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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2017

Treg-recruiting microspheres prevent inflammation in a murine model of dry eye disease.

Michelle L Ratay, Andrew J Glowacki, Stephen C Balmert, Abhinav P Acharya, Julia Polat, Lawrence P Andrews, Morgan V Fedorchak, Joel S Schuman, Dario A A Vignali, Steven R Little

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Self-Propelled HPB@Lip@AB Nanomotors Ameliorate Dry Eye Disease.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Ocular surface immune cell diversity in dry eye disease.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle L RatayDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States.
Andrew J GlowackiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States.
Stephen C BalmertDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States.
Abhinav P AcharyaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States.
Julia PolatDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Fox Center for Vision Restoration, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
Lawrence P AndrewsDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States.
Morgan V FedorchakDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Fox Center for Vision Restoration, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
Joel S SchumanDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Fox Center for Vision Restoration, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
Dario A A VignaliDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States; Department of Tumor Microenvironment Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, United States.
Steven R LittleDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States. Electronic address: srlittle@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer & antiviral immunityP01AI108545 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Dario AA Vignali · 2015 to 2026
$30.8M
Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001858 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RADOMSKI, THOMAS, RUBIO, DORIS M · 2016 to 2025
$11.1M
Parameters that Underlie Treg Insufficiency in Autoimmune DiabetesR01DK089125 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VIGNALI, DARIO AA · 2011 to 2020
$2.9M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteTL1TR000145 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$872k
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR000145NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001858NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI108545NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK089125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common ocular disorder affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The pathology of DED involves the infiltration of CD4

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChemokine CCL22Delayed-Action PreparationsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Delivery SystemsDry Eye SyndromesFemaleInflammationMice, Inbred BALB CT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChemokine CCL22Delayed-Action PreparationsCCL22Drug deliveryDry eye diseaseTreg-recruiting microspheresTregs

Identifiers

PMID28501670
PMCPMC7805562
OpenAlexW2612761764

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Registered trials

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