Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37887287›Full record

ReviewCells2023

Assessment of Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier: Animal Models and Methods.

Kiran Bora, Neetu Kushwah, Meenakshi Maurya, Madeline C Pavlovich, Zhongxiao Wang, Jing Chen

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kiran BoraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Neetu KushwahDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Meenakshi MauryaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Madeline C PavlovichDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Zhongxiao WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jing ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

RORalpha mediates chronic subretinal inflammation associated with AMDR01EY024963 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, JING · 2015 to 2025
$4.2M
Regulation of RPE degeneration by REV-ERBalphaR01EY031765 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JING CHEN · 2020 to 2026
$2.7M
Wnt signaling-mediated control of blood-retinal barrierR01EY028100 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, JING · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
NEI NIH HHS EY028100, EY031765, and EY024963NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024963NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028100NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proper functioning of the neural retina relies on the unique retinal environment regulated by the blood-retinal barrier (BRB), which restricts the passage of solutes, fluids, and toxic substances. BRB impairment occurs in many retinal vascular diseases and the breakdown of BRB significantly contributes to disease pathology. Understanding the different molecular constituents and signaling pathways involved in BRB development and maintenance is therefore crucial in developing treatment modalities. This review summarizes the major molecular signaling pathways involved in inner BRB (iBRB) formation and maintenance, and representative animal models of eye diseases with retinal vascular leakage. Studies on Wnt/β-catenin signaling are highlighted, which is critical for retinal and brain vascular angiogenesis and barriergenesis. Moreover, multiple in vivo and in vitro methods for the detection and analysis of vascular leakage are described, along with their advantages and limitations. These pre-clinical animal models and methods for assessing iBRB provide valuable experimental tools in delineating the molecular mechanisms of retinal vascular diseases and evaluating therapeutic drugs.

Indexed as

Retinal DiseasesVascular DiseasesAnimalsBlood-Retinal BarrierModels, AnimalRetinaanimal modelsblood–retinal barrierleakage assaysvascular leakageWnt/β-catenin signaling

Identifiers

PMID37887287
PMCPMC10605292
OpenAlexW4387571396

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