Mitochondrial dynamics in health and disease: mechanisms and potential targets

W Chen, H Zhao, Y Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are organelles that are able to adjust and respond to different stressors and
metabolic needs within a cell, showcasing their plasticity and dynamic nature. These …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial fusion and fission: The fine-tune balance for cellular homeostasis

M Adebayo, S Singh, AP Singh… - FASEB journal: official …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mitochondria are highly dynamic, maternally inherited cytoplasmic organelles, which fulfill
cellular energy demand through the oxidative phosphorylation system. Besides, they play an …

Mitochondrial dynamics and its involvement in disease

DC Chan - Annual review of pathology: mechanisms of disease, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The dynamic properties of mitochondria—including their fusion, fission, and degradation—
are critical for their optimal function in energy generation. The interplay of fusion and fission …

Mitochondrial fission links ECM mechanotransduction to metabolic redox homeostasis and metastatic chemotherapy resistance

P Romani, N Nirchio, M Arboit, V Barbieri, A Tosi… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Metastatic breast cancer cells disseminate to organs with a soft microenvironment. Whether
and how the mechanical properties of the local tissue influence their response to treatment …

Pulmonary hypertension

A Mocumbi, M Humbert, A Saxena, ZC Jing… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pulmonary hypertension encompasses a range of conditions directly or indirectly leading to
elevated pressures within the pulmonary arteries. Five main groups of pulmonary …

Mitochondrial fusion, fission, and mitochondrial toxicity

JN Meyer, TC Leuthner, AL Luz - Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial dynamics are regulated by two sets of opposed processes: mitochondrial
fusion and fission, and mitochondrial biogenesis and degradation (including mitophagy), as …

Deficient endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial phosphatidylserine transfer causes liver disease

MI Hernández-Alvarez, D Sebastián, S Vives… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver is the most common liver disease worldwide. Here, we show that the
mitochondrial protein mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) protects against liver disease. Reduced Mfn2 …

Mitochondrial fusion supports increased oxidative phosphorylation during cell proliferation

CH Yao, R Wang, Y Wang, CP Kung, JD Weber… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Proliferating cells often have increased glucose consumption and lactate excretion relative
to the same cells in the quiescent state, a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect …

Mitochondrial dynamics in regulating the unique phenotypes of cancer and stem cells

H Chen, DC Chan - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Cancer and stem cells appear to share a common metabolic profile that is characterized by
high utilization of glucose through aerobic glycolysis. In the presence of sufficient nutrients …

Mitofusin 2: from functions to disease

R Filadi, D Pendin, P Pizzo - Cell death & disease, 2018 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles whose functions are essential for cell viability.
Within the cell, the mitochondrial network is continuously remodeled through the balance …