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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2019

A Review of Pathogenic Drivers of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Beyond Complement, with a Focus on Potential Endpoints for Testing Therapeutic Interventions in Preclinical Studies.

Mayur Choudhary, Goldis Malek

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Beyond VEGF: Targeting Inflammation and Other Pathways for Treatment of Retinal Disease.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2023
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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.

Mayur ChoudharyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Goldis MalekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. gmalek@duke.edu.
Duke University · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY005722 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Goldis Malek · 1985 to 2026
$19.3M
Novel signaling pathways regulated by the liver x receptor in age-related macular degenerationR01EY027802 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MALEK, GOLDIS · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
Regulation of inflammation and lipid homeostasis by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in age-related macular degenerationR01EY028160 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MALEK, GOLDIS · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY005722NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027802NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) continues to be the leading cause of visual impairment for the elderly in developed countries. It is a complex, multifactorial, progressive disease with diverse molecular pathways regulating its pathogenesis. One of the cardinal features of the early clinical subtype of AMD is the accumulation of lipid- and protein-rich deposits within Bruch's membrane, called drusen, which can be visualized by fundus imaging. Currently, multiple in vitro and in vivo model systems exist, which can be used to help tease out mechanisms associated with different molecular pathways driving disease initiation and progression. Given the lack of treatments for patients suffering from the dry form of AMD, it is imperative to appreciate the different known morphological endpoints associated with the various pathogenic pathways, in order to derive further insights, for the ultimate purpose of disease modeling and development of effective therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

AgedBruch MembraneHumansMacular DegenerationRetinaAge-related macular degenerationApolipoproteinCholesterolInflammationLipid metabolismQuick-freeze/deep etchRetinal pigment epithelial cells

Identifiers

PMID31884581
PMCPMC8268044
OpenAlexW2997184036

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Registered trials

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