Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30687771›Full record

ArticleBio-protocol2018

Eye Drops for Delivery of Bioactive Compounds and BrdU to Stimulate Proliferation and Label Mitotically Active Cells in the Adult Rodent Retina.

Cindy L Linn, Sarah E Webster, Mark K Webster

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Bio-protocol, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. BrdU Positive Cells Induced in a Genetic Mouse Model of Glaucoma.Journal of ophthalmology & visual sciences · 2021
    Article
  5. Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cindy L Linn *Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Sarah E Webster *Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Mark K Webster *Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Western Michigan University · US

Funding

Evidence of BrdU positive neurons in adult mammalian retina after treatment with an alpha7 nAChR agonistR15EY027970 · NEI · WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY · PI LINN, CINDY L · 2018 to 2018
$453k
Prevention of RGC loss in an in vitro excitotoxic model and an in vivo model of gR15EY022795 · NEI · WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY · PI LINN, CINDY L · 2012 to 2012
$416k
NEI NIH HHS R15 EY022795NEI NIH HHS R15 EY027970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eye drop treatments are typically used to apply drugs to the anterior structures of the eye. Recently, however, studies have demonstrated that eye drops can reach the retina in the back of the eye if pharmacological agents are carried in appropriate vehicles. Here, we introduce an eye drop procedure to deliver a drug (PNU-282987), in combination with BrdU, to stimulate cell cycle re-entry and label dividing cells in the retinas of adult rodents. This procedure avoids potential systemic complications of repeated intraperitoneal injections, as well as the retinal damage that is induced by repeated intravitreal injections. Although the delivery of PNU-282987 and BrdU is the focus of this article, many different proliferating compounds could be delivered to the retina using this procedure.

Indexed as

Adult rodentsBrdUEye drop deliveryNeurogenesisPNU-282987ProliferationRetina

Identifiers

PMID30687771
PMCPMC6347112
OpenAlexW2899356310

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
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 Socratic graph.