Mitochondria in Mycobacterium Infection: From the Immune System to Mitochondrial Haplogroups

FG Souza, GC Cavalcante - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In humans, mitochondria play key roles in the regulation of cellular functions, such as the
regulation of the innate immune response and are targets of several pathogenic viruses and …

Mitochondria: a new intervention target for tumor invasion and metastasis

Q Zhou, T Cao, F Li, M Zhang, X Li, H Zhao, Y Zhou - Molecular Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Mitochondria, responsible for cellular energy synthesis and signal transduction, intricately
regulate diverse metabolic processes, mediating fundamental biological phenomena such …

Mitochondria in tumour progression: a network of mtDNA variants in different types of cancer

GC Cavalcante, Â Ribeiro-dos-Santos, GS de Araújo - BMC genomic data, 2022 - Springer
Background Mitochondrial participation in tumorigenesis and metastasis has been studied
for many years, but several aspects of this mechanism remain unclear, such as the …

Benchmarking the effectiveness and accuracy of multiple mitochondrial DNA variant callers: practical implications for clinical application

EKK Ip, M Troup, C Xu, DS Winlaw… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations contribute to human disease across a range of
severity, from rare, highly penetrant mutations causal for monogenic disorders to mutations …

A systems biology approach to pathogenesis of gastric cancer: gene network modeling and pathway analysis

N Mottaghi-Dastjerdi, A Ghorbani, H Montazeri… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Background Gastric cancer (GC) ranks among the most common malignancies worldwide.
This study aimed to find critical genes/pathways in GC pathogenesis. Methods Gene …

Monoamine oxidase A is a major mediator of mitochondrial homeostasis and glycolysis in gastric cancer progression

L Chen, L Guo, Z Sun, G Yang, J Guo… - Cancer Management …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) is a mitochondrial protein involved in
tumourigenesis in different types of cancer. However, the biological function of MAO-A in …

Whole mitogenome sequencing uncovers a relation between mitochondrial heteroplasmy and leprosy severity

FG de Souza, MB da Silva, GS de Araújo, CS Silva… - Human Genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background In recent years, the mitochondria/immune system interaction has been
proposed, so that variants of mitochondrial genome and levels of heteroplasmy might …

Mitochondrial variants of complex I genes associated with leprosy clinical subtypes

FG de Souza, CS Silva, GS de Araújo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Leprosy is a chronic bacterial infection mainly caused by Mycobacterium leprae that
primarily affects skin and peripheral nerves. Due to its ability to absorb carbon from the host …

Downregulation of lncRNA ZNF582-AS1 due to DNA hypermethylation promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma growth and metastasis by regulating the N (6) …

W Yang, K Zhang, L Li, Y Xu, K Ma, H Xie… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Emerging evidence confirms that lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) are
potential biomarkers that play vital roles in tumors. ZNF582-AS1 is a novel lncRNA that …

From samples to germline and somatic sequence variation: a focus on next-generation sequencing in melanoma research

A Muñoz-Barrera, LA Rubio-Rodríguez… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications have flourished in the last decade,
permitting the identification of cancer driver genes and profoundly expanding the …