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ReviewExperimental eye research2020

Corneal epithelial biology: Lessons stemming from old to new.

Robert M Lavker, Nihal Kaplan, Junyi Wang, Han Peng

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In one paragraph

Review in Experimental eye research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Enhanced adipose-derived stem cells with IGF-1-modified mRNA promote wound healing following corneal injury.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  15. The RNA m5C Methylase NSUN2 Modulates Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023
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  18. Autophagy in the normal and diseased cornea.Experimental eye research · 2022
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Robert M LavkerDepartments of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: r-lavker@northwestern.edu.
Nihal KaplanDepartments of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Junyi WangDepartments of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, The First Center of the PLA General Hospital, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Han PengDepartments of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

CORNEAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELLSR01EY006769 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LAVKER, ROBERT M · 1988 to 2014
$6.4M
The Role of MicroRNAs in Corneal Epithelial HomeostasisR01EY019463 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LAVKER, ROBERT M · 2010 to 2022
$5.0M
The Roles of Autophagy in Limbal/Corneal Epithelia.R01EY028560 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Han Peng · 2018 to 2026
$3.9M
DEVELOPING VISUAL PATHWAYS DEFINED BY AN EPH/RTK LIGANDF32EY006769 · NEI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI BRAISTED, JANET E · 1996 to 1996
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NEI NIH HHS F32 EY006769NEI NIH HHS R01 EY006769NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019463NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The anterior surface of the eye functions as a barrier to the external environment and protects the delicate underlying tissues from injury. Central to this protection are the corneal, limbal and conjunctival epithelia. The corneal epithelium is a self-renewing stratified squamous epithelium that protects the underlying delicate structures of the eye, supports a tear film and maintains transparency so that light can be transmitted to the interior of the eye (Basu et al., 2014; Cotsarelis et al., 1989; Funderburgh et al., 2016; Lehrer et al., 1998; Pajoohesh-Ganji and Stepp, 2005; Parfitt et al., 2015; Peng et al., 2012b; Stepp and Zieske, 2005). In this review, dedicated to James Funderburgh and his contributions to visual science, in particular the limbal niche, corneal stroma and corneal stromal stem cells, we will focus on recent data on the identification of novel regulators in corneal epithelial cell biology, their roles in stem cell homeostasis, wound healing, limbal/corneal boundary maintenance and the utility of single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) in vision biology studies.

Indexed as

Wound HealingAutophagyCorneal DiseasesEpithelium, CornealHumansStem CellsAutophagyEphA2Ephrin-A1Limbal/corneal epithelial boundaryLimbal epithelial stem cellsmicroRNAsSingle cell RNAseq

Identifiers

PMID32697979
PMCPMC7508907
OpenAlexW3042631863

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