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ArticleeLife2017

Small molecule Photoregulin3 prevents retinal degeneration in the

Paul A Nakamura, Andy A Shimchuk, Shibing Tang, Zhizhi Wang, Kole DeGolier, Sheng Ding, Thomas A Reh

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paul A NakamuraDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3845-8477
Andy A ShimchukDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, United States.
Shibing TangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Zhizhi WangDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, United States.
Kole DeGolierDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, United States.
Sheng DingDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Thomas A RehDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3524-0886
University of Washington · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Vision Research CoreP30EY001730 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JAMES Bryant HURLEY · 1985 to 2026
$23.5M
Self Renewal and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem CellsP01GM081619 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WARE, CAROL B · 2007 to 2017
$20.6M
Regeneration of Retinal Neurons by Chemically Induced Reprogramming of Muller GliR01EY021374 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DING, SHENG, REH, THOMAS A · 2010 to 2014
$4.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001730NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021374NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM081619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of rod gene expression has emerged as a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa (RP). We previously reported on a small molecule modulator of the rod transcription factor Nr2e3, Photoregulin1 (PR1), that regulates the expression of photoreceptor-specific genes. Although PR1 slows the progression of retinal degeneration in models of RP in vitro, in vivo analyses were not possible with PR1. We now report a structurally unrelated compound, Photoregulin3 (PR3) that also inhibits rod photoreceptor gene expression, potentially though Nr2e3 modulation. To determine the effectiveness of PR3 as a potential therapy for RP, we treated

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationMiceOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsRetinitis PigmentosaTreatment OutcomeNr2e3 protein, mouseOrphan Nuclear Receptorsligandmouseneurosciencephotoreceptor dystrophyretinal degeneration

Identifiers

PMID29148976
PMCPMC5693111
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