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ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2024

Estrogen related receptor alpha: Potential modulator of age-related macular degeneration.

Fatima Massare Somers, Goldis Malek

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Review in Current opinion in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Structural Pharmacology of Estrogen-Related Receptors.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2026
    Review
  3. Lack of Pnpla2 Accelerates Progression of AMD-Like Features in Mice.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
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.

Fatima Massare SomersDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Goldis MalekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: gmalek@duke.edu.
Duke University · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY005722 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SABAN, DANIEL RAPHAEL · 1985 to 2025
$17.7M
Nuclear receptor driven mechanisms in aging and AMDR01EY032751 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MALEK, GOLDIS · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
Deciphering the role of osteopontin in the aging eye and age-related macular degenerationR01EY035126 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Goldis Malek · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY005722NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032751NEI NIH HHS R01 EY035126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To develop effective therapies for complex blinding diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), identification of mechanisms involved in its initiation and progression is needed. The estrogen-related receptor alpha (ESRRA) is an orphan nuclear receptor that regulates several AMD-associated pathogenic pathways. However, it has not been investigated in detail in the ocular posterior pole during aging or in AMD. This review delves into the literature highlighting the significance of ESRRA as a molecular target that may be important in the pathobiology of AMD, and discusses data available supporting the targeting of this receptor signaling pathway as a therapeutic option for AMD.

Indexed as

ERRalpha Estrogen-Related ReceptorMacular DegenerationAgingEyeHumansReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearERRalpha Estrogen-Related ReceptorReceptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear

Identifiers

PMID38447458
PMCPMC10947805
OpenAlexW4392459538

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