Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31844169›Full record

ArticleEye (London, England)2020

Fibrosis in dysthyroid eye disease.

Marian Ludgate

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Article in Eye (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The role of the cytoskeleton in fibrotic diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  13. The Role of the Microbiota in Graves' Disease and Graves' Orbitopathy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marian LudgateInstitute of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. Ludgate@cardiff.ac.uk.
Cardiff University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysthyroid eye disease is a rare condition, mainly found in people with Graves' hyperthyroidism. Autoimmune responses to thyroid/orbit shared antigens drive extensive tissue remodelling. This includes excess adipogenesis and over-production of extra-cellular matrix, which both tend to occur in the earlier 'active' inflammatory stages of disease. With time these give way to fibrosis, which has a profound impact on eye motility and may be life-long. Progress has been made in identifying the shared autoantigen(s) and the role of specific T cells and autoantibodies in remodelling, which have facilitated development of novel therapies. However relatively little is known of the autoimmune processes under-pinning fibrosis and currently there are no adequate medical treatments.

Indexed as

Graves DiseaseGraves OphthalmopathyAutoantibodiesFibrosisHumansAutoantibodies

Identifiers

PMID31844169
PMCPMC7002441
OpenAlexW2996557013

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Registered trials

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