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ReviewThe American journal of pathology2023

The Role of Gut Microbiota in Glaucoma Progression and Other Retinal Diseases.

Julie Chen, Dong Feng Chen, Kin-Sang Cho

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Review in The American journal of pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Microbiome-based therapeutics for ocular diseases.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2025
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  13. Meeting Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. A Narrative Review on the Advance of Probiotics to Metabiotics.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Julie ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dong Feng ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dongfeng_chen@meei.harvard.edu.
Kin-Sang ChoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003790 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Patricia Ann D'Amore · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
Innate and Adaptive Immunity in the Pathogenesis of GlaucomaR01EY031696 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Dong Feng Chen, Jianzhu Chen · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
Histone and DNA methyltransferases in optic nerve regenerationR21EY033882 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHEN, DONG FENG · 2022 to 2023
$542k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003790NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031696NEI NIH HHS R21 EY033882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a rapidly growing field, microbiota research offers novel approaches to promoting ocular health and treating major retinal diseases, such as glaucoma. Gut microbiota changes throughout life; however, certain patterns of population changes have been increasingly associated with specific diseases. It has been well established that a disrupted microbiome contributes to central nervous system diseases, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, and glioma, suggesting a prominent role of microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases. This review summarizes the progress in identifying significant changes in the microbial composition of patients with glaucoma by compiling studies on the association between microbiota and disease progression. Of interest is the relationship between increased Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, increased taurocholic acid, decreased glutathione, and a reduction in retinal ganglion cell survival. Connecting these microbes to specific metabolites sheds light on the pathogenic mechanism and novel treatment strategies. In summary, the current review synthesizes the findings of several studies investigating the effects of shifting bacterial population in retinal diseases, particularly glaucoma, with the aim to identify the current direction of treatment and help direct future endeavors.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeGlaucomaGlaucoma, Open-AngleRetinal DiseasesHumansRetinal Ganglion Cells

Identifiers

PMID37490970
PMCPMC10616709
OpenAlexW4385173874

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