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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2020

New Pharmacological Strategies for the Treatment of Non-Infectious Uveitis. A Minireview.

Rodrigo A Valenzuela, Iván Flores, Beatriz Urrutia, Francisca Fuentes, Pablo E Sabat, Carolina Llanos, Loreto Cuitino, Cristhian A Urzua

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Noninfectious uveitis: Management with biologic agents.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026
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  4. Tocilizumab for Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Systematic Review.Journal of inflammation research · 2025
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  11. Pathogenesis and current therapies for non-infectious uveitis.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023
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  15. Pediatric uveitis: Role of the pediatrician.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022
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  16. Paving the way for small-molecule drug discovery.American journal of translational research · 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

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Rodrigo A ValenzuelaLaboratory of Ocular and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Iván FloresLaboratory of Ocular and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Beatriz UrrutiaRheumatology Service, Department of Medicine, Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Francisca FuentesLaboratory of Ocular and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Pablo E SabatDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Carolina LlanosDepartamento de Inmunología Clínica y Reumatología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Loreto CuitinoLaboratory of Ocular and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cristhian A UrzuaLaboratory of Ocular and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
University of Chile · CLClínica Las Condes · CLHospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile · CLPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins · CLUniversidad del Desarrollo · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is a group of disorders characterized by intraocular inflammation at different levels of the eye. NIU is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in working-age population in the developed world. The goal of uveitis treatment is to control inflammation, prevent recurrences, and preserve vision, as well as minimize the adverse effects of medications. Currently, the standard of care for NIU includes the administration of corticosteroids (CS) as first-line agents, but in some cases a more aggressive therapy is required. This includes synthetic immunosuppressants, such as antimetabolites (methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, and azathioprine), calcineurinic inhibitors (cyclosporine, tacrolimus), and alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil). In those patients who become intolerant or refractory to CS and conventional immunosuppressive treatment, biologic agents have arisen as an effective therapy. Among the most evaluated treatments, TNF-α inhibitors, IL blockers, and anti-CD20 therapy have emerged. In this regard, anti-TNF agents (infliximab and adalimumab) have shown the strongest results in terms of favorable outcomes. In this review, we discuss latest evidence concerning to the effectiveness of biologic therapy, and present new therapeutic approaches directed against immune components as potential novel therapies for NIU.

Indexed as

anti-tumor necrosis factorbiologicsintraocular inflammationtreatmentuveitis

Identifiers

PMID32508634
PMCPMC7250389
OpenAlexW3022108338

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