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ReviewEye (London, England)2023

Optical coherence tomography as retinal imaging biomarker of neuroinflammation/neurodegeneration in systemic disorders in adults and children.

Stela Vujosevic, M Margarita Parra, M Elizabeth Hartnett, Louise O'Toole, Alessia Nuzzi, Celeste Limoli, Edoardo Villani, Paolo Nucci

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. [Neurodegeneration and retinal changes-A literature overview].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stela VujosevicDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. stela.vujosevic@unimi.it.
M Margarita ParraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
M Elizabeth HartnettDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Louise O'TooleDepartment of Ophthalmology Mater Private Network, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4851-0918
Alessia NuzziEye Clinic, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3929-175X
Celeste LimoliEye Clinic, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.
Edoardo VillaniEye Clinic, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.
Paolo NucciDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
University of Milan · ITUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

University of Utah, Core Vision Research GrantP30EY014800 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Bryan William Jones · 2005 to 2026
$14.6M
Endothelial Transmigration in Neovascular Age-related Macular DegenerationR01EY017011 · NEI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARTNETT, MARY ELIZABETH RUTH · 2007 to 2025
$7.7M
Mechanisms of Angiogenesis of Retinopathy of PrematurityR01EY015130 · NEI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Mary Elizabeth Ruth Hartnett · 2005 to 2026
$7.6M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014800NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015130NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The retina and the optic nerve are considered extensions of the central nervous system (CNS) and thus can serve as the window for evaluation of CNS disorders. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows for detailed evaluation of the retina and the optic nerve. OCT can non-invasively document changes in single retina layer thickness and structure due to neuronal and retinal glial cells (RGC) modifications in systemic and local inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. These can include evaluation of retinal nerve fibre layer and ganglion cell complex, hyper-reflective retinal spots (HRS, sign of activated microglial cells in the retina), subfoveal neuroretinal detachment, disorganization of the inner retinal layers (DRIL), thickness and integrity of the outer retinal layers and choroidal thickness. This review paper will report the most recent data on the use of OCT as a non invasive imaging biomarker for evaluation of the most common systemic neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative/neurocognitive disorders in the adults and in paediatric population. In the adult population the main focus will be on diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, optic neuromyelitis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis, Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease and schizophrenia. In the paediatric population, demyelinating diseases, lysosomal storage diseases, Nieman Pick type C disease, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, human immunodeficiency virus, leukodystrophies spinocerebellar ataxia will be addressed.

Indexed as

Neuromyelitis OpticaTomography, Optical CoherenceAdultBiomarkersChildHumansNeuroinflammatory DiseasesRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID35428871
PMCPMC9012155
OpenAlexW4224029115

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