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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Relevance of Oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Retinal Dystrophies.

Elena B Domènech, Gemma Marfany

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

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110citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-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

110 citing papers in PubMed, 167 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena B DomènechDepartament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Avda. Diagonal 643, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Gemma MarfanyDepartament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Avda. Diagonal 643, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7941-983X
Instituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

Generalitat de Catalunya 2017 SGR 738Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación SAF2016-80937-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal cell survival requires an equilibrium between oxygen, reactive oxygen species, and antioxidant molecules that counteract oxidative stress damage. Oxidative stress alters cell homeostasis and elicits a protective cell response, which is most relevant in photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells, neurons with a high metabolic rate that are continuously subject to light/oxidative stress insults. We analyze how the alteration of cellular endogenous pathways for protection against oxidative stress leads to retinal dysfunction in prevalent (age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma) as well as in rare genetic visual disorders (Retinitis pigmentosa, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy). We also highlight some of the key molecular actors and discuss potential therapies using antioxidants agents, modulators of gene expression and inducers of cytoprotective signaling pathways to treat damaging oxidative stress effects and ameliorate severe phenotypic symptoms in multifactorial and rare retinal dystrophies.

Indexed as

age-related macular degeneration (AMD)glaucomaleber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)oxidative stress damageoxidative stress responsephotoreceptorsretinaretinitis pigmentosa

Identifiers

PMID32340220
PMCPMC7222416
OpenAlexW3018529420

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