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ReviewMolecular aspects of medicine2022

Proteostasis in aging-associated ocular disease.

Jasper Weinberg, Mohita Gaur, Anand Swaroop, Allen Taylor

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Review in Molecular aspects of medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Ocular Lymphatics in Health and Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  13. Aging and lung diseases: Unraveling mechanisms and therapeutic targets.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025
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  20. Melatonin and retinal cell damage: molecular and biological functions.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jasper WeinbergLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Mohita GaurNeurobiology, Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Anand SwaroopNeurobiology, Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Allen TaylorLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. Electronic address: allen.taylor@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · USNational Eye Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Regulation of retinal developmentZIAEY000450 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI SWAROOP, ANAND · 2009 to 2025
$71.0M
Mechanisms, modeling and therapies of retinal and macular neurodegenerationZIAEY000546 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI SWAROOP, ANAND · 2015 to 2025
$36.3M
Mechanistically linking AMD, glycemic index and protein homeostasisR01EY028559 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2018 to 2022
$1.5M
Ubiquitin function in eye lensR01EY026979 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2016 to 2018
$1.2M
Mechanistically linking AMD, glycemic index and protein homeostasisR01EY021212 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2011 to 2013
$1.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EY000450Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EY000546NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021212NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026979NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vision impairment has devastating consequences for the quality of human life. The cells and tissues associated with the visual process must function throughout one's life span and maintain homeostasis despite exposure to a variety of insults. Maintenance of the proteome is termed proteostasis, and is vital for normal cellular functions, especially at an advanced age. Here we describe basic aspects of proteostasis, from protein synthesis and folding to degradation, and discuss the current status of the field with a particular focus on major age-related eye diseases: age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and glaucoma. Our intent is to allow vision scientists to determine where and how to harness the proteostatic machinery for extending functional homeostasis in the aging retina, lens, and trabecular meshwork. Several common themes have emerged despite these tissues having vastly different metabolisms. Continued exposure to insults, including chronic stress with advancing age, increases proteostatic burden and reduces the fidelity of the degradation machineries including the ubiquitin-proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome systems that recognize and remove damaged proteins. This "double jeopardy" results in an exponential accumulation of cytotoxic proteins with advancing age. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges in maintaining an appropriate balance of protein synthesis and degradation pathways, and suggest that harnessing proteostatic capacities should provide new opportunities to design interventions for attenuating age-related eye diseases before they limit sight.

Indexed as

Eye DiseasesProteostasisAgingAutophagyHumansProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexAge-related macular degenerationAgingAutophagyCataractDevelopmentDiabetesGlaucomaLensNutritionRetinaRetinopathyUbiquitin-proteasome system

Identifiers

PMID36459837
PMCPMC9742340
OpenAlexW4310346574

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