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Current experimental models, including sodium iodate-induced injury, fail to fully recapitulate the chronic, age-related progression of the human disease. Although RIP3-mediated necroptosis has been strongly implicated in RPE cell death, its direct contribution to retinal degeneration in vivo remains unclear. To address this limitation, we generated two RIP3 transgenic mouse lines with distinct patterns of RIP3 overexpression. While RIP3-Tg mice exhibit systemic RIP3 overexpression, RIP3-Tg-RPE mice display additional RPE-specific overexpression beyond the levels observed in RIP3-Tg mice. We then evaluated these transgenic lines, along with wild-type controls, for age-driven retinal degeneration by using optical coherence tomography (OCT), behavior-based visual function assays, and molecular profiling of inflammation and cell death. 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