Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29399421›Full record

ReviewCurrent ophthalmology reports2017

Extracellular Vesicles: Biomarkers, Therapeutics, and Vehicles in the Visual System.

Yolandi van der Merwe, Michael B Steketee

Erratum issuedOpen access · hybridAbstract readReview
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Review in Current ophthalmology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Extracellular-Vesicle-Based Therapeutics in Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yolandi van der Merwe1Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA.
Michael B Steketee2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 USA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe discuss recent advances in extracellular vesicle (EV) technology as biomarkers, therapeutics, and drug delivery vehicles in the visual system with an emphasis on the retina. RECENT

findingsRetinal cell-type specific EVs can be detected in the blood and in the aqueous humor and EV miRNA cargoes can be used diagnostically to predict retinal disease progression. Studies have now shown EVs can deliver bioactive miRNA and AAV cargoes to the inner retinal cell layers and, in some models, improve retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival and axon regeneration. SUMMARY: EV molecular profiles and cargoes are attractive biomarkers for retinal and optic nerve disease and trauma and EVs offer a safe and tunable platform for delivering therapies to ocular tissues. However, EVs are heterogeneous by nature with variable lipid membranes, cargoes, and biologic effects, warranting stringent characterization to understand how heterogeneous EV populations modulate positive tissue remodeling.

Indexed as

BiomarkersExosomesExtracellular vesiclesmiRNAOptic nerveRetinaRetinal ganglion cell

Identifiers

PMID29399421
PMCPMC5780545
OpenAlexW2764244969

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Registered trials

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