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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2021

Gene-Based Therapeutics for Acquired Retinal Disease: Opportunities and Progress.

Tien-En Tan, Beau James Fenner, Veluchamy Amutha Barathi, Sai Bo Bo Tun, Yeo Sia Wey, Andrew Shih Hsiang Tsai, Xinyi Su, Shu Yen Lee, Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung, Tien Yin Wong and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Surgical Approaches to Retinal Gene Therapy: 2025 Update.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Recombinant adeno-associated virus as a delivery platform for ocular gene therapy: A comprehensive review.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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  8. Cell-cell interaction in the pathogenesis of inherited retinal diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  12. Diagnostic Challenges inDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  15. Diabetic retinopathy: Looking forward to 2030.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tien-En TanSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Beau James FennerSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Veluchamy Amutha BarathiSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Sai Bo Bo TunSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Yeo Sia WeySingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Andrew Shih Hsiang TsaiSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Xinyi SuSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Shu Yen LeeSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Chui Ming Gemmy CheungSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Tien Yin WongSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Jodhbir Singh MehtaSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Kelvin Yi Chong TeoSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Singapore Eye Research Institute · SGSingapore National Eye Center · SGNational University of Singapore · SGInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acquired retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy rank among the leading causes of blindness and visual loss worldwide. Effective treatments for these conditions are available, but often have a high treatment burden, and poor compliance can lead to disappointing real-world outcomes. Development of new treatment strategies that provide more durable treatment effects could help to address some of these unmet needs. Gene-based therapeutics, pioneered for the treatment of monogenic inherited retinal disease, are being actively investigated as new treatments for acquired retinal disease. There are significant advantages to the application of gene-based therapeutics in acquired retinal disease, including the presence of established therapeutic targets and common pathophysiologic pathways between diseases, the lack of genotype-specificity required, and the larger potential treatment population per therapy. Different gene-based therapeutic strategies have been attempted, including gene augmentation therapy to induce

Indexed as

diabetic macular edema (DME)diabetic retinopathy (DR)gene therapygenome editinggeographic atrophy (GA)neovascular age related macular degeneration (nAMD)ocular biofactoryretinal vascular disease

Identifiers

PMID34950193
PMCPMC8688942
OpenAlexW4200285320

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