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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Novel Programmed Cell Death as Therapeutic Targets in Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Ming Yang, Kwok-Fai So, Wai Ching Lam, Amy Cheuk Yin Lo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming YangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8600-4325
Kwok-Fai SoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wai Ching LamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2057-9374
Amy Cheuk Yin LoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4239-6851
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17112919Health and Medical Research Fund, the Food and Health Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 06171516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of severe visual loss among the elderly. AMD patients are tormented by progressive central blurring/loss of vision and have limited therapeutic options to date. Drusen accumulation causing retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell damage is the hallmark of AMD pathogenesis, in which oxidative stress and inflammation are the well-known molecular mechanisms. However, the underlying mechanisms of how RPE responds when exposed to drusen are still poorly understood. Programmed cell death (PCD) plays an important role in cellular responses to stress and the regulation of homeostasis and diseases. Apart from the classical apoptosis, recent studies also discovered novel PCD pathways such as pyroptosis, necroptosis, and ferroptosis, which may contribute to RPE cell death in AMD. This evidence may yield new treatment targets for AMD. In this review, we summarized and analyzed recent advances on the association between novel PCD and AMD, proposing PCD's role as a therapeutic new target for future AMD treatment.

Indexed as

AgingApoptosisBevacizumabEpithelial CellsFerroptosisHumansMacular DegenerationNecroptosisOxidative StressPhotochemotherapyPhotosensitizing AgentsPyroptosisRanibizumabRetinal DrusenRetinal Pigment EpitheliumStem Cell TransplantationBevacizumabPhotosensitizing AgentsRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, humanVerteporfincell damagehomeostasisocular stressretinavision

Identifiers

PMID33019767
PMCPMC7582463
OpenAlexW3091177712

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