Somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations in human cancers

M Yu - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2012 - books.google.com
Mitochondria are ubiquitous organelles in eukaryotic cells principally responsible for
regulating cellular energy metabolism, free radical production, and the execution of …

Mitochondrial DNA mutations in human cancer

A Chatterjee, E Mambo, D Sidransky - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been increasingly observed in primary
human cancers. As each cell contains many mitochondria with multiple copies of mtDNA, it …

Mitochondrial defects in cancer

JS Carew, P Huang - Molecular cancer, 2002 - Springer
Mitochondria play important roles in cellular energy metabolism, free radical generation, and
apoptosis. Defects in mitochondrial function have long been suspected to contribute to the …

Implications of mitochondrial DNA mutations and mitochondrial dysfunction in tumorigenesis

J Lu, LK Sharma, Y Bai - Cell research, 2009 - nature.com
Alterations in oxidative phosphorylation resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction have long
been hypothesized to be involved in tumorigenesis. Mitochondria have recently been shown …

Mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer: a review

C Santos, M Martinez, M Lima, YJ Hao… - Current topics in …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
As mitochondria participate in fundamental process of the cellular metabolism, recent
research has addressed the role of mitochondria, and of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), in …

Mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer--from bench to bedside.

AM Czarnecka, W Kukwa, T Krawczyk… - Frontiers in …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Mitochondria are cell organelles mostly known for their production of ATP through oxidative
phosphorylation. As suggested over 70 years ago by O. Warburg and recently confirmed …

The landscape of mtDNA modifications in cancer: a tale of two cities

KL Hertweck, S Dasgupta - Frontiers in oncology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria from normal and cancerous cells represent a tale of two cities, wherein both
execute similar processes but with different cellular and molecular effects. Given the number …

Mitochondrial DNA: the overlooked oncogenome?

PA Gammage, C Frezza - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Perturbed mitochondrial bioenergetics constitute a core pillar of cancer-associated
metabolic dysfunction. While mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer may result from myriad …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial DNA is a major source of driver mutations in cancer

M Kim, M Mahmood, E Reznik, PA Gammage - Trends in cancer, 2022 - cell.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are among the most common genetic events in all
tumors and directly impact metabolic homeostasis. Despite the central role mitochondria …

Generation, function and diagnostic value of mitochondrial DNA copy number alterations in human cancers

M Yu - Life sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are key organelles in eukaryotic cells principally responsible for multiple
cellular functions. In addition to a plethora of somatic mutations as well as polymorphic …