, aberrant maintenance of the juxtacanalicular tissues (JCT) of the conventional outflow pathway results in ocular hypertension and pathological remodeling of the lamina cribrosa results in ONH cupping, damaging retinal ganglion cell axons. Interestingly, cells cultured from the lamina cribrosa and the JCT of the trabecular meshwork have similarities regarding gene expression, protein production, plus cellular responses to growth factors and mechanical stimuli. This review compares and contrasts the current knowledge of these two cell types, whose health is critical for protecting the eye from glaucomatous changes. In response to pressure gradients across their respective cribiform tissues, the goal is to better understand and differentiate healthy from pathological behavior of these two cell types.

Indexed as

Intraocular PressureGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansRetinal Ganglion CellsScleraTrabecular MeshworkAstrocyteJuxtacanalicular tissueLamina cribrosaPrimary open-angle glaucomaSchlemm's canalTrabecular meshwork

Identifiers

PMID27567558
PMCPMC5045826
OpenAlexW2513723715

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