Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32936734›Full record

ReviewAnnual review of vision science2020

Microglia Activation and Inflammation During the Death of Mammalian Photoreceptors.

Sarah J Karlen, Eric B Miller, Marie E Burns

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Review in Annual review of vision science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Early Photoreceptor Alterations After Retinal Detachment Repair.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  15. Immunology of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Gene Therapy-Associated Uveitis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2024
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  16. Retinal glia in myopia: current understanding and future directions.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  17. Mechanism of Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023
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  19. A Spontaneous Nonhuman Primate Model of Myopic Foveoschisis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah J KarlenDepartment of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA; email: sjkarlen@ucdavis.edu, meburns@ucdavis.edu.
Eric B MillerCenter for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA; email: ebmiller@ucdavis.edu.
Marie E BurnsDepartment of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA; email: sjkarlen@ucdavis.edu, meburns@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Vision Science Training Program: Cornea to CortexT32EY015387 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI MARIE E BURNS · 2003 to 2026
$4.8M
Microglial Activation during Photoreceptor DegenerationR01EY024320 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BURNS, MARIE E · 2015 to 2024
$3.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024320NEI NIH HHS T32 EY015387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoreceptors are highly specialized sensory neurons with unique metabolic and physiological requirements. These requirements are partially met by Müller glia and cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which provide essential metabolites, phagocytose waste, and control the composition of the surrounding microenvironment. A third vital supporting cell type, the retinal microglia, can provide photoreceptors with neurotrophic support or exacerbate neuroinflammation and hasten neuronal cell death. Understanding the physiological requirements for photoreceptor homeostasis and the factors that drive microglia to best promote photoreceptor survival has important implications for the treatment and prevention of blinding degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration.

Indexed as

Macrophage ActivationAnimalsApoptosisEpendymoglial CellsHumansPhagocytosisPhotoreceptor CellsRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetinal DegenerationRetinal Pigment EpitheliumSignal Transductiondegenerationmacrophagemonocyteneuroinflammationretinarod

Identifiers

PMID32936734
PMCPMC10135402
OpenAlexW3087624693

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Registered trials

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