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ArticleCells2021

Cytokine Levels in Human Vitreous in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

Dean F Loporchio, Emily K Tam, Jane Cho, Jaeyoon Chung, Gyungah R Jun, Weiming Xia, Marissa G Fiorello, Nicole H Siegel, Steven Ness, Thor D Stein and 1 more

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dean F LoporchioDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Emily K TamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Jane ChoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Jaeyoon ChungDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6431-9454
Gyungah R JunDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3230-8697
Weiming XiaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Marissa G FiorelloDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2357-2258
Nicole H SiegelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Steven NessDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Thor D SteinLaboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6954-4477
Manju L SubramanianDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Boston University · US

Funding

NIH HHS 1R03AG063255-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we compare the vitreous cytokine profile in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) to that of patients without PDR. The identification of novel cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of PDR provides candidate therapeutic targets that may stand alone or work synergistically with current therapies in the management of diabetic retinopathy. Undiluted vitreous humor specimens were collected from 74 patients undergoing vitrectomy for various vitreoretinal disorders. Quantitative immunoassay was performed for a panel of 36 neuroinflammatory cytokines in each specimen and assessed to identify differences between PDR (

Indexed as

C-Reactive ProteinDiabetic RetinopathyFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 2HumansIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1InterleukinsMaleMiddle AgedVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVitreous BodyC-Reactive ProteinFibroblast Growth Factor 2Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1InterleukinsVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Abasic fibroblast growth factordiabetic retinopathyinterleukin-15interleukin-16interleukin-8neuroinflammatory markersquantitative immunoassayvascular endothelial growth factorvitreous cytokines

Identifiers

PMID33946446
PMCPMC8147162
OpenAlexW3158779712

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