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ReviewCells2021

Harnessing Astrocytes and Müller Glial Cells in the Retina for Survival and Regeneration of Retinal Ganglion Cells.

Hyung-Suk Yoo, Ushananthini Shanmugalingam, Patrice D Smith

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hyung-Suk YooDepartment of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
Ushananthini ShanmugalingamDepartment of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1252-8043
Patrice D SmithDepartment of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
Carleton University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes have been associated with the failure of axon regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS), as it undergoes reactive gliosis in response to damages to the CNS and functions as a chemical and physical barrier to axon regeneration. However, beneficial roles of astrocytes have been extensively studied in the spinal cord over the years, and a growing body of evidence now suggests that inducing astrocytes to become more growth-supportive can promote axon regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI). In retina, astrocytes and Müller cells are known to undergo reactive gliosis after damage to retina and/or optic nerve and are hypothesized to be either detrimental or beneficial to survival and axon regeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Whether they can be induced to become more growth-supportive after retinal and optic nerve injury has yet to be determined. In this review, we pinpoint the potential molecular pathways involved in the induction of growth-supportive astrocytes in the spinal cord and suggest that stimulating the activation of these pathways in the retina could represent a new therapeutic approach to promoting survival and axon regeneration of RGCs in retinal degenerative diseases.

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AnimalsAstrocytesCell LineHumansNerve RegenerationOptic Nerve InjuriesRetinal DegenerationRetinal Ganglion CellsSpinal Cord Injuriesastrocytesepidermal growth factormacrogliaMüller cellsoptic nerve crushretinal ganglion cellssignal transducer and activator of transcription 3spinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID34071545
PMCPMC8229010
OpenAlexW3165294998

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