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

Reductive carboxylation is a major metabolic pathway in the retinal pigment epithelium.

Jianhai Du, Aya Yanagida, Kaitlen Knight, Abbi L Engel, Anh Huan Vo, Connor Jankowski, Martin Sadilek, Van Thi Bao Tran, Megan A Manson, Aravind Ramakrishnan and 2 more

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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 84 papers.

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84citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Role of RPE Phagocytosis in the Retina Metabolic Ecosystem.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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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

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianhai DuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; jianhai.du@wvumedicine.org jrchao@uw.edu.
Aya YanagidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109.
Kaitlen KnightDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109.
Abbi L EngelDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109.
Anh Huan VoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
Connor JankowskiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
Martin SadilekDepartment of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
Van Thi Bao TranDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
Megan A MansonDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109.
Aravind RamakrishnanCenter for Blood Cancers and Oncology, St. David's South Austin Medical Center, Austin, TX 78704.
James B HurleyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
Jennifer R ChaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109; jianhai.du@wvumedicine.org jrchao@uw.edu.
University of Washington · USSt David's Medical Center · US

Funding

Vision Research CoreP30EY001730 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Jay Neitz · 1985 to 2026
$23.5M
ROD AND CONE RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICSR01EY006641 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JAMES Bryant HURLEY · 1986 to 2026
$10.2M
Controlling Hematopoietic Lineage Commitment from ESC to PlateletsU01HL099993 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI TOROK-STORB, BEVERLY J. · 2009 to 2015
$8.3M
Control of Photoreceptor MetabolismR01EY017863 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JAMES Bryant HURLEY · 2007 to 2026
$6.4M
Human RPE metabolism and metabolite transportR01EY026030 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHAO, JENNIFER RAYMING, DU, JIANHAI · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Stem-Cell Properties of Human Corneal KeratocytesK08EY019714 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHAO, JENNIFER RAYMING · 2010 to 2014
$1.1M
Generating iPS cells by reprogramming using small moleculesK08DK082783 · NIDDK · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI RAMAKRISHNAN, ARAVIND · 2009 to 2013
$671k
BINDING OF EXPRESSED ARRESTIN TO RHODOPSINF32EY006641 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI POPP, MICHAEL P · 1995 to 1997
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NEI NIH HHS F32 EY006641NEI NIH HHS K08 EY019714NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001730NEI NIH HHS R01 EY006641NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017863NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026030NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL099993NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK082783
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a monolayer of pigmented cells that requires an active metabolism to maintain outer retinal homeostasis and compensate for oxidative stress. Using

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Aged, 80 and overAnimalsCarbonCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalEyeFatty AcidsFemaleHeLa CellsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsIsocitrate DehydrogenaseKetoglutaric AcidsMacular DegenerationCarbonFatty AcidsIDH1 protein, humanIDH2 protein, humanIsocitrate DehydrogenaseKetoglutaric AcidsNADOxygenPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerasesage-related macular degenerationmetabolismoxidative stressreductive carboxylationRPE

Identifiers

PMID27911769
PMCPMC5187684
OpenAlexW2558950003

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