Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging

JS Harrington, SW Ryter, M Plataki… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Mitochondria are well known as organelles responsible for the maintenance of cellular
bioenergetics through the production of ATP. Although oxidative phosphorylation may be …

Iron homeostasis and ferroptosis in human diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

Q Ru, Y Li, L Chen, Y Wu, J Min, F Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Iron, an essential mineral in the body, is involved in numerous physiological processes,
making the maintenance of iron homeostasis crucial for overall health. Both iron overload …

Myofibroblasts and fibrosis: mitochondrial and metabolic control of cellular differentiation

AA Gibb, MP Lazaropoulos, JW Elrod - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac fibrosis is mediated by the activation of resident cardiac fibroblasts, which
differentiate into myofibroblasts in response to injury or stress. Although myofibroblast …

Calcium signalling in T cells

M Trebak, JP Kinet - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium (Ca2+) signalling is of paramount importance to immunity. Regulated
increases in cytosolic and organellar Ca2+ concentrations in lymphocytes control complex …

Endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondrial contactology: structure and signaling functions

G Csordás, D Weaver, G Hajnóczky - Trends in cell biology, 2018 - cell.com
Interorganellar contacts are increasingly recognized as central to the control of cellular
behavior. These contacts, which typically involve a small fraction of the endomembrane …

CGI1746 targets σ1R to modulate ferroptosis through mitochondria-associated membranes

Z Zhang, H Zhou, W Gu, Y Wei, S Mou, Y Wang… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is iron-dependent oxidative cell death. Labile iron and polyunsaturated fatty acid
(PUFA)-containing lipids are two critical factors for ferroptosis execution. Many processes …

The calcium–cancer signalling nexus

GR Monteith, N Prevarskaya… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The calcium signal is a powerful and multifaceted tool by which cells can achieve specific
outcomes. Cellular machinery important in tumour progression is often driven or influenced …

A practical guide for the analysis, standardization and interpretation of oxygen consumption measurements

AS Divakaruni, M Jastroch - Nature metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
Measurement of oxygen consumption is a powerful and uniquely informative experimental
technique. It can help identify mitochondrial mechanisms of action following pharmacologic …

Structure and mechanism of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter holocomplex

M Fan, J Zhang, CW Tsai, BJ Orlando, M Rodriguez… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria take up Ca2+ through the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex to regulate
energy production, cytosolic Ca2+ signalling and cell death,. In mammals, the uniporter …

AMPK, mitochondrial function, and cardiovascular disease

S Wu, MH Zou - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is in charge of numerous
catabolic and anabolic signaling pathways to sustain appropriate intracellular adenosine …