[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial diseases: hope for the future

OM Russell, GS Gorman, RN Lightowlers, DM Turnbull - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondrial diseases are clinically heterogeneous disorders caused by a wide spectrum
of mutations in genes encoded by either the nuclear or the mitochondrial genome …

Exercise adaptations: molecular mechanisms and potential targets for therapeutic benefit

SL McGee, M Hargreaves - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2020 - nature.com
Exercise is fundamental for good health, whereas physical inactivity underpins many chronic
diseases of modern society. It is well appreciated that regular exercise improves metabolism …

DeepCDR: a hybrid graph convolutional network for predicting cancer drug response

Q Liu, Z Hu, R Jiang, M Zhou - Bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Accurate prediction of cancer drug response (CDR) is challenging due to the
uncertainty of drug efficacy and heterogeneity of cancer patients. Strong evidences have …

The role of AMPK activation for cardioprotection in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

KN Timm, DJ Tyler - Cardiovascular drugs and therapy, 2020 - Springer
Doxorubicin is a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of a range of
cancers, but despite its success in improving cancer survival rates, doxorubicin is cardiotoxic …

Can metformin exert as an active drug on endothelial dysfunction in diabetic subjects?

T Salvatore, PC Pafundi, R Galiero, L Rinaldi… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular mortality is a major cause of death among in type 2 diabetes (T2DM).
Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is a well-known important risk factor for the development of …

Mitochondrial peptide BRAWNIN is essential for vertebrate respiratory complex III assembly

S Zhang, B Reljić, C Liang, B Kerouanton… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The emergence of small open reading frame (sORF)-encoded peptides (SEPs) is rapidly
expanding the known proteome at the lower end of the size distribution. Here, we show that …

The cross-talk of energy sensing and mitochondrial anchoring sustains synaptic efficacy by maintaining presynaptic metabolism

S Li, GJ Xiong, N Huang, ZH Sheng - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria supply ATP essential for synaptic transmission. Neurons face exceptional
challenges in maintaining energy homoeostasis at synapses. Regulation of mitochondrial …

From overnutrition to liver injury: AMP-activated protein kinase in nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases

P Zhao, AR Saltiel - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLDs), especially nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH),
have become a major cause of liver transplant and liver-associated death. However, the …

Clinical trials in mitochondrial disorders, an update

M Almannai, AW El-Hattab, M Ali… - Molecular genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial disorders comprise a molecular and clinically diverse group of diseases that
are associated with mitochondrial dysfunction leading to multi-organ disease. With recent …

Metabolic compartmentalization between astroglia and neurons in physiological and pathophysiological conditions of the neurovascular unit

S Takahashi - Neuropathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Astroglia or astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, are interposed between
neuronal synapses and microvasculature in the brain gray matter. They play a pivotal role in …