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ArticleScientific reports2018

A porcine ex vivo model of pigmentary glaucoma.

Yalong Dang, Susannah Waxman, Chao Wang, Ralitsa T Loewen, Ming Sun, Nils A Loewen

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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 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  11. Ripasudil in a Model of Pigmentary Glaucoma.Translational vision science & technology · 2020
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  13. Gap junction connexin43 is a key element in mediating phagocytosis activity in human trabecular meshwork cells.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2020
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  14. Outflow facility and extent of angle closure in a porcine model.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019
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  15. Impact of pigment dispersion on trabecular meshwork cells.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019
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  16. RKI-1447, a Rho kinase inhibitor, causes ocular hypotension, actin stress fiber disruption, and increased phagocytosis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019
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  18. Outflow enhancement by three different ab interno trabeculectomy procedures in a porcine anterior segment model.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yalong DangDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America.
Susannah WaxmanDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America.
Chao WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America.
Ralitsa T LoewenDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America.
Ming SunDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America.
Nils A LoewenDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America. Loewen.nils@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7167-1213
University of Pittsburgh · USCentral South University · CN

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Paul R. Kinchington · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
Reverse Engineering of Trabecular MeshworkK08EY022737 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LOEWEN, NILS A · 2012 to 2016
$993k
NEI NIH HHS K08 EY022737NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pigment dispersion can lead to pigmentary glaucoma, a poorly understood condition of younger myopic eyes with fluctuating high intraocular pressure. It has been difficult to investigate its pathogenesis without a model similar to human eyes in size and behavior. Here we present a porcine ex vivo model that recreates several features of pigmentary glaucoma, including intraocular hypertension, accumulation of pigment in the trabecular meshwork, and declining phagocytosis. We found that trabecular meshwork cells regulate outflow, form actin stress fibers, and have a decreased phagocytic activity. Gene expression microarrays and a pathway analysis of TM monolayers as well as ex vivo anterior segment perfusion cultures indicated that RhoA plays a central role in regulating the cytoskeleton, motility, and phagocytosis in the trabecular meshwork, providing new insights and targets to investigate in pigmentary glaucoma.

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AnimalsCell MovementCell SurvivalCytoskeletonDisease Models, AnimalGlaucoma, Open-AngleLysosomesPhagocytosisPhagosomesSwine

Identifiers

PMID29615741
PMCPMC5882895
OpenAlexW2794893541

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