[HTML][HTML] Cellular mitophagy: mechanism, roles in diseases and small molecule pharmacological regulation

Y Lu, Z Li, S Zhang, T Zhang, Y Liu, L Zhang - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cellular mitophagy means that cells selectively wrap and degrade damaged mitochondria
through an autophagy mechanism, thus maintaining mitochondria and intracellular …

New insights into the role of mitochondria in cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion injury

J Wang, S Toan, H Zhou - Angiogenesis, 2020 - Springer
As reperfusion therapies have become more widely used in acute myocardial infarction
patients, ischemia-induced myocardial damage has been markedly reduced, but reperfusion …

[HTML][HTML] HIF-1α-BNIP3-mediated mitophagy in tubular cells protects against renal ischemia/reperfusion injury

ZJ Fu, ZY Wang, L Xu, XH Chen, XX Li, WT Liao… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, we hypothesized that hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α)-mediated
mitophagy plays a protective role in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced acute kidney injury …

[HTML][HTML] Empagliflozin rescues diabetic myocardial microvascular injury via AMPK-mediated inhibition of mitochondrial fission

H Zhou, S Wang, P Zhu, S Hu, Y Chen, J Ren - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Impaired cardiac microvascular function contributes to diabetic cardiovascular complications
although effective therapy remains elusive. Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 …

DNA-PKcs interacts with and phosphorylates Fis1 to induce mitochondrial fragmentation in tubular cells during acute kidney injury

S Wang, H Zhu, R Li, D Mui, S Toan, X Chang… - Science Signaling, 2022 - science.org
The catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) regulates cell death. We
sought to determine whether DNA-PKcs played a role in the tubular damage that occurs …

Melatonin attenuates myocardial ischemia‐reperfusion injury via improving mitochondrial fusion/mitophagy and activating the AMPK‐OPA1 signaling pathways

Y Zhang, Y Wang, J Xu, F Tian, S Hu… - Journal of pineal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Optic atrophy 1 (OPA1)‐related mitochondrial fusion and mitophagy are vital to
sustain mitochondrial homeostasis under stress conditions. However, no study has …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of melatonin in obesity: a review

Q Guan, Z Wang, J Cao, Y Dong, Y Chen - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity and its complications have become a prominent global public health problem that
severely threatens human health. Melatonin, originally known as an effective antioxidant, is …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria: central organelles for melatonin′ s antioxidant and anti-aging actions

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, S Rosales-Corral, A Galano… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Melatonin, along with its metabolites, have long been known to significantly reduce the
oxidative stress burden of aging cells or cells exposed to toxins. Oxidative damage is a …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenesis of cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury is associated with CK2α-disturbed mitochondrial homeostasis via suppression of FUNDC1-related …

H Zhou, P Zhu, J Wang, H Zhu, J Ren… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Disturbed mitochondrial homeostasis contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiac ischemia
reperfusion (IR) injury, although the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction plays central role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

R Ramanathan, AH Ali, JA Ibdah - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global pandemic that affects one-quarter of the
world's population. NAFLD includes a spectrum of progressive liver disease from steatosis to …