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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2026

The mechanisms, epidemiology, and clinical implications of thyroid hormones and age-related macular degeneration: a narrative review.

Xiaoling Zhang, Zixun Wang, Zhiqing Li, Zongyue Zhan

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Xiaoling Zhang *Handan Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan, Hebei, China.
Zixun Wang *Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zhiqing Li *Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zongyue Zhan *Shanghai University Affiliated Heping Eye Hospital, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss among older adults. Thyroid hormones (THs) are essential endocrine regulators of development and metabolic homeostasis, and increasing evidence suggests that TH signaling is involved in retinal physiology and AMD pathogenesis. Experimental studies have demonstrated that excessive TH signaling exacerbates oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and photoreceptors, whereas inhibition of TH signaling confers retinal protection in animal models of dry AMD. Genetic evidence from Mendelian randomization analyses further indicates that genetically predicted higher free thyroxine (FT

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age-related macular degenerationAMDMendelian randomizationretinal pigment epitheliumthyroid hormones

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