Mitophagy in human health, ageing and disease

A Picca, J Faitg, J Auwerx, L Ferrucci, D D'Amico - Nature Metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
Maintaining optimal mitochondrial function is a feature of health. Mitophagy removes and
recycles damaged mitochondria and regulates the biogenesis of new, fully functional ones …

A break in mitochondrial endosymbiosis as a basis for inflammatory diseases

MP Murphy, LAJ O'Neill - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondria retain bacterial traits due to their endosymbiotic origin, but host cells do not
recognize them as foreign because the organelles are sequestered. However, the regulated …

The role of cGAS-STING signaling in pulmonary fibrosis and its therapeutic potential

J Zhang, L Zhang, Y Chen, X Fang, B Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive and ultimately fatal lung disease, exhibiting the
excessive production of extracellular matrix and aberrant activation of fibroblast. While …

Biological effects of metal-based nanomaterials for tumor metalloimmunotherapy

H Lei, G Hou, M Chen, J Ji, L Cheng - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Tumor immunotherapy as a new tumor therapy has been intensively studied and reported.
However, the expected utilization and therapeutic effects have not been achieved due to the …

Central mechanisms of acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: Mitochondrial dysfunction by protein adducts and oxidant stress

H Jaeschke, A Ramachandran - Drug Metabolism and …, 2024 - dmd.aspetjournals.org
Acetaminophen (APAP) is an analgesic and antipyretic drug used worldwide, which is safe
at therapeutic doses. However, an overdose can induce liver injury and even liver failure …

cGAS goes viral: A conserved immune defense system from bacteria to humans

JM Jenson, ZJ Chen - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
To survive, all organisms need the ability to accurately recognize and neutralize pathogens.
As a result, many of the fundamental strategies that our innate immune system uses to fight …

CKLF induces microglial activation via triggering defective mitophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction

H Wang, J Ye, Y Peng, W Ma, H Chen, H Sun, Z Feng… - Autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although microglial activation is induced by an increase in chemokines, the role of
mitophagy in this process remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the role of …

Mitochondria as a sensor, a central hub and a biological clock in psychological stress-accelerated aging

X Liu, X Zhang, L Zhao, J Long, Z Feng, J Su… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The theory that oxidative damage caused by mitochondrial free radicals leads to aging has
brought mitochondria into the forefront of aging research. Psychological stress that …

Macrophage sting-yap axis controls hepatic steatosis by promoting autophagic degradation of lipid droplets

T Yang, X Qu, X Wang, D Xu, M Sheng, Y Lin, M Ke… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Macrophage STING-YAP Axis Controls Hepatic Steatosis by Promoting Autophagic
Degradation of Lipid Droplets Tao Yang1,2,#, Xiaoye Page 1 Macrophage STING-YAP Axis …

Micronucleus is not a potent inducer of the cGAS/STING pathway

Y Sato, MT Hayashi - Life Science Alliance, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
Micronuclei (MN) have been associated with the innate immune response. The abrupt
rupture of MN membranes results in the accumulation of cGAS, potentially activating STING …