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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

The Role of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Regulation of Macrophages/Microglial Cells in Retinal Immunobiology.

Andrew W Taylor, Samuel Hsu, Tat Fong Ng

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 60 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.

Andrew W TaylorDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Samuel HsuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Tat Fong NgDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Boston University · US

Funding

Manipulation of Immunity to Treat UveitisR01EY025961 · NEI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI TAYLOR, ANDREW W · 2016 to 2023
$3.3M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025961
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ocular tissue microenvironment is immune privileged and uses several mechanisms of immunosuppression to prevent the induction of inflammation. Besides being a blood-barrier and source of photoreceptor nutrients, the retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) regulate the activity of immune cells within the retina. These mechanisms involve the expression of immunomodulating molecules that make macrophages and microglial cells suppress inflammation and promote immune tolerance. The RPE have an important role in ocular immune privilege to regulate the behavior of immune cells within the retina. Reviewed is the current understanding of how RPE mediate this regulation and the changes seen under pathological conditions.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmune ToleranceMacrophagesMiceMicrogliaRetinaRetinal Pigment EpitheliumTransplantation, HomologousTransplantation Immunologyimmune toleranceocular immune privilegeretinal immunobiologyretinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE)suppressor macrophages

Identifiers

PMID34484232
PMCPMC8414138
OpenAlexW3193651187

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