[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotection in glaucoma: mechanisms beyond intraocular pressure lowering

JR Tribble, F Hui, H Quintero, S El Hajji, K Bell… - Molecular aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is a common, complex, multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized
by progressive dysfunction and then loss of retinal ganglion cells, the output neurons of the …

Mitofusin 2: from functions to disease

R Filadi, D Pendin, P Pizzo - Cell death & disease, 2018 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles whose functions are essential for cell viability.
Within the cell, the mitochondrial network is continuously remodeled through the balance …

Metabolic control of cell death

DR Green, L Galluzzi, G Kroemer - Science, 2014 - science.org
Background For several decades, intermediate metabolism and signal transduction have
been considered two independent entities. On one side stood the catabolic and anabolic …

MFN2 agonists reverse mitochondrial defects in preclinical models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A

AG Rocha, A Franco, AM Krezel, JM Rumsey… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Mitofusins (MFNs) promote fusion-mediated mitochondrial content exchange and
subcellular trafficking. Mutations in Mfn2 cause neurodegenerative Charcot-Marie-Tooth …

Mitochondria, oxidative stress and neurodegeneration

A Federico, E Cardaioli, P Da Pozzo, P Formichi… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are involved in ATP supply to cells through oxidative phosphorylation
(OXPHOS), synthesis of key molecules and response to oxidative stress, as well as in …

Mitochondrial fusion/fission dynamics in neurodegeneration and neuronal plasticity

AM Bertholet, T Delerue, AM Millet, MF Moulis… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that continually move, fuse and divide. The dynamic
balance of fusion and fission of mitochondria determines their morphology and allows their …

Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) links mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum function with insulin signaling and is essential for normal glucose homeostasis

D Sebastián, MI Hernández-Alvarez… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that play a key role in energy conversion. Optimal
mitochondrial function is ensured by a quality-control system tightly coupled to fusion and …

Mitochondrial dynamics–fusion, fission, movement, and mitophagy–in neurodegenerative diseases

H Chen, DC Chan - Human molecular genetics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Neurons are metabolically active cells with high energy demands at locations distant from
the cell body. As a result, these cells are particularly dependent on mitochondrial function …

Mitochondrial dynamics in mammalian health and disease

M Liesa, M Palacín, A Zorzano - Physiological reviews, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
The meaning of the word mitochondrion (from the Greek mitos, meaning thread, and
chondros, grain) illustrates that the heterogeneity of mitochondrial morphology has been …

Structure, function, and regulation of mitofusin‐2 in health and disease

G Chandhok, M Lazarou, B Neumann - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that constantly migrate, fuse, and divide to
regulate their shape, size, number, and bioenergetic function. Mitofusins (Mfn1/2), optic …