Mitochondrial genetics through the lens of single-cell multi-omics

L Nitsch, CA Lareau, LS Ludwig - Nature genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondria carry their own genetic information encoding for a subset of protein-coding
genes and translational machinery essential for cellular respiration and metabolism. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Somatic nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions are prevalent in the human brain and accumulate over time in fibroblasts

W Zhou, KR Karan, W Gu, HU Klein, G Sturm… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genomes of eukaryotes (Numts) has
been linked to lifespan in nonhuman species and recently demonstrated to occur in rare …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial control of lymphocyte homeostasis

YF Yazicioglu, RJ Mitchell, AJ Clarke - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitochondria play a multitude of essential roles within mammalian cells, and understanding
how they control immunity is an emerging area of study. Lymphocytes, as integral cellular …

T cell activation contributes to purifying selection against the MELAS‐associated m. 3243A> G pathogenic variant in blood

MA Walker, S Li, KJ Livak, A Karaa… - Journal of Inherited …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
T cells have been shown to maintain a lower percentage (heteroplasmy) of the pathogenic
m. 3243A> G variant (MT‐TL1, associated with maternally inherited diabetes and deafness …

[HTML][HTML] Single-Cell Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing: Methodologies and Applications

G Zhou, Z Gu, J Xu - Mitochondrial Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitochondria play a pivotal role in cellular energetics, metabolism, and various regulatory
processes. Their dysregulation is implicated in numerous diseases. Traditional population …

Frequencies and spectra of aflatoxin B1-induced mutations in liver genomes of NEIL1-deficient mice as revealed by duplex sequencing

IG Minko, MM Luzadder, VL Vartanian… - NAR Molecular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Increased risk for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is driven by a number
of etiological factors including hepatitis viral infection and dietary exposures to foods …

Pathogenic mitochondrial DNA point mutations in the immune system:'A tale of two cities'

J Zhang - 2024 - search.proquest.com
High levels of heteroplasmic pathogenic mtDNA mutations in mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA)
genes can severely disrupt mitochondrial translation and oxidative phosphorylation, leading …