Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33450870›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Role of Endogenous Antimicrobial Peptides in Modulating Innate Immunity of the Ocular Surface in Dry Eye Diseases.

Youssof Eshac, Rachel L Redfern, Vinay Kumar Aakalu

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Visual analysis of research trends in diabetes-associated dry eyeInternational journal of ophthalmology · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Transmembrane Mucin 1 Blocks Fluorescein Ingress to Corneal Epithelium.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2022
    Article
  14. Article
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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Youssof EshacFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21131, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7012-1076
Rachel L RedfernThe Ocular Surface Institute, College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Vinay Kumar AakaluDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Alexandria University · EGUniversity of Houston · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Translational Core for Therapeutic and Diagnostic DevelopmentP30EY001792 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCANANY, JAMES JASON · 1985 to 2025
$14.8M
Novel Treatments for Ocular Surface DiseasesR01EY029409 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI AAKALU, VINAY · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Novel Treatments for Modulation of Innate Immunity in Veteran Related Eye DiseasesI01BX004080 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI AAKALU, VINAY · 2019 to 2023
–
BLRD VA I01 BX004080NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001792NEI NIH HHS P30EY001792NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029409NEI NIH HHS R01EY029409Research to Prevent Blindness n/aU.S. Department of Defense W81XWH-17-1-0122U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs I01BX004080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ocular surface has the challenging responsibility of maintaining a clear moist refractive surface while protecting the eye from exogenous pathogens and the environment. Homeostasis of the ocular surface, including its innate immune components, is altered in ocular surface disease states. In this review, we focus on antimicrobial peptides and the role they play in the immune response of the ocular surface during healthy states and dry eye diseases. Antimicrobial peptides are of special interest to the study of the ocular surface because of their various roles that include microbial threat neutralization, wound healing, and immune modulation. This review explores current literature on antimicrobial peptides in ocular surface diseases and discusses their therapeutic potential in ocular surface diseases and dry eye.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateImmunomodulationAnimalsBiomarkersBiosynthetic PathwaysCorneaDefensinsDisease ManagementDisease SusceptibilityDry Eye SyndromesGene ExpressionHumansPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsProtein TransportToll-Like ReceptorsBiomarkersDefensinsPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsToll-Like Receptorsantimicrobial peptidedry eye diseaseinnate immune systemocular surface disease

Identifiers

PMID33450870
PMCPMC7828360
OpenAlexW3120397077

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.