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ArticleBiomedicines2022

Minocycline Inhibits Microglial Activation and Improves Visual Function in a Chronic Model of Age-Related Retinal Degeneration.

Xuan Du, Eimear M Byrne, Mei Chen, Heping Xu

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Minocycline treatment reduces the activation of mononuclear phagocytes and improves retinal function in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xuan DuThe Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Eimear M ByrneThe Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5064-3539
Mei ChenThe Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5661-1386
Heping XuThe Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4000-931X

Funding

China Scholarship Council XDFight for Sight 1361/1362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic disease, which progresses slowly from early to late stages over many years. Inflammation critically contributes to the pathogenesis of AMD. Here, we investigated the therapeutic potential of minocycline in a chronic model of AMD (i.e., the

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ageingage-related macular degenerationimmunomodulationinflammationneurodegenerationneuroprotection

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PMID36551980
PMCPMC9775078

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