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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Catalase prevented photosynthetic dysfunction and cell death.

Taxon: plantsViridiplantaet0
Treatment: catalasee0
Outcome: photosynthetic dysfunction and subsequent cell deathe0
Direction: preventede0

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“treatment of protoplasts with ascorbic acid or catalase prevented ROS production, organelle change, photosynthetic dysfunction and subsequent cell death”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1254–1406

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“defense mechanisms in plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 161–189

Title

Methyl Jasmonate Induces Production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Alterations in Mitochondrial Dynamics that Precede Photosynthetic Dysfunction and Subsequent Cell Death

Lingrui Zhang; Da Xing Plant and Cell Physiology 2008. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcn086

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Intervention effect MeJa induced ROS first in mitochondria after one hour.
Intervention effect ROS production subsequently occurred in chloroplasts by three hours.
Intervention effect MeJa treatment caused cessation of mitochondrial movement and loss of MPT.
Intervention effect MeJa treatment caused mitochondrial morphological transition and aberrant distribution.
Observation Photochemical efficiency declined before chloroplast distortion and cell death.
Intervention effect Ascorbic acid prevented ROS production and organelle changes under MeJa stimulation.
Intervention effect Ascorbic acid prevented photosynthetic dysfunction and cell death.
Intervention effect Catalase prevented ROS production and organelle changes.
Intervention effect Cyclosporin A significantly protected against MPT loss and mitochondrial swelling.
Intervention effect Cyclosporin A significantly protected against cell death.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Ascorbic acid prevented photosynthetic dysfunction and cell death.

Taxon: plantsViridiplantaet0
Treatment: ascorbic acide0
Outcome: photosynthetic dysfunction and subsequent cell deathe0
Direction: preventede0

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“treatment of protoplasts with ascorbic acid or catalase prevented ROS production, organelle change, photosynthetic dysfunction and subsequent cell death”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1254–1406

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“defense mechanisms in plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 161–189

Title

Methyl Jasmonate Induces Production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Alterations in Mitochondrial Dynamics that Precede Photosynthetic Dysfunction and Subsequent Cell Death

Lingrui Zhang; Da Xing Plant and Cell Physiology 2008. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcn086

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Intervention effect MeJa induced ROS first in mitochondria after one hour.
Intervention effect ROS production subsequently occurred in chloroplasts by three hours.
Intervention effect MeJa treatment caused cessation of mitochondrial movement and loss of MPT.
Intervention effect MeJa treatment caused mitochondrial morphological transition and aberrant distribution.
Observation Photochemical efficiency declined before chloroplast distortion and cell death.
Intervention effect Ascorbic acid prevented ROS production and organelle changes under MeJa stimulation.
Intervention effect Catalase prevented ROS production and organelle changes.
Intervention effect Catalase prevented photosynthetic dysfunction and cell death.
Intervention effect Cyclosporin A significantly protected against MPT loss and mitochondrial swelling.
Intervention effect Cyclosporin A significantly protected against cell death.

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Membrane dysfunction was associated with accelerated cell wall disassembly.

Taxon: goji berriesLycium barbarumt0
Organ / stage: cell walle0
Outcome: cell wall disassemblye0
Direction: acceleratede0
Qualifier: upstream membrane dysfunctione0

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“upstream membrane dysfunction is associated with accelerated cell wall disassembly”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1063–1145

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“goji berries (Lycium barbarum L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 77–110

Title

Early membrane destabilization precedes coordinated cell wall degradation in goji berries (Lycium barbarum L.) during postharvest deterioration under ambient exposure conditions

Hanxi Li; Xintong Wang; Long Xiang; et al. LWT 2026. doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2026.119583

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Joint allelochemical action caused phytotoxicity and cell dysfunction in all Ipê species.

Taxon: Ipê speciese0
Outcome: cell dysfunctione0
Qualifier: joint action of the allelochemicalse0

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“the joint action of the allelochemicals caused phytotoxicity, leading to cell dysfunction in all Ipê species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1551–1659

Title

Phytotoxic potential of Senna occidentalis (L.) Link extracts on seed germination and oxidative stress of Ipê seedlings

Í. F. da Silva; E. A. Vieira Plant Biology 2019. doi:10.1111/plb.12969

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Observation All Senna extracts contained alkaloids, coumarins, phenols, saponins, steroids and tannins.
Observation Catechins occurred only in Senna leaf and stem extracts.
Intervention effect Senna stem and root extracts reduced growth of all Ipê species.
Intervention effect The extracts totally inhibited seed germination in T. chrysotricha.
Intervention effect The extracts totally inhibited seed germination in T. roseoalba.
Intervention effect All target species showed increased H 2 O 2 and MDA in radicles and leaves.
Mechanism Oxidative stress contributed to seed blackening, radicle changes and lower biomass allocation.
Observation Ascorbate peroxidase and peroxidase activity increased as antioxidant defence was activated.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Both LMM22 dysfunction and overexpression caused hypersensitive response like cell death.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Treatment: dysfunction and overexpression of LMM22e0
Gene: LMM22e0
Outcome: hypersensitive response-like cell deathe0

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“Both dysfunction and overexpression of LMM22 gave rise to the hypersensitive response-like cell death, reactive oxygen species bursts, and activated defence responses.”
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“rice”
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Title

A ubiquitin‐specific protease functions in regulating cell death and immune responses in rice

Ting Zou; Gongwen Li; Miaomiao Liu; et al. Plant Cell & Environment 2023. doi:10.1111/pce.14540

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Method / resource A rice lesion mimic mutant was identified and its causative LMM22 gene cloned.
Intervention effect Both LMM22 dysfunction and overexpression caused reactive oxygen species bursts.
Intervention effect Both LMM22 dysfunction and overexpression activated defence responses.
Observation LMM22 encodes an active UBP localized to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Observation LMM22 shows constitutive expression in rice.
Observation LMM22 interacts with SPL35.
Mechanism LMM22 appears to positively regulate and stabilize SPL35 protein abundance through deubiquitination.
Mechanism LMM22 acts as a regulator of SPL35 in rice cell death and disease resistance.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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The authors infer that sugar immersion permits ectopic guard-cell differentiation through cell-wall dysfunction.

Taxon: Arabidopsis seedlingse1
Treatment: immersion treatment with sugar solutione0
Outcome: ectopic guard cell differentiatione0
Qualifier: dysfunction of the cell wall dividing stomatal- and non-stomatal lineage cellse0

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“the immersion treatment with sugar solution permitted ectopic guard cell differentiation through dysfunction of the cell wall dividing stomatal- and non-stomatal lineage cells”
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“Arabidopsis seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 446–467

Title

Breaking of Plant Stomatal One-Cell-Spacing Rule by Sugar Solution Immersion

Kae Akita; Seiichiro Hasezawa; Takumi Higaki PLoS ONE 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072456

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Intervention effect Sucrose immersion induced clustered stomata in cotyledons.
Intervention effect Glucose solution induced clustered stomata.
Intervention effect Fructose solution induced clustered stomata.
Intervention effect Mannitol solution did not induce clustered stomata.
Intervention effect Sugar treatment caused ectopic expression of stomatal lineage genes outside the lineage.
Intervention effect Callose deposition declined in new walls during meristemoid formation.
Method / resource The induction system was judged suitable for studying stomatal spacing.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Dysfunction of ACS2 still repressed cell division in cucumber.

Taxon: Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse1
Treatment: Dysfunction of ACS2e7
Outcome: cell divisione7
Direction: repressede7

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“Here, we report a mechanistic model that governs cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit elongation through fine-tuning of ethylene homeostasis”
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“Dysfunction of ACS2 resulted in reduced ethylene production, but still repressed cell division and shorter fruit”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 907–1019

Title

Genetic Regulation of Ethylene Dosage for Cucumber Fruit Elongation

Tongxu Xin; Zhen Zhang; Shuai Li; et al. The Plant Cell 2019. doi:10.1105/tpc.18.00957

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Observation The cucumber sf1 mutant bears short fruits owing to repressed cell division.
Observation The sf1 mutation enhanced self-ubiquitination and degradation of SF1 in cucumber.
Observation ACS2 accumulated in the sf1 mutant of cucumber.
Mechanism Overproduction of ethylene contributes to the short-fruit phenotype of cucumber sf1.
Intervention effect Dysfunction of ACS2 reduced ethylene production in cucumber.
Intervention effect Dysfunction of ACS2 produced shorter cucumber fruit.
Mechanism SF1 ubiquitinates and degrades itself and ACS2 to control ethylene synthesis with a dose-dependent effect on cell division and fruit elongation.
Observation SF1 encodes a cucurbit-specific RING-type E3 ligase.

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Mitochondrial dysfunction in stamen organ and cell types of G1 + HBP is indicated.

Taxon: citrusCitrust0
Material: G1 + HBPe7
Organ / stage: stamen organ and cell typese7
Outcome: dysfunction of mitochondriae7

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“a male-sterile somatic cybrid citrus”
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“indicating the dysfunction of mitochondria in stamen organ and cell types of G1 + HBP”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1471–1556

Title

Spatiotemporal profiles of gene activity in stamen delineate nucleo-cytoplasmic interaction in a male-sterile somatic cybrid citrus

Nan Jiang; Meng-Qi Feng; Lai-Chao Cheng; et al. Horticulture Research 2023. doi:10.1093/hr/uhad105

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The authors propose oxidative burst, mitochondrial dysfunction and programmed cell death as contributors to viability loss.

Taxon: sunflower seedHelianthus annuust0
Outcome: seed loss of viabilitye0
Qualifier: oxidative burst, mitochondria dysfunction, and PCDe0

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“The involvement of oxidative burst, mitochondria dysfunction, and PCD in seed loss of viability is proposed.”
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“sunflower seed”
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Title

DNA alteration and programmed cell death during ageing of sunflower seed

H. El-Maarouf-Bouteau; C. Mazuy; F. Corbineau; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2011. doi:10.1093/jxb/err198

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Selenium restored mitochondrial dysfunction caused by chromium stress.

Taxon: Chinese cabbageBrassica rapa subsp. pekinensist0
Treatment: Set0
Outcome: mitochondrial dysfunctione0

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“and thus restored mitochondrial dysfunction caused by Cr stress”
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“Selenium restores mitochondrial dysfunction to reduce Cr-induced cell apoptosis in Chinese cabbage”
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Selenium restores mitochondrial dysfunction to reduce Cr-induced cell apoptosis in Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. Pekinensis) root tips

Min Nie; Chengxiao Hu; Guangyu Shi; et al. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112564

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Intervention effect Selenium reduced excess hydrogen peroxide in chromium-stressed root tips.
Intervention effect Selenium reduced excess superoxide in chromium-stressed root tips.
Intervention effect Selenium alleviated root-tip lipid peroxidation under chromium stress.
Intervention effect Selenium prevented DNA degradation in root tips.
Intervention effect Selenium reduced apoptotic root-tip cells.
Intervention effect Selenium reduced mitochondrial ROS by 38.23% relative to chromium treatment.
Intervention effect Selenium reduced mitochondrial malondialdehyde by 17.52% relative to chromium treatment.
Intervention effect Selenium decreased mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening by 32.30%.
Intervention effect Selenium increased mitochondrial membrane potential by 40.91%.
Intervention effect Selenium alleviated mitochondrial cyt c release by 18.42%.
Intervention effect Selenium decreased caspase 3-like protease activity by 57.40%.
Mechanism Selenium maintained calcium homeostasis between mitochondria and cytosol, contributing to reduced chromium-induced programmed cell death.

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