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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Neuroinflammation in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Stefania Vernazza, Sara Tirendi, Anna Maria Bassi, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Sergio Claudio Saccà

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The role of RGC degeneration in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania VernazzaIRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, via Livenza 3, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Sara TirendiDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Anna Maria BassiDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Carlo Enrico TraversoClinica Oculistica, DiNOGMI, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Sergio Claudio SaccàOphthalmology Unit, IRCCS-Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Genoa · ITFondazione G.B. Bietti · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Increasing evidence suggests oxidative damage and immune response defects are key factors contributing to glaucoma onset. Indeed, both the failure of the trabecular meshwork tissue in the conventional outflow pathway and the neuroinflammation process, which drives the neurodegeneration, seem to be linked to the age-related over-production of free radicals (i.e., mitochondrial dysfunction) and to oxidative stress-linked immunostimulatory signaling. Several previous studies have described a wide range of oxidative stress-related makers which are found in glaucomatous patients, including low levels of antioxidant defences, dysfunction/activation of glial cells, the activation of the NF-κB pathway and the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and so on. However, the intraocular pressure is still currently the only risk factor modifiable by medication or glaucoma surgery. This present review aims to summarize the multiple cellular processes, which promote different risk factors in glaucoma including aging, oxidative stress, trabecular meshwork defects, glial activation response, neurodegenerative insults, and the altered regulation of immune response.

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agingglaucomaneuroinflammationoxidative stresstrabecular meshwork defects

Identifiers

PMID33007927
PMCPMC7601106
OpenAlexW3091494443

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