Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41889981›Full record

ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals Aging at the Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Bruch's Membrane Interface.

Ruoyu Meng, Rachel C Kenney, Moning Pan, Alok K Gupta, Yasha S Modi, Pooja Chauhan, Christine A Curcio, Vivek J Srinivasan

Abstract readPreprint
In one paragraph

Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Ruoyu MengNYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, USA 11201.ORCID 0009-0003-0643-1688
Rachel C KenneyDepartments of Neurology and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 10016.
Moning PanNYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, USA 11201.
Alok K GuptaTech4Health Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Long Island City, New York, USA 11101.
Yasha S ModiDepartment of Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 10016.
Pooja ChauhanTech4Health Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Long Island City, New York, USA 11101.
Christine A CurcioDepartment of Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 10016.
Vivek J SrinivasanNYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, USA 11201.

Funding

TRD3: Data Analytics and Intelligent Systems (AI-ML-DL-Visualization)P41EB032840 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JINYI QI · 2022 to 2026
$6.7M
Achieving specificity in imaging neurodegeneration with visible light Optical Coherence TomographyOT2OD038130 · OD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BALCER, LAURA, SRINIVASAN, VIVEK JAY · 2024 to 2025
$4.8M
True Sub-Micron Ocular Diagnostics with Visible Light Optical Coherence TomographyR01EY031469 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SRINIVASAN, VIVEK JAY · 2020 to 2023
$2.3M
Visible-to-near-infrared spanning Optical Coherence Tomography for retinal imaging at the half-micron scaleR01EY036192 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Vivek Jay Srinivasan · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
Coherence engineering of a human brain interferometer to quantitatively and specifically measure cerebral blood flowR01EB035762 · NIBIB · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Vivek Jay Srinivasan · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031469NEI NIH HHS R01 EY036192NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB032840NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB035762NIH HHS OT2 OD038130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Landmark histological studies have shown that as the retina ages, lipids and other debris accumulate within Bruch's membrane (BM) and in spaces introduced between BM and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). These deposits grow with age, increasing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible vision loss for older adults globally. Current

Indexed as

AgingBruch’s membraneOptical Coherence TomographyPhotoreceptorPhysical Sciences (Engineering) and Biological Sciences (Medical Sciences)Retinal Pigment EpitheliumVisible light

Identifiers

PMID41889981
PMCPMC13015331

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.