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. 2026 Mar 28.
doi: 10.1007/s12015-026-11113-9. Online ahead of print.

Differential Effects of Retinal Fatty Acids Under Oxidative Stress Reveal DHA's Susceptibility to Ferroptosis and Polarity Disruption in iPSC Derived RPE Cells

Anwar A Palakkan  1 , Gopika S Kumar  2 , Srijan Jayaraman  2 , James A Ross  3
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Differential Effects of Retinal Fatty Acids Under Oxidative Stress Reveal DHA's Susceptibility to Ferroptosis and Polarity Disruption in iPSC Derived RPE Cells

Anwar A Palakkan et al. Stem Cell Rev Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AMD; Docosahexaenoic acid; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; iRPE, Ferroptosis.

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