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ArticleMolecular and cellular neurosciences2017

A subpopulation of activated retinal macrophages selectively migrated to regions of cone photoreceptor stress, but had limited effect on cone death in a mouse model for type 2 Leber congenital amaurosis.

Peter H Tang, Mark J Pierson, Neal D Heuss, Dale S Gregerson

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Article in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter H TangDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Mark J PiersonDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Neal D HeussDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Dale S GregersonDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States. Electronic address: grege001@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Immune-mediated Neuroprotection of Retinal Ganglion CellsR01EY021003 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI GREGERSON, DALE SANNES · 2010 to 2012
$1.3M
Retinal innate immunity: Functional analysis of resident and recruited cellsR01EY025209 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI GREGERSON, DALE SANNES · 2016 to 2018
$1.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021003NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies of antigen presentation in retina using mice that expressed green fluorescent protein (GFP) from a transgenic CD11c promoter found that retinal GFP

methodsRpe65

resultsElevated numbers of GFP

conclusionsThe expression of GFP on a subset of retinal mononuclear cells in CD11c

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell MovementDisease Models, AnimalLeber Congenital AmaurosisMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicrogliaRetinaRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsDendritic cellMacrophageMicrogliaNeurodegenerationPhotoreceptorsRetinaRPE65

Identifiers

PMID28889993
PMCPMC5698166
OpenAlexW2751049067

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