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ReviewNature communications2019

A systems biology approach towards understanding and treating non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

James T Handa, Cathy Bowes Rickman, Andrew D Dick, Michael B Gorin, Joan W Miller, Cynthia A Toth, Marius Ueffing, Marco Zarbin, Lindsay A Farrer

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05062486 (An Open-Label, Randomized, Double Arm, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of C and RQC for Preventing Progression in Age-Related Macular Degeneration), which is not on this map. Cited by 173 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05062486 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

An Open-Label, Randomized, Double Arm, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of C and RQC for Preventing Progression in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

TypeinterventionalSponsorPaul A Knepper, MD PhDRan2021 to 2024Enrolled55ConditionsAge-related Macular DegenerationArmsResveratrol, Quercetin, Curcumin (RQC), Curcumin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

173 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Molecular underpinnings of induced degenerative heterogeneity in the retinal pigment epithelium.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  14. Management of fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  15. Retinal connections to migraine.Frontiers in neurology · 2026
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113 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors.

James T HandaWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 21287, MD, USA. jthanda@jhmi.edu.
Cathy Bowes RickmanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
Andrew D DickTranslational Health Sciences (Ophthalmology), University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK.
Michael B GorinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, 90095, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-7982
Joan W MillerRetina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Ophthalmology AMD Center of Excellence, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2046-3996
Cynthia A TothDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
Marius UeffingDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, D-72076, Germany.
Marco ZarbinInstitute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, 07103, NJ, USA.
Lindsay A FarrerDepartments of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Neurology, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, 02118, MA, USA. farrer@bu.edu.

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumU01AG032984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHELLENBERG, GERARD DAVID · 2009 to 2024
$60.4M
VISION RESEARCHP30EY005722 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ARSHAVSKY, VADIM Y · 1985 to 2025
$17.7M
P30 Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY014104 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI Janey L Wiggs · 2002 to 2026
$15.1M
GENETICS OF AGE-RELATED MACULOPATHYR01EY009859 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GORIN, MICHAEL B · 1993 to 2011
$11.5M
Alzheimer Disease Genetic Architecture in African AmericansR01AG048927 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Lindsay A. Farrer · 2015 to 2026
$8.4M
Oxidative stress and innate immunity impair the visual cycleR01EY027691 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANDA, JAMES T · 2017 to 2021
$2.7M
Genomic and Biological Studies of APOE ε2 in Alzheimer DiseaseRF1AG057519 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FARRER, LINDSAY A., JUN, GYUNGAH · 2017 to 2017
$2.4M
Innate immunity, lipoproteins and AMD progressionR01EY026161 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BOWES RICKMAN, CATHERINE · 2016 to 2019
$2.0M
Therapeutic inhibition of Fas-mediated retinal cell death and inflammation in dry AMDR42EY029625 · NEI · ONL THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI HANDA, JAMES T, KOCAB, ANDREW JOSEPH · 2018 to 2022
$1.4M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY005722NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014104NEI NIH HHS R01 EY009859NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026161NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027691NEI NIH HHS R42 EY029625NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048927NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG057519NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness among the elderly in the developed world. While treatment is effective for the neovascular or "wet" form of AMD, no therapy is successful for the non-neovascular or "dry" form. Here we discuss the current knowledge on dry AMD pathobiology and propose future research directions that would expedite the development of new treatments. In our view, these should emphasize system biology approaches that integrate omic, pharmacological, and clinical data into mathematical models that can predict disease onset and progression, identify biomarkers, establish disease causing mechanisms, and monitor response to therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMacular DegenerationOxidative StressSystems Biology

Identifiers

PMID31350409
PMCPMC6659646

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