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ArticleMolecular pharmacology2018

Protective Effect of a Locked Retinal Chromophore Analog against Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration.

Songqi Gao, Tanu Parmar, Grazyna Palczewska, Zhiqian Dong, Marcin Golczak, Krzysztof Palczewski, Beata Jastrzebska

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Article in Molecular pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Songqi GaoDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio.
Tanu ParmarDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio.
Grazyna PalczewskaDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio.
Zhiqian DongDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio.
Marcin GolczakDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio.
Krzysztof PalczewskiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio bxj27@case.edu kxp65@case.edu.
Beata JastrzebskaDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (S.G., T.P., M.G., K.P., B.J.) and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (M.G., K.P., B.J.), Case Western Reserve University, and Polgenix Inc., Department of Medical Devices (G.P., Z.D.), Cleveland, Ohio bxj27@case.edu kxp65@case.edu.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE AND HYBRIDOMA MODULEP30EY011373 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Irina A Pikuleva · 1997 to 2026
$17.7M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF ARRESTINSR01EY009339 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KISER, PHILIP DAVID, PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 1992 to 2025
$16.0M
Novel therapies to inhibit Diabetic RetinopathyR24EY024864 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI KERN, TIMOTHY S · 2015 to 2019
$8.1M
Use of systems pharmacology to prevent rod and cone photoreceptor degenerationR24EY027283 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2017 to 2021
$7.9M
Regulation of vitamin A metabolism in the eyeR01EY023948 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLCZAK, MARCIN BERNARD · 2014 to 2023
$3.8M
A two-photon ophthalmoscope for human retinal imaging and functional testingU01EY025451 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
Non-hydrolysable analogs of retinal chromophore; potential new therapeutics to prevent retinal degenerationR01EY025214 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI JASTRZEBSKA, BEATA · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY011373NEI NIH HHS R01 EY009339NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023948NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025214NEI NIH HHS R24 EY024864NEI NIH HHS R24 EY027283NEI NIH HHS U01 EY025451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuous regeneration of the 11-

Indexed as

Alcohol OxidoreductasesAnimalsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersDiterpenesLightMacular DegenerationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLOpsinsProtective AgentsRetinaRetinal DegenerationRetinaldehydeRetinoids9-cis-retinalAlcohol OxidoreductasesATP-Binding Cassette TransportersDiterpenesOpsinsProtective AgentsRetinaldehydeRetinoids

Identifiers

PMID30018116
PMCPMC6108575
OpenAlexW2883209628

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