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ReviewLipids in health and disease2020

Emerging insights into the relationship between hyperlipidemia and the risk of diabetic retinopathy.

Yuyu Chou, Jin Ma, Xin Su, Yong Zhong

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Review in Lipids in health and disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.7field-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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuyu ChouDepartment, of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jin MaDepartment, of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xin SuDepartment of Cardiology, The Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, 363001, Fujian, China. 13875905699@163.com.
Yong ZhongDepartment, of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China. zhongy_pumch@126.com.
Peking Union Medical College Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNXiamen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia is correlated with a series of health problems. Notably, aside from its established role in promoting cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, hyperlipidemia has also been considered for modulating the risk and the severity of multiple metabolic disorders. According to the results of epidemiologic investigations, several certain circulating lipoprotein species are correlated with the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, suggesting that the physiological and pathological role of these lipoproteins is analogous to that observed in cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, the lipid-lowering treatments, particularly using statin and fibrate, have been demonstrated to ameliorate diabetic retinopathy. Thereby, current focus is shifting towards implementing the protective strategies of diabetic retinopathy and elucidating the potential underlying mechanisms. However, it is worth noting that the relationship between major serum cholesterol species and the development of diabetic retinopathy, published by other studies, was inconsistent and overall modest, revealing the relationship is still not clarified. In this review, the current understanding of hyperlipidemia in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy was summarized and the novel insights into the potential mechanisms whereby hyperlipidemia modulates diabetic retinopathy were put forward.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic RetinopathyHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHyperlipidemiasLipidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLipidsDiabetic retinopathyFibrateHyperlipidemiaInflammationLipid-lowering treatmentLipid profilesPathophysiologyStatin

Identifiers

PMID33213461
PMCPMC7677820
OpenAlexW3104880434

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