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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Dysregulated Tear Film Proteins in Macular Edema Due to the Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Are Involved in the Regulation of Protein Clearance, Inflammation, and Neovascularization.

Mateusz Winiarczyk, Dagmara Winiarczyk, Katarzyna Michalak, Kai Kaarniranta, Łukasz Adaszek, Stanisław Winiarczyk, Jerzy Mackiewicz

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Tear fluid proteomics: a comparative study of DIA and DDA mass spectrometry.Journal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab · 2025
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  5. Rekindling Vision: Innovative Strategies for Treating Retinal Degeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Changes in Tear Proteomic Profile in Ocular Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mateusz WiniarczykDepartment of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical University of Lublin, 20-079 Lublin, Poland.
Dagmara WiniarczykDepartment of Epizootiology, University of Life Sciences of Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1257-869X
Katarzyna MichalakDepartment of Epizootiology, University of Life Sciences of Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland.
Kai KaarnirantaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
Łukasz AdaszekDepartment of Epizootiology, University of Life Sciences of Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland.
Stanisław WiniarczykDepartment of Epizootiology, University of Life Sciences of Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8468-2154
Jerzy MackiewiczDepartment of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical University of Lublin, 20-079 Lublin, Poland.
University of Life Sciences in Lublin · PLMedical University of Lublin · PLUniversity of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2016/23/N/NZ5/02576Narodowe Centrum Nauki UMO-2017/25/N/NZ5/01875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macular edema and its further complications due to the leakage from the choroidal neovascularization in course of the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness among elderly individuals in developed countries. Changes in tear film proteomic composition have been reported to occur in various ophthalmic and systemic diseases. There is an evidence that the acute form of neovascular AMD may be reflected in the tear film composition. Tear film was collected with Schirmer strips from patients with neovascular AMD and sex- and age-matched control patients. Two-dimensional electrophoresis was performed followed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for identification of differentially expressed proteins. Quantitative analysis of the differential electrophoretic spots was performed with Delta2D software. Altogether, 11 significantly differentially expressed proteins were identified; of those, 8 were downregulated, and 3 were upregulated in the tear film of neovascular AMD patients. The differentially expressed proteins identified in tear film were involved in signaling pathways associated with impaired protein clearance, persistent inflammation, and neovascularization. Tear film protein analysis is a novel way to screen AMD-related biomarkers.

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age-related macular degenerationAMDneovascular AMDneovascularizationprotein clearanceproteomicstear filmtear film proteome

Identifiers

PMID34300228
PMCPMC8307956
OpenAlexW3179671944

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