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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2023

The cGAS-STING pathway in diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

Bo Hu, Jian-Xing Ma, Adam S Duerfeldt

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Neuroinflammation in glaucoma: a myriad of cellular pathways and players.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  3. Molecular stress and neurovascular injury in the diabetic retina.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo HuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6613-3872
Jian-Xing MaDepartment of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8815-1716
Adam S DuerfeldtDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3130-9890
University of Minnesota · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

A new pathogenic mechanism for diabetic retinopathyR01EY019309 · NEI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Jian-Xing Jay Ma · 2009 to 2026
$6.1M
Small Molecule PPAR-alpha Agonism as a Novel Approach to Treat Eye Vascular DiseasesR01EY030472 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI DUERFELDT, ADAM SCOTT · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
cGAS-STING signaling in diabetic retinopathyR01EY033330 · NEI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Jian-Xing Jay Ma, Yusuke Takahashi · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019309NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030472NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033330
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are common retinal diseases with shared pathophysiology, including oxidative stress-induced inflammation. Cellular mechanisms responsible for converting oxidative stress into retinal damage are ill-defined but have begun to clarify. One common outcome of retinal oxidative stress is mitochondrial damage and subsequent release of mitochondrial DNA into the cytosol. This leads to activation of the cGAS-STING pathway, resulting in interferon release and disease-amplifying inflammation. This review summarizes the evolving link between aberrant cGAS-STING signaling and inflammation in common retinal diseases and provides prospective for targeting this system in diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Further defining the roles of this system in the retina is expected to reveal new disease pathology and novel therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyMacular DegenerationRetinal DiseasesHumansInflammationNucleotidyltransferasesProspective StudiesNucleotidyltransferasesage-related macular degenerationcGAS–STINGcytokine releasediabetic retinopathyinflammasome activationinflammationinnate immune responseoxidative stressretinal damage

Identifiers

PMID37166075
PMCPMC10194038
OpenAlexW4376132416

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