Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38504518›Full record

ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2024

SOCS3 regulates pathological retinal angiogenesis through modulating SPP1 expression in microglia and macrophages.

Tianxi Wang, Satoshi Kaneko, Emil Kriukov, David Alvarez, Enton Lam, Yidi Wang, Sara La Manna, Daniela Marasco, Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, S Alex Mitsialis and 8 more

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Monocyte-derived exosomal periostin driven by histone lactylation contributes to retinal neovascularization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Single-cell analysis identifies MKI67Journal of translational medicine · 2025
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
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

18 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Tianxi WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Satoshi KanekoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Emil KriukovDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
David AlvarezDepartment of Immunology and HMS Center for Immune Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Enton LamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yidi WangDepartment of Immunology and HMS Center for Immune Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Sara La MannaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Daniela MarascoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Angeles Fernandez-GonzalezDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
S Alex MitsialisDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stella KourembanasDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Andreas StahlDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Mei ChenCentre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Heping XuCentre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Petr BaranovDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Guoshuai CaiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Ulrich H von AndrianDepartment of Immunology and HMS Center for Immune Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Ye SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: ye.sun@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · USQueen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Visual Phenotyping CoreP30EY003039 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Paul Douglas Gamlin · 1985 to 2026
$16.9M
Genetic Analysis and Manipulation Core (GAEC)P50HD105351 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Hisashi Umemori · 2021 to 2026
$9.4M
Retinal Ganglion Cell Replacement in Clinically Relevant Models of Optic NeuropathyU24EY029893 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BARANOV, PETR, REX, TONIA S · 2018 to 2022
$7.2M
MSC Exosome Treatment for BPD: Impact on Immunity and Lung DevelopmentR01HL146128 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Stella Kourembanas · 2019 to 2026
$6.6M
Neutrophil Dynamics in Nasal MucosaR01AI175379 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI ULRICH H VON ANDRIAN · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Photoreceptor Determination of Retinal Blood Vessel Growth in RetinopathyR01EY029238 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI YE SUN · 2019 to 2026
$2.6M
The Mechanism of Immune-Vascular Crosstalk in RetinopathyR01EY030140 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SUN, YE · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Medical Research Council MR/W004681/1NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003039NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029238NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030140NEI NIH HHS U24 EY029893NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146128NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175379NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathological ocular angiogenesis has long been associated with myeloid cell activation. However, the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms governing the intricate crosstalk between the immune system and vascular changes during ocular neovascularization formation remain elusive. In this study, we demonstrated that the absence of the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) in myeloid cells led to a substantial accumulation of microglia and macrophage subsets during the neovascularization process. Our single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis revealed a remarkable increase in the expression of the secreted phosphoprotein 1 (Spp1) gene within these microglia and macrophages, identifying subsets of Spp1-expressing microglia and macrophages during neovascularization formation in angiogenesis mouse models. Notably, the number of Spp1-expressing microglia and macrophages exhibited further elevation during neovascularization in mice lacking myeloid SOCS3. Moreover, our investigation unveiled the Spp1 gene as a direct transcriptional target gene of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. Importantly, pharmaceutical activation of SOCS3 or blocking of SPP1 resulted in a significant reduction in pathological neovascularization. In conclusion, our study highlights the pivotal role of the SOCS3/STAT3/SPP1 axis in the regulation of pathological retinal angiogenesis.

Indexed as

MacrophagesMicrogliaOsteopontinRetinal NeovascularizationSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 ProteinAngiogenesisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationMiceMice, KnockoutNeovascularization, PathologicSignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorOsteopontinSocs3 protein, mouseSpp1 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Proteinmacrophagesmicroglianeovascularizationneovascularization-associated microgliaretinal angiogenesisretinopathySOCS3SPP1

Identifiers

PMID38504518
PMCPMC11081920
OpenAlexW4392962882

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.