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ArticleCells2020

Selective Ablation of Dehydrodolichyl Diphosphate Synthase in Murine Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Causes RPE Atrophy and Retinal Degeneration.

Marci L DeRamus, Stephanie J Davis, Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, Cyril Nyankerh, Delores Stacks, Timothy W Kraft, Steven J Fliesler, Steven J Pittler

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Article in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marci L DeRamusDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Stephanie J DavisDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Sriganesh Ramachandra RaoDepartments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, State University of New York-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA; and Research Service, VA Western NY Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA.
Cyril NyankerhDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Delores StacksDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Timothy W KraftDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Steven J FlieslerDepartments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, State University of New York-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA; and Research Service, VA Western NY Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2557-142X
Steven J PittlerDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8464-9303
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USVA Western New York Healthcare System · US

Funding

Visual Phenotyping CoreP30EY003039 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LAWRENCE C SINCICH · 1985 to 2026
$16.9M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with certain defects in the dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase (DHDDS) gene (RP59; OMIM #613861) exhibit classic symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa, as well as macular changes, suggestive of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) involvement. The DHDDS enzyme is ubiquitously required for several pathways of protein glycosylation. We wish to understand the basis for selective ocular pathology associated with certain DHDDS mutations and the contribution of specific ocular cell types to the pathology of mutant

Indexed as

Alkyl and Aryl TransferasesAnimalsAtrophyColor VisionElectroretinographyIntegrasesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNight VisionPhenotypePhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateReproducibility of ResultsRetinal DegenerationRetinal Pigment EpitheliumTomography, Optical CoherenceAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesCre recombinasedehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthetaseIntegrasesCre-Lox technologymouse modelsretinal degenerationretinal pigment epithelium dystrophyretinitis pigmentosaRPE transmigration

Identifiers

PMID32245241
PMCPMC7140717
OpenAlexW3011576847

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