Component
Cellular reactive-oxygen-species assay signal
Cellular reactive-oxygen-species assay signal. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
DIM limited the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and excessive ROS generation in the atrophy models.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/dim-research/42308990.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "4bd26fd33c370df293346c5680820459a885a7545286d92c9e1c27220d41f2cb", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2803, "text_sha256": "4bd26fd33c370df293346c5680820459a885a7545286d92c9e1c27220d41f2cb"}
- experimental_model
- Dexamethasone atrophy and aging-model experiments
- exposure
- DIM in experimental atrophy/aging models
- limitations
- 2026 preclinical study, not a human sarcopenia trial. Mouse STIM1 stays distinct from the human selenium-linked STIM1 record.
- nutrient_topic
- Diindolylmethane (DIM) research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · 3,3'-Diindolylmethane / DIM
- organism
- Mouse muscle, mouse C2C12 myotubes and C. elegans
- plain_language
- Mitochondrial measurements improved in this preclinical setting.
- primary_references
- [dim-p42308990] 3,3'-Diindolylmethane ameliorates muscle atrophy by modulating mitochondrial function and calcium homeostasis. (2026). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42308990/ DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2026.158409
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Mitochondrial function and store-operated calcium entry
Diindolylmethane (DIM): formation, receptor signaling, metabolism and drug interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1468–1479
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Dexamethasone atrophy and aging-model experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### dim-muscle-mito DIM limited the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and excessive ROS generation in the atrophy models. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Diindolylmethane (DIM) research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Mitochondrial measurements improved in this preclinical setting. organism: Mouse muscle, mouse C2C12 myotubes and C. elegans tissue_or_cell_type: Mitochondrial function and store-operated calcium entry experimental_model: Dexamethasone atrophy and aging-model experiments limitations: 2026 preclinical study, not a human sarcopenia trial. Mouse STIM1 stays distinct from the human selenium-linked STIM1 record. exposure: DIM in experimental atrophy/aging models evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/dim-research/42308990.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "4bd26fd33c370df293346c5680820459a885a7545286d92c9e1c27220d41f2cb", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2803, "text_sha256": "4bd26fd33c370df293346c5680820459a885a7545286d92c9e1c27220d41f2cb"} [dim-p42308990] 3,3'-Diindolylmethane ameliorates muscle atrophy by modulating mitochondrial function and calcium homeostasis. (2026). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42308990/ DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2026.158409
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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