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ArticleScientific reports2018

Blockade of microglial adenosine A2A receptor impacts inflammatory mechanisms, reduces ARPE-19 cell dysfunction and prevents photoreceptor loss in vitro.

M H Madeira, K Rashid, A F Ambrósio, A R Santiago, T Langmann

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M H MadeiraInstitute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-3553
K RashidLaboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
A F AmbrósioInstitute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1641
A R SantiagoInstitute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-7041
T LangmannLaboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. thomas.langmann@uk-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-529X
University of Cologne · DEAssociation for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is characterized by pathological changes in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and loss of photoreceptors. Growing evidence has demonstrated that reactive microglial cells trigger RPE dysfunction and loss of photoreceptors, and inflammasome pathways and complement activation contribute to AMD pathogenesis. We and others have previously shown that adenosine A

Indexed as

Adenosine A2 Receptor AntagonistsCells, CulturedComplement System ProteinsCulture Media, ConditionedCytokinesEpithelial CellsHumansMacular DegenerationModels, BiologicalNeurogliaPhotoreceptor CellsPyrimidinesTriazoles5-amino-7-(2-phenylethyl)-2-(2-furyl)pyrazolo(4,3-e)-1,2,4-triazolo(1,5-c)pyrimidineAdenosine A2 Receptor AntagonistsComplement System ProteinsCulture Media, ConditionedCytokinesPyrimidinesTriazoles

Identifiers

PMID29396515
PMCPMC5797099
OpenAlexW2794047907

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