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ArticleVisual neuroscience2021

The neuroscience of diabetic retinopathy.

David A Antonetti

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Article in Visual neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Regulation of Glutathione Peroxidase 4 in Diabetic Retinopathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David A AntonettiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-1130-6577
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Unraveling the role of tPA in the neurovascular unitR01HL055374 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI David Antonetti, Daniel A Lawrence · 1995 to 2026
$8.6M
MECHANISMS OF RETINAL VASCULAR PERMEABILITY IN DIABETESR01EY012021 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ANTONETTI, DAVID · 1998 to 2024
$8.6M
Inflammatory Resolution and Vascular Restoration in Diabetic RetinopathyR01EY029349 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ABCOUWER, STEVEN F, ANTONETTI, DAVID · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012021NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029349NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL055374NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy remains a leading cause of blindness despite recent advance in therapies. Traditionally, this complication of diabetes was viewed predominantly as a microvascular disease but research has pointed to alterations in ganglion cells, glia, microglia, and photoreceptors as well, often occurring without obvious vascular damage. In neural tissue, the microvasculature and neural tissue form an intimate relationship with the neural tissue providing signaling cues for the vessels to form a distinct barrier that helps to maintain the proper neuronal environment for synaptic signaling. This relationship has been termed the neurovascular unit (NVU). Research is now focused on understanding the cellular and molecular basis of the neurovascular unit and how diabetes alters the normal cellular communications and disrupts the cellular environment contributing to loss of vision in diabetes.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyHumansNeuronsSignal TransductionBlood-Retinal BarrierDiabetesNeurovascular UnitRetina

Identifiers

PMID33455601
PMCPMC8118389
OpenAlexW3124546661

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