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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2017

Metabolic Vulnerability in the Neurodegenerative Disease Glaucoma.

Denise M Inman, Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Targeting the Glutaminolysis Pathway in Glaucoma-Associated Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. Aging Effects on Optic Nerve Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Role of mitophagy in ocular neurodegeneration.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Denise M InmanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityRootstown, OH, USA.
Mohammad Harun-Or-RashidDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityRootstown, OH, USA.
Northeast Ohio Medical University · US

Funding

Metabolic vulnerability as a disease target for glaucomaR01EY026662 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI DENISE M INMAN · 2016 to 2026
$4.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axons can be several orders of magnitude longer than neural somas, presenting logistical difficulties in cargo trafficking and structural maintenance. Keeping the axon compartment well supplied with energy also presents a considerable challenge; even seemingly subtle modifications of metabolism can result in functional deficits and degeneration. Axons require a great deal of energy, up to 70% of all energy used by a neuron, just to maintain the resting membrane potential. Axonal energy, in the form of ATP, is generated primarily through oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria. In addition, glial cells contribute metabolic intermediates to axons at moments of high activity or according to need. Recent evidence suggests energy disruption is an early contributor to pathology in a wide variety of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by axonopathy. However, the degree to which the energy disruption is intrinsic to the axon vs. associated glia is not clear. This paper will review the role of energy availability and utilization in axon degeneration in glaucoma, a chronic axonopathy of the retinal projection.

Indexed as

axonopathylactatemitochondriaoptic neuropathyWallerian degeneration

Identifiers

PMID28424571
PMCPMC5371671
OpenAlexW2602839944

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