Title : Biological role of lutein in the light-induced retinal degeneration.

Pub. Date : 2012 May

PMID : 21658930






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1 Interestingly, gamma-H2AX, a marker for double-strand breaks (DSBs) in DNA, was up-regulated in the photoreceptor cells after light exposure, but this increase was attenuated by lutein diet, suggesting that DSBs caused by photodamage contributed to the photoreceptor cell death and that this change was suppressed by lutein. dsbs H2A.X variant histone Mus musculus