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ReviewNutrients2019

Nutraceuticals for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy.

Maria Grazia Rossino, Giovanni Casini

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 109 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Grazia RossinoDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56127 Pisa, Italy. rossinomariagrazia1@gmail.com.
Giovanni CasiniDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56127 Pisa, Italy. giovanni.casini@unipi.it.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

Italian Ministry of University and Research FFABR 2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus and is characterized by degeneration of retinal neurons and neoangiogenesis, causing a severe threat to vision. Nowadays, the principal treatment options for DR are laser photocoagulation, vitreoretinal surgery, or intravitreal injection of drugs targeting vascular endothelial growth factor. However, these treatments only act at advanced stages of DR, have short term efficacy, and cause side effects. Treatment with nutraceuticals (foods providing medical or health benefits) at early stages of DR may represent a reasonable alternative to act upstream of the disease, preventing its progression. In particular, in vitro and in vivo studies have revealed that a variety of nutraceuticals have significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may inhibit the early diabetes-driven molecular mechanisms that induce DR, reducing both the neural and vascular damage typical of DR. Although most studies are limited to animal models and there is the problem of low bioavailability for many nutraceuticals, the use of these compounds may represent a natural alternative method to standard DR treatments.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsAngiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsDiabetic RetinopathyHumansInflammation MediatorsNerve DegenerationOxidative StressRetinaRetinal NeovascularizationSignal TransductionAngiogenesis InhibitorsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsInflammation Mediatorscarotenoidsflavonoidsinflammationmicrovascular lesionsneoangiogenesisoxidative stresspolyphenolsretinasaponins

Identifiers

PMID30987058
PMCPMC6520779
OpenAlexW2933082242

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