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ArticleScientific reports2023

Oxidative stress and docosahexaenoic acid injury lead to increased necroptosis and ferroptosis in retinal pigment epithelium.

Almar Neiteler, Anwar A Palakkan, Kevin M Gallagher, James A Ross

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Almar NeitelerTissue Injury and Repair Group, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK. a.neiteler@outlook.com.
Anwar A PalakkanImmunology and Stem Cell Biology, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Anna Nagar, Madurai, 625020, India.
Kevin M GallagherTissue Injury and Repair Group, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK.
James A RossTissue Injury and Repair Group, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK.
University of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N002210/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex disease caused by different genetic and environmental risk factors leading to loss of cells in the central part of the retina. Oxidative stress appears to be an important environmental risk factor that contributes to both the initiation and progression of AMD. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays an important role in regulating oxidative stress in the retina and is one of the main retinal cell types affected in AMD. A main function of RPE is to phagocytose photoreceptor outer segments (POS) which are rich in the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), making this cell type potentially more susceptible to oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation which can lead to cell death. RPE is known to undergo necrotic cell death in response to oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to determine if DHA in POS can increase oxidative damage to RPE. It was found that RPE undergo increased lipid peroxidation and decreased cell viability when stressed with hydrogen peroxide in combination with DHA or POS. H

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FerroptosisMacular DegenerationDocosahexaenoic AcidsHumansHydrogen PeroxideNecroptosisOxidative StressRetinal Pigment EpitheliumDocosahexaenoic AcidsHydrogen Peroxide

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PMID38036571
PMCPMC10689458
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