Daily zeaxanthin supplementation prevents atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in a mouse model of mitochondrial oxidative stress

• Manas R. Biswal ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  * E-mail: biswal@ufl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Center for Vision Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9685-2923

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• Bradley D. Justis,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Pingyang Han,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Hong Li,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Dennis Gierhart,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation ZeaVision, Chesterfield, MO, United States of America

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• Cheryl K. Dorey,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America

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• Alfred S. Lewin

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Center for Vision Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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