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ArticleScientific reports2021

Statins for the prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy: cellular responses in cultured cells and clinical statin concentrations in the vitreous.

Yashavanthi Mysore, Eva M Del Amo, Sirpa Loukovaara, Marja Hagström, Arto Urtti, Anu Kauppinen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06425419 (The Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Topotecan for the Treatment of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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.

NCT06425419 phase1not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Topotecan for the Treatment of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

TypeinterventionalSponsorMassachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryRan2026 to 2028Enrolled50ConditionsProliferative Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative Vitreo-Retinopathy, Rhegmatogenous Retinal DetachmentArmsTopotecan
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yashavanthi Mysore *School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, P.O.B. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland. yashavanthi.mysore@uef.fi.
Eva M Del Amo *School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, P.O.B. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Sirpa LoukovaaraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Unit of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Individualized Drug Therapy Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Marja HagströmSchool of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Arto UrttiSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, P.O.B. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Anu KauppinenSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, P.O.B. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland · FIHelsinki University Hospital · FISt Petersburg University · RUUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is a complex inflammatory ocular disease. Statins are widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs with putative anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we have explored their efficacy in controlling post-surgical PVR formation. Simvastatin (SIM), atorvastatin (ATV), or rosuvastatin (RSV) were added to cultures of human retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19) prior to exposure with the bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1) was examined using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, the concentrations of simvastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, and their metabolites were measured from the vitreal samples of 20 patients undergoing vitrectomy (16 of them receiving oral statin therapy) using an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer technique. All statins alleviated LPS-induced inflammation at 5 µM concentration in the ARPE-19 cell cultures. Statin levels in the vitreous samples ranged from 6 to 316 pg/mL (ca. 0.1-7 M

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Cell LineCytokinesEpithelial CellsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsInflammationRetinaRetinal DetachmentVitrectomyVitreoretinopathy, ProliferativeVitreous BodyCytokinesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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PMID33441813
PMCPMC7806714
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