“…Furthermore, in a previous study, we showed that plant-derived 2,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy(1)-benzopyrano(5,4,3-cde)(1)-benzopyran-5,10-dione (TBBD, ellagic acid), which is a specific inhibitor of CARM1-induced histone 3 arginine 17 (H3R17) dimethylation, represses the binding of H3R17 to the p53-responsive site within the p21 promoter [9]. As a transcriptional cofactor, CARM1 also increased the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-jB) [10,11]. Even though CARM1 can regulate p53 and NF-jB, which are closely associated with RPE cell apoptosis [12,13], its regulation of apoptosis in RPE cells has not been elucidated.…”