These changes tend to occur as the lens ages, even in the absence of nuclear opacification, but are exacerbated in nuclear cataracts
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Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase catalyses the first step in the degradation of glutathione (Figure 1)
In animal studies, this is the period where measurable increases in lipolytic activity appear (Ng et al., 2001)
Studies also show it upregulates genes linked to healing and downregulates those associated with damaging inflammation [2]
Similarly, in hepatocytes exposed to lipotoxic stressors, zinc supplementation reduces cytotoxicity by mitigating ER stress and enhancing antioxidant defense, demonstrating its capacity to preserve proteostasis and limit inflammatory responses 178