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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Potential of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Janusz Blasiak, Juha M T Hyttinen, Joanna Szczepanska, Elzbieta Pawlowska, Kai Kaarniranta

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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.

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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Janusz BlasiakDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9539-9584
Juha M T HyttinenDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3414-4032
Joanna SzczepanskaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Lodz, 92-216 Lodz, Poland.
Elzbieta PawlowskaDepartment of Orthodontics, Medical University of Lodz, 92-217 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5373-4783
Kai KaarnirantaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2600-8679
Medical University of Lodz · PLUniversity of Eastern Finland · FIUniversity of Łódź · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment in the aging population with poorly known pathogenesis and lack of effective treatment. Age and family history are the strongest AMD risk factors, and several loci were identified to contribute to AMD. Recently, also the epigenetic profile was associated with AMD, and some long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) were shown to involve in AMD pathogenesis. The Vax2os1/2 (ventral anterior homeobox 2 opposite strand isoform 1) lncRNAs may modulate the balance between pro- and anti-angiogenic factors in the eye contributing to wet AMD. The stress-induced dedifferentiation of retinal pigment epithelium cells can be inhibited by the ZNF503-AS1 (zinc finger protein 503 antisense RNA 2) and LINC00167 lncRNAs. Overexpression of the PWRN2 (Prader-Willi region non-protein-coding RNA 2) lncRNA aggravated RPE cells apoptosis and mitochondrial impairment induced by oxidative stress. Several other lncRNAs were reported to exert protective or detrimental effects in AMD. However, many studies are limited to an association between lncRNA and AMD in patients or model systems with bioinformatics. Therefore, further works on lncRNAs in AMD are rational, and they should be enriched with mechanistic and clinical studies to validate conclusions obtained in high-throughput in vitro research.

Indexed as

AnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticHumansMacular DegenerationRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Long Noncodingage-related macular degenerationAMDepigenetic regulationlong non-coding RNAmicro RNAoxidative stress-induced dedifferentiation

Identifiers

PMID34502084
PMCPMC8431062
OpenAlexW3196013981

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