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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Role of Inflammation in Retinal Neurodegeneration and Degenerative Diseases.

Geetika Kaur, Nikhlesh K Singh

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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 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 88 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geetika KaurIntegrative Biosciences Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Nikhlesh K SinghIntegrative Biosciences Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3665-6023
Wayne State University · US

Funding

CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF PATHOLOGICAL RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATIONR01EY029709 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SINGH, NIKHLESH KUMAR · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029709NIH HHS EY029709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal neurodegeneration is predominantly reported as the apoptosis or impaired function of the photoreceptors. Retinal degeneration is a major causative factor of irreversible vision loss leading to blindness. In recent years, retinal degenerative diseases have been investigated and many genes and genetic defects have been elucidated by many of the causative factors. An enormous amount of research has been performed to determine the pathogenesis of retinal degenerative conditions and to formulate the treatment modalities that are the critical requirements in this current scenario. Encouraging results have been obtained using gene therapy. We provide a narrative review of the various studies performed to date on the role of inflammation in human retinal degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, inherited retinal dystrophies, retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt macular dystrophy, and Leber congenital amaurosis. In addition, we have highlighted the pivotal role of various inflammatory mechanisms in the progress of retinal degeneration. This review also offers an assessment of various therapeutic approaches, including gene-therapies and stem-cell-based therapies, for degenerative retinal diseases.

Indexed as

HumansInflammationInterleukin-1Models, BiologicalNerve DegenerationOxidative StressRetinal DegenerationInterleukin-1AMDretinaretinal degeneration

Identifiers

PMID35008812
PMCPMC8745623
OpenAlexW4205817815

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