Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31771932›Full record

ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2020

Mitochondrial Defects Drive Degenerative Retinal Diseases.

Deborah A Ferrington, Cody R Fisher, Renu A Kowluru

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 145 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Long Noncoding RNAs as Blood-Based Biomarkers of Diabetic Retinopathy.Translational vision science & technology · 2026
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48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deborah A FerringtonDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences and Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: ferri013@umn.edu.
Cody R FisherDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences and Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Renu A KowluruOphthalmology, Vision, and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. Electronic address: rkowluru@med.wayne.edu.
University of Minnesota · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Training Grant: Functional Proteomics of AgingT32AG029796 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI EDGAR A ARRIAGA, Douglas G Mashek · 2008 to 2026
$6.6M
Role of Ras in Retinal Cell Death in DiabetesR01EY014370 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOWLURU, RENU A. · 2004 to 2023
$4.8M
Mitochondrial defects in the retinal pigment epithelium and the CFH risk allele for age-related macular degenerationR01EY028554 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUTTON, JAMES R., FERRINGTON, DEBORAH ANN · 2018 to 2025
$4.5M
Glycemic Control and Progression of Diabetic RetinopathyR01EY017313 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOWLURU, RENU A. · 2007 to 2022
$4.2M
NADPH Oxidase, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Diabetic RetinopathyR01EY022230 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOWLURU, ANJANEYULU, KOWLURU, RENU A. · 2012 to 2022
$3.4M
Age-related macular degeneration,mitochondria and the CFH genotypeR01EY026012 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI FERRINGTON, DEBORAH ANN · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
Training Program in Translational Vision SciencesT32EY025187 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Glenn P Lobo, LINDA K. MCLOON · 2016 to 2026
$1.2M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in the pathology of two major blinding retinal diseases, diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). These diseases accumulate mitochondrial defects in distinct retinal subcellular structures, the vascular/neural network in DR and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in AMD. These mitochondrial defects cause a metabolic crisis that drives disease. With no treatments to stop these diseases, coupled with an increasing population suffering from AMD and DR, there is an urgent need to develop new therapeutics targeting the mitochondria to prevent or reverse disease-specific pathology.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiabetic RetinopathyHumansMacular DegenerationMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesRetinaRetinal DiseasesRetinal Pigment Epitheliumage-related macular degenerationdiabetesmitochondriaretinopathy

Identifiers

PMID31771932
PMCPMC6938541
OpenAlexW2990735871

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Registered trials

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