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ReviewClinical rheumatology2017

The emerging role of interleukin (IL)-1 in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory and degenerative eye diseases.

Claudia Fabiani, Jurgen Sota, Gian Marco Tosi, Rossella Franceschini, Bruno Frediani, Mauro Galeazzi, Donato Rigante, Luca Cantarini

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Review in Clinical rheumatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Noninfectious uveitis: Management with biologic agents.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026
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  5. Combination ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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  15. Biotherapies in Uveitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
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  17. NLRP3 Inflammasome and Inflammatory Diseases.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia FabianiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano MI, Italy. claudia.fabiani@gmail.com.
Jurgen SotaResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Gian Marco TosiOphthalmology and Neurosurgery Department, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Rossella FranceschiniOphthalmology and Neurosurgery Department, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Bruno FredianiResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Mauro GaleazziResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Donato RiganteInstitute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
Luca CantariniResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. cantariniluca@hotmail.com.
University of Siena · ITHumanitas University · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-1 plays a key role in the pathogenesis and thereafter in the search for specific treatments of different inflammatory and degenerative eye diseases. Indeed, an overactivity of IL-1 might be an initiating factor for many immunopathologic sceneries in the eye, as proven by the efficacy of the specific IL-1 blockade in different ocular diseases. For instance, the uveitis in monogenic autoinflammatory disorders, such as Blau syndrome and cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, or in complex polygenic autoinflammatory disorders, such as Behçet's disease, has been successfully treated with IL-1 blockers. Similarly, therapy with the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra has proven successful also in scleritis and episcleritis in the context of different rheumatic conditions. Moreover, interesting findings deriving from animal models of ocular disease have set a rational basis from a therapeutic viewpoint to manage patients also with dry eye disease and a broadening number of ocular inflammatory and degenerative conditions, which start from an imbalance between IL-1 and its receptor antagonist.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDry Eye SyndromesEye DiseasesHereditary Autoinflammatory DiseasesHumansInflammationInterleukin-1Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinKeratitisMacular DegenerationNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinScleritisSjogren's SyndromeUveitisIL1RN protein, humanInterleukin-1Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanDiabetic retinopathyDry-eyeKeratitisMacular degenerationScleritisUveitis

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PMID28032234
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