Component
Mouse RPE/choroid nitrotyrosine content
Mouse RPE/choroid nitrotyrosine content. 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
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What it does
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What acts on it
Zeaxanthin reduced RPE/choroid nitrotyrosine content in the knockout model.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/zeaxanthin-research/30265681.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "656f827109394a907278c44e8d33e883c92437beea2a607e99e75ae348489151", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2098, "text_sha256": "656f827109394a907278c44e8d33e883c92437beea2a607e99e75ae348489151"}
- experimental_model
- RPE-specific knockout with oral supplementation
- exposure
- 55–60 mg/kg/day zeaxanthin by gavage for four months
- limitations
- High-dose preventive animal model; genetic Sod2 loss is not manganese dietary deficiency, and this does not establish human AMD treatment.
- nutrient_topic
- Zeaxanthin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Dietary (3R,3-prime-R)-zeaxanthin
- organism
- Sod2-deleted mice
- plain_language
- A marker of oxidative injury decreased.
- primary_references
- [zeaxanthin-p30265681] Daily zeaxanthin supplementation prevents atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in a mouse model of mitochondrial oxidative stress. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30265681/ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203816
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Retina/RPE/choroid
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Zeaxanthin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 522–533
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · RPE-specific knockout with oral supplementation · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### zeaxanthin-sod2-nitrotyrosine Zeaxanthin reduced RPE/choroid nitrotyrosine content in the knockout model. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Zeaxanthin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: A marker of oxidative injury decreased. organism: Sod2-deleted mice tissue_or_cell_type: Retina/RPE/choroid experimental_model: RPE-specific knockout with oral supplementation limitations: High-dose preventive animal model; genetic Sod2 loss is not manganese dietary deficiency, and this does not establish human AMD treatment. exposure: 55–60 mg/kg/day zeaxanthin by gavage for four months evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/zeaxanthin-research/30265681.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "656f827109394a907278c44e8d33e883c92437beea2a607e99e75ae348489151", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2098, "text_sha256": "656f827109394a907278c44e8d33e883c92437beea2a607e99e75ae348489151"} [zeaxanthin-p30265681] Daily zeaxanthin supplementation prevents atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in a mouse model of mitochondrial oxidative stress. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30265681/ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203816
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Situations it appears in
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