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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2023

Perspectives on Retinal Dolichol Metabolism, and Visual Deficits in Dolichol Metabolism-Associated Inherited Disorders.

Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, Steven J Pittler, Steven J Fliesler

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Sriganesh Ramachandra RaoDepartments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, and Neuroscience Graduate Program, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Steven J PittlerDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Steven J FlieslerDepartments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, and Neuroscience Graduate Program, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA. fliesler@buffalo.edu.
VA Western New York Healthcare System · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

De novo synthesis of dolichol (Dol) and dolichyl phosphate (Dol-P) is essential for protein glycosylation. Herein, we provide a brief overview of Dol and Dol-P synthesis and the maintenance of their cellular content. Retinal Dol metabolism and the requirement of Dol-linked oligosaccharide synthesis in the neural retina also are discussed. There are recently discovered and an emerging class of rare congenital disorders that affect Dol metabolism, involving the genes DHDDS, NUS1, SRD5A3, and DOLK. Further understanding of these congenital disorders is evolving, based upon studies utilizing yeast and murine models, as well as clinical reports of these rare disorders. We summarize the known visual deficits associated with Dol metabolism disorders, and identify the need for generation and characterization of suitable animal models of these disorders to elucidate the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms of the associated retinopathies.

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DolicholsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAnimalsGlycosylationMiceOligosaccharidesRetinaDolicholsOligosaccharidesDHDDSDolicholDolichyl phosphateDOLKDOLPP1NUS1Protein glycosylationRetinitis pigmentosaSRD5A3Vision defects

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PMID37440071
OpenAlexW4384126636

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