Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29018679›Full record

ReviewTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Rod metabolic demand drives progression in retinopathies.

Michael K Lin, Soo Hyun Kim, Lijuan Zhang, Yi-Ting Tsai, Stephen H Tsang

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Review in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A mutation inMolecular vision · 2026
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  10. Treatment of Macular Degeneration with Sildenafil: Results of a Two-Year Trial.Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde · 2018
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  12. BEST1: the Best Target for Gene and Cell Therapies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2015
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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

5 authors.

Michael K LinCollege of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Soo Hyun KimColumbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Lijuan ZhangBernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory and Barbara & Donald Jonas Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Yi-Ting TsaiBernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory and Barbara & Donald Jonas Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Stephen H TsangBernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory and Barbara & Donald Jonas Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various factors are thought to cause the development and progression of disease in macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa. Some of the deleterious processes include oxidative stress, hypoxia, metabolic derangement, genetics, and vasculopathy. In this review, we present a unified theory for the pathophysiology of several retinopathies based on the unique and intense metabolism of rod photoreceptors.

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diabetic retinopathymacular degenerationmetabolismretinitis pigmentosaSIRT6

Identifiers

PMID29018679
PMCPMC5602704

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