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ReviewCell and tissue research2022

Subretinal fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: current concepts, therapeutic avenues, and future perspectives.

Louis Tenbrock, Julian Wolf, Stefaniya Boneva, Anja Schlecht, Hansjürgen Agostini, Peter Wieghofer, Günther Schlunck, Clemens Lange

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Review in Cell and tissue research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Long-term analysis of fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: A 7-year follow-up.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  11. Fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO) of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration before and after treatment with intravitreal ranibizumab.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  20. Management of fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors.

Louis TenbrockEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Julian WolfEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Stefaniya BonevaEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Anja SchlechtEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Hansjürgen AgostiniEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Peter WieghoferInstitute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Günther SchlunckEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Clemens LangeEye Center, Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. clemens.lange@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-6823

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive, degenerative disease of the human retina which in its most aggressive form is associated with the formation of macular neovascularization (MNV) and subretinal fibrosis leading to irreversible blindness. MNVs contain blood vessels as well as infiltrating immune cells, myofibroblasts, and excessive amounts of extracellular matrix proteins such as collagens, fibronectin, and laminin which disrupts retinal function and triggers neurodegeneration. In the mammalian retina, damaged neurons cannot be replaced by tissue regeneration, and subretinal MNV and fibrosis persist and thus fuel degeneration and visual loss. This review provides an overview of subretinal fibrosis in neovascular AMD, by summarizing its clinical manifestations, exploring the current understanding of the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms and discussing potential therapeutic approaches to inhibit subretinal fibrosis in the future.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsWet Macular DegenerationAnimalsFibrosisHumansMammalsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAge-related macular degenerationchoroidal neovascularizationDegenerative diseaseHuman retinamacular neovascularizationscar formationSubretinal fibrosis

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PMID34477966
PMCPMC8975778

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