Mitofusins: from mitochondria to fertility

S Zhao, N Heng, H Wang, H Wang, H Zhang… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Germ cell formation and embryonic development require ATP synthesized by mitochondria.
The dynamic system of the mitochondria, and in particular, the fusion of mitochondria, are …

Mitochondrial fragmentation and ROS signaling in wound response and repair

S Xu, S Li, M Bjorklund, S Xu - Cell Regeneration, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondria are organelles that serve numerous critical cellular functions, including energy
production, Ca2+ homeostasis, redox signaling, and metabolism. These functions are …

Targeting an allosteric site in dynamin-related protein 1 to inhibit Fis1-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction

L Rios, S Pokhrel, SJ Li, G Heo, B Haileselassie… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The large cytosolic GTPase, dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1), mediates both physiological
and pathological mitochondrial fission. Cell stress triggers Drp1 binding to mitochondrial …

Mitochondrial inhibitors: a new horizon in breast cancer therapy

Y Yan, S Li, L Su, X Tang, X Chen, X Gu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer, due to resistance to standard therapies such as endocrine therapy, anti-
HER2 therapy and chemotherapy, continues to pose a major health challenge. A growing …

An aggregated mitochondrial distribution in preimplantation embryos disrupts nuclear morphology, function, and developmental potential

IW Lee, AP Tazehkand, ZY Sha, D Adhikari… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
A dispersed cytoplasmic distribution of mitochondria is a hallmark of normal cellular
organization. Here, we have utilized the expression of exogenous Trak2 in mouse oocytes …

[HTML][HTML] Megamitochondria plasticity: function transition from adaption to disease

Y Shang, Z Li, P Cai, W Li, Y Xu, Y Zhao, S Xia, Q Shao… - Mitochondrion, 2023 - Elsevier
As the cell's energy factory and metabolic hub, mitochondria are critical for ATP synthesis to
maintain cellular function. Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that continuously …

Spatiotemporal single-cell roadmap of human skin wound healing

Z Liu, X Bian, L Luo, ÅK Björklund, L Li, L Zhang… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Wound healing is vital for human health, yet the details of cellular dynamics and
coordination in human wound repair remain largely unexplored. To address this, we …

Cellular and molecular responses to mitochondrial DNA deletions in Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: some underlying mechanisms

M Yazdani - Molecular Neurobiology, 2024 - Springer
Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) is a rare multisystem mitochondrial disorder. It is caused by
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) rearrangements, mostly large-scale deletions of 1.1–10 kb …

[HTML][HTML] Different impact of vitamin D on mitochondrial activity and morphology in normal and malignant keratinocytes, the role of genomic pathway

AM Olszewska, JI Nowak, O Król, D Flis… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Deregulation of mitochondria activity is one of the hallmarks of cancerogenesis and an
important target for cancer therapy. Therefore, we compared the impact of an active form of …

Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals LRRC75A-Expressing Cell Population Involved in VEGF Secretion of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Under Ischemia

T Miura, T Kouno, M Takano, T Kuroda… - Stem Cells …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Human multipotent mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) have been utilized in cell
therapy for various diseases and their clinical applications are expected to increase in the …