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ReviewAnnual review of vision science2021

Impact of Photoreceptor Loss on Retinal Circuitry.

Joo Yeun Lee, Rachel A Care, Luca Della Santina, Felice A Dunn

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Review in Annual review of vision science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joo Yeun LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA; email: Jooyeun.Lee@ucsf.edu, Rachel.Care@ucsf.edu, Luca.DellaSantina@ucsf.edu, Felice.Dunn@ucsf.edu.
Rachel A CareDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA; email: Jooyeun.Lee@ucsf.edu, Rachel.Care@ucsf.edu, Luca.DellaSantina@ucsf.edu, Felice.Dunn@ucsf.edu.
Luca Della SantinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA; email: Jooyeun.Lee@ucsf.edu, Rachel.Care@ucsf.edu, Luca.DellaSantina@ucsf.edu, Felice.Dunn@ucsf.edu.
Felice A DunnDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA; email: Jooyeun.Lee@ucsf.edu, Rachel.Care@ucsf.edu, Luca.DellaSantina@ucsf.edu, Felice.Dunn@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Rapid-Prototyping and Design CoreP30EY002162 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LAMBA, DEEPAK ASHOK · 1985 to 2024
$16.8M
Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of compensation following loss of cone inputs in the mature retinaR01EY029772 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Felice A Dunn · 2019 to 2026
$3.7M
Thresholds, sites, and contributions of circuit compensation following rod photoreceptorloss in mature retinaR01EY030136 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DUNN, FELICE A · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002162NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029772NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our sense of sight relies on photoreceptors, which transduce photons into the nervous system's electrochemical interpretation of the visual world. These precious photoreceptors can be disrupted by disease, injury, and aging. Once photoreceptors start to die, but before blindness occurs, the remaining retinal circuitry can withstand, mask, or exacerbate the photoreceptor deficit and potentially be receptive to newfound therapies for vision restoration. To maximize the retina's receptivity to therapy, one must understand the conditions that influence the state of the remaining retina. In this review, we provide an overview of the retina's structure and function in health and disease. We analyze a collection of observations on photoreceptor disruption and generate a predictive model to identify parameters that influence the retina's response. Finally, we speculate on whether the retina, with its remarkable capacity to function over light levels spanning nine orders of magnitude, uses these same adaptational mechanisms to withstand and perhaps mask photoreceptor loss.

Indexed as

Photoreceptor CellsRetinadegenerationphotoreceptorsretinaretinal disease

Identifiers

PMID34524879
PMCPMC8711296
OpenAlexW3200134917

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Registered trials

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