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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Vitreous Antioxidants, Degeneration, and Vitreo-Retinopathy: Exploring the Links.

Emmanuel Ankamah, J Sebag, Eugene Ng, John M Nolan

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 75 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanuel AnkamahNutrition Research Centre Ireland, School of Health Science, Carriganore House, Waterford Institute of Technology, West Campus, Co., X91 K236 Waterford, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7454-4447
J SebagVMR Consulting Inc., Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA.
Eugene NgNutrition Research Centre Ireland, School of Health Science, Carriganore House, Waterford Institute of Technology, West Campus, Co., X91 K236 Waterford, Ireland.
John M NolanNutrition Research Centre Ireland, School of Health Science, Carriganore House, Waterford Institute of Technology, West Campus, Co., X91 K236 Waterford, Ireland.
Waterford Institute of Technology · IE

Funding

Waterford Institute of Technology & ebiga-VISION GmbH WIT PhD Co-Fund Scholarship (WD_2017_43)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transparent vitreous body, which occupies about 80% of the eye's volume, is laden with numerous enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants that could protect the eye from oxidative stress and disease. Aging is associated with degeneration of vitreous structure as well as a reduction in its antioxidant capacity. A growing body of evidence suggests these age-related changes may be the precursor of numerous oxidative stress-induced vitreo-retinopathies, including vision degrading myodesopsia, the clinically significant entoptic phenomena that can result from advanced vitreous degeneration. Adequate intravitreal antioxidant levels may be protective against vitreous degeneration, possibly preventing and even improving vision degrading myodesopsia as well as mitigating various other vitreo-retinopathies. The present article is, therefore, a review of the different antioxidant molecules within vitreous and the inter-relationships between vitreous antioxidant capacity and degeneration.

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antioxidantsfloatersoxidative stressvision degrading myodesopsiavitreousvitreous degeneration

Identifiers

PMID31861871
PMCPMC7022282
OpenAlexW2996163263

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