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ArticleMolecular pharmacology2021

Protective Effects of Flavonoids in Acute Models of Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration.

Joseph T Ortega, Tanu Parmar, Marcin Golczak, Beata Jastrzebska

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Article in Molecular pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph T OrtegaDepartment of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Tanu ParmarDepartment of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Marcin GolczakDepartment of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Beata JastrzebskaDepartment of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio bxj27@case.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5209-8685
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE AND HYBRIDOMA MODULEP30EY011373 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Irina A Pikuleva · 1997 to 2026
$17.7M
Regulation of vitamin A metabolism in the eyeR01EY023948 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLCZAK, MARCIN BERNARD · 2014 to 2023
$3.8M
Non-hydrolysable analogs of retinal chromophore; potential new therapeutics to prevent retinal degenerationR01EY025214 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI JASTRZEBSKA, BEATA · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY011373NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023948NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degeneration of photoreceptors caused by excessive illumination, inherited mutations, or aging is the principal pathology of blinding diseases. Pharmacological compounds that stabilize the visual receptor rhodopsin and modulate the cellular pathways triggering death of photoreceptors could avert this pathology. Interestingly, flavonoids can modulate the cellular processes, such as oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, and apoptosis, that are activated during retinal degeneration. As we found previously, flavonoids also bind directly to unliganded rod opsin, enhancing its folding, stability, and regeneration. In addition, flavonoids stimulate rhodopsin gene expression. Thus, we evaluated the effect of two main dietary flavonoids, quercetin and myricetin, in ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 4

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AnimalsElectroretinographyFemaleFlavonoidsMaleMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeuroprotective AgentsPhotic StimulationRetinal DegenerationFlavonoidsNeuroprotective Agents

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PMID33154094
PMCPMC7736834
OpenAlexW3094706444

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