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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

A Potential New Role for Zinc in Age-Related Macular Degeneration through Regulation of Endothelial Fenestration.

Fiona Cunningham, Sabrina Cahyadi, Imre Lengyel

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Article 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 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Zinc in eye health, retinal biology and disease.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2025
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  4. Consequences of Disturbing Manganese Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fiona CunninghamWellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Sabrina CahyadiUCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
Imre LengyelWellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7467-2174
Queen's University Belfast · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Bill Brown Charitable Trust Senior Research FellowshipFight for Sight Mercer FundMoorfields Eye Charity Special Trustees
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common blinding disease in the western world that is linked to the loss of fenestration in the choriocapillaris that sustains the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors in the back of the eye. Changes in ocular and systemic zinc concentrations have been associated with AMD; therefore, we hypothesized that these changes might be directly involved in fenestrae formation. To test this hypothesis, an endothelial cell (bEND.5) model for fenestrae formation was treated with different concentrations of zinc sulfate (ZnSO

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedChoroidEndothelial CellsMacular DegenerationMembrane ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPhotoreceptor CellsRetinal Pigment EpitheliumZincMembrane ProteinsPlvap protein, mouseZincage-related macular degenerationchoroidfenestrationPV-1zinc

Identifiers

PMID34769404
PMCPMC8584935
OpenAlexW3209494338

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