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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

Reprogramming the metabolome rescues retinal degeneration.

Karen Sophia Park, Christine L Xu, Xuan Cui, Stephen H Tsang

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Metabolomics in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021
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  3. Metabolomics Effects of Folding Correction in Retinitis Pigmentosa Rhodopsin Mutant P23A.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  4. Chronic changes in acute zonal occult outer retinopathy mimicking non-progressive retinitis pigmentosa: clinical and laboratory characteristics.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen Sophia ParkJonas Children's Vision Care and Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Christine L XuJonas Children's Vision Care and Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Xuan CuiJonas Children's Vision Care and Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Stephen H TsangJonas Children's Vision Care and Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. sht2@columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9082-2427
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · US

Funding

Tumor Biology and Microenvironment ProgramP30CA013696 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Parisa Tehranifar · 1985 to 2026
$115.3M
Instrumentation, Fabrication, and Design CoreP30EY019007 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Xin Zhang · 2010 to 2026
$12.9M
Toward mechanism- and gene-based therapies for retinal degenerationR01EY018213 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stephen H Tsang · 2008 to 2026
$6.6M
Gene Silencing and Gene Editing in PhototransductionR01EY024698 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stephen H Tsang · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
Mechanistic Studies on Regenerative Medicine Approaches to Childhood BlindnessR01EY026682 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BASSUK, ALEXANDER G, MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
Evaluating GWAS AMD Candidate Loci by Gene Editing in Human iPS CellsR21AG050437 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BASSUK, ALEXANDER G, MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2016
$431k
National Cancer Institute Core 5P30CA013696National Eye Institute (US) R01EY018213National Eye Institute (US) R01EY024698National Eye Institute (US) R01EY026682NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013696NEI NIH HHS P30 EY019007NEI NIH HHS P30EY019007NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018213NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024698NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026682NIA NIH HHS R21 AG050437NIA NIH HHS R21AG050437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolomics studies in the context of ophthalmology have largely focused on identifying metabolite concentrations that characterize specific retinal diseases. Studies involving mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy have shown that individuals suffering from retinal diseases exhibit metabolic profiles that markedly differ from those of control individuals, supporting the notion that metabolites may serve as easily identifiable biomarkers for specific conditions. An emerging branch of metabolomics resulting from biomarker studies, however, involves the study of retinal metabolic dysfunction as causes of degeneration. Recent publications have identified a number of metabolic processes-including but not limited to glucose and oxygen metabolism-that, when perturbed, play a role in the degeneration of photoreceptor cells. As a result, such studies have led to further research elucidating methods for prolonging photoreceptor survival in an effort to halt degeneration in its early stages. This review will explore the ways in which metabolomics has deepened our understanding of the causes of retinal degeneration and discuss how metabolomics can be used to prevent retinal degeneration from progressing to its later disease stages.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlucoseHumansMetabolomeMetabolomicsOxygenRetinal DegenerationGlucoseOxygenAge-related macular degenerationBiomarkersMetabolomicsPhotoreceptorsRetinal degenerationRetinitis pigmentosa

Identifiers

PMID29332245
PMCPMC9377522
OpenAlexW2782689024

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