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ReviewEye (London, England)2022

Unravelling the therapeutic potential of IL-33 for atrophic AMD.

Alison J Clare, Jian Liu, David A Copland, Sofia Theodoropoulou, Andrew D Dick

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alison J ClareAcademic Unit of Ophthalmology, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0048-8838
Jian LiuAcademic Unit of Ophthalmology, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
David A CoplandAcademic Unit of Ophthalmology, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Sofia TheodoropoulouAcademic Unit of Ophthalmology, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Andrew D DickAcademic Unit of Ophthalmology, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. a.dick@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-3159
University of Bristol · GBAt Bristol · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a degenerative disease affecting the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors in the macula, is the leading cause of central blindness in the elderly. AMD progresses to advanced stages of the disease, atrophic AMD (aAMD), or in 15% of cases "wet" or neovascular AMD (nAMD), associated with substantial vision loss. Whilst there has been advancement in therapies treating nAMD, to date, there are no licenced effective treatments for the 85% affected by aAMD, with disease managed by changes to diet, vitamin supplements, and regular monitoring. AMD has a complex pathogenesis, involving highly integrated and common age-related disease pathways, including dysregulated complement/inflammation, impaired autophagy, and oxidative stress. The intricacy of AMD pathogenesis makes therapeutic development challenging and identifying a target that combats the converging disease pathways is essential to provide a globally effective treatment. Interleukin-33 is a cytokine, classically known for the proinflammatory role it plays in allergic disease. Recent evidence across degenerative and inflammatory disease conditions reveals a diverse immune-modulatory role for IL-33, with promising therapeutic potential. Here, we will review IL-33 function in disease and discuss the future potential for this homeostatic cytokine in treating AMD.

Indexed as

Geographic AtrophyWet Macular DegenerationAgedAngiogenesis InhibitorsCytokinesHumansInterleukin-33Retinal Pigment EpitheliumVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsCytokinesInterleukin-33Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Identifiers

PMID34531552
PMCPMC8807696
OpenAlexW3200349373

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