Molecular pathways of major depressive disorder converge on the synapse

GR Fries, VA Saldana, J Finnstein, T Rein - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric disease of still poorly understood
molecular etiology. Extensive studies at different molecular levels point to a high complexity …

Mitochondrial transfer/transplantation: an emerging therapeutic approach for multiple diseases

Z Liu, Y Sun, Z Qi, L Cao, S Ding - Cell & bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondria play a pivotal role in energy generation and cellular physiological processes.
These organelles are highly dynamic, constantly changing their morphology, cellular …

Mitochondria: It is all about energy

A Casanova, A Wevers, S Navarro-Ledesma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria play a key role in both health and disease. Their function is not limited to
energy production but serves multiple mechanisms varying from iron and calcium …

[HTML][HTML] The energetic cost of allostasis and allostatic load

N Bobba-Alves, RP Juster, M Picard - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic psychosocial stress increases disease risk and mortality, but the underlying
mechanisms remain largely unclear. Here we outline an energy-based model for the …

Selective packaging of mitochondrial proteins into extracellular vesicles prevents the release of mitochondrial DAMPs

K Todkar, L Chikhi, V Desjardins, F El-Mortada… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Most cells constitutively secrete mitochondrial DNA and proteins in extracellular vesicles
(EVs). While EVs are small vesicles that transfer material between cells, Mitochondria …

Blood mitochondrial DNA copy number: what are we counting?

M Picard - Mitochondrion, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing scientific interest to develop scalable biological measures that capture
mitochondrial (dys) function. Mitochondria have their own genome, the mitochondrial DNA …

Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

LKM Han, R Dinga, T Hahn, CRK Ching, LT Eyler… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with an increased risk of brain atrophy,
aging-related diseases, and mortality. We examined potential advanced brain aging in adult …

Role of platelet mitochondria: life in a nucleus-free zone

H Melchinger, K Jain, T Tyagi, J Hwa - Frontiers in cardiovascular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Platelets are abundant, small, anucleate circulating cells, serving many emerging
pathophysiological roles beyond hemostasis; including active critical roles in thrombosis …

Mitochondrial extracellular vesicles–origins and roles

L Amari, M Germain - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged in the last decade as critical cell-to-cell
communication devices used to carry nucleic acids and proteins between cells. EV cargo …

[HTML][HTML] Major depression and the biological hallmarks of aging

EC Lorenzo, GA Kuchel, CL Kuo, TE Moffitt… - Ageing research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by psychological and physiological
manifestations contributing to the disease severity and outcome. In recent years, several …