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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2020

Retinal pigment epithelium polarity in health and blinding diseases.

Paulo S Caceres, Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Stromal-Like Cells and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Modulate Choroidal Sprouting Through Galectin-1-Dependent and Independent Pathways.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  19. Phagocytosis by the retinal pigment epithelium: New insights into polarized cell mechanics.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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1 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paulo S CaceresWeill Cornell Medical College, Department of Ophthalmology, Margaret Dyson Vision Research Institute, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Electronic address: psc2004@med.cornell.edu.
Enrique Rodriguez-BoulanWeill Cornell Medical College, Department of Ophthalmology, Margaret Dyson Vision Research Institute, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Electronic address: boulan@med.cornell.edu.
Cornell University · US

Funding

RETINA--REVERSED POLARITY IN RPER01EY008538 · NEI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RODRIGUEZ-BOULAN, ENRIQUE J · 1991 to 2020
$13.4M
SORTING OF PLASMA MEMBRANE PROTEINS IN EPITHELIAL CELLSR01GM034107 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RODRIGUEZ-BOULAN, ENRIQUE J · 1985 to 2019
$9.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008538NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM034107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The polarized phenotype of the retinal pigment epithelium is crucial for the outer retina-blood barrier and support of photoreceptors and underlying choroid, and its disruption plays a central role in degenerative retinopathies. Although the mechanisms of polarization remain mostly unknown, they are fundamental for homeostasis of the outer retina. Recent research is revealing a growing picture of interconnected tissues in the outer retina, with the retinal pigment epithelium at the center. This review discusses how elements of epithelial polarity relate to emerging apical interactions with the neural retina, basolateral cross-talk with the underlying Bruch's membrane and choriocapillaris, and tight junction biology. An integrated view of outer retina physiology is likely to provide insights into the pathogenesis of blinding diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBruch MembraneHumansRetinal Pigment Epithelium

Identifiers

PMID31518914
PMCPMC7035989
OpenAlexW2972826367

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