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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Potential Role of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Anu Kauppinen, Kai Kaarniranta, Antero Salminen

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anu KauppinenFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Kai KaarnirantaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Antero SalminenDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid cells, such as granulocytes/neutrophils and macrophages, have responsibilities that include pathogen destruction, waste material degradation, or antigen presentation upon inflammation. During persistent stress, myeloid cells can remain partially differentiated and adopt immunosuppressive functions. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are primarily beneficial upon restoring homeostasis after inflammation. Because of their ability to suppress adaptive immunity, MDSCs can also ameliorate autoimmune diseases and semi-allogenic responses, e.g., in pregnancy or transplantation. However, immunosuppression is not always desirable. In certain conditions, such as cancer or chronically inflamed tissue, MDSCs prevent restorative immune responses and thereby aggravate disease progression. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common disease in Western countries that severely threatens the central vision of aged people. The pathogenesis of this multifactorial disease is not fully elucidated, but inflammation is known to participate in both dry and wet AMD. In this paper, we provide an overview about the potential role of MDSCs in the pathogenesis of AMD.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityChoroidal NeovascularizationCyclooxygenase 2Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFibrosisHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesInflammationMacular DegenerationMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsOxidative StressRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer SegmentRetinal Pigment EpitheliumCyclooxygenase 2InflammasomesPTGS2 protein, humanadaptive immunityage-related macular degenerationinflammationinnate immunitymyeloid-derived suppressor cell

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PMID32265903
PMCPMC7099658
OpenAlexW3012076471

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