Mitofusin-2 independent juxtaposition of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria: an ultrastructural study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Besides its role in controlling the morphology of mitochondria, mitofusin-2 has been proposed to tether mitochondria to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), based largely on light microscopic analysis. In this study we have examined by electron microscopy the
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Mitofusin 2 Exerts a Protective Role in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Through Increasing Autophagy
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018 Background/Aims: Autophagy is essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis and the survival of terminally differentiated cells as neurons. In this study, we aim to investigate whether mitofusin 2, a mitochondrial fusion protein, mediates autophagy in ...
Cheng Peng +12 more
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A new target for an old DUB: UCH-L1 regulates mitofusin-2 levels, altering mitochondrial morphology, function and calcium uptake [PDF]
Redox Biology, 2020 UCH-L1 is a deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB), highly abundant in neurons, with a sub-cellular localization dependent on its farnesylation state. Despite UCH-L1′s association with familial Parkinson's Disease (PD), the effects on mitochondrial bioenergetics ...
Fernanda M. Cerqueira +9 more
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Mitofusin 2 Deficiency Affects Energy Metabolism and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in MEF Cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2), mitochondrial outer membrane protein which is involved in rearrangement of these organelles, was first described in pathology of hypertension and diabetes, and more recently much attention is paid to its functions in Charcot-Marie ...
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Mitofusin 2 Dysfunction and Disease in Mice and Men [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 A causal relationship between Mitofusin (MFN) 2 gene mutations and the hereditary axonal neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A) was described over 15 years ago. During the intervening period much has been learned about MFN2 functioning in
Gerald W. Dorn
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Mitofusin-mediated ER stress triggers neurodegeneration in pink1/parkin models of Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
, 2016 Mutations in PINK1 and PARKIN cause early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD), thought to be due to mitochondrial toxicity. Here, we show that in Drosophila pink1 and parkin mutants, defective mitochondria also give rise to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress ...
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Mitofusin 2 in Mature Adipocytes Controls Adiposity and Body Weight
Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: We found that exposure of adult animals to calorie-dense foods rapidly abolished expression of mitofusin 2 (Mfn2), a gene promoting mitochondrial fusion and mitochondrion-endoplasmic reticulum interactions, in white and brown fat.
Giacomo Mancini +5 more
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Unveiling a Rare Phenotypic Presentation of Mitofusin 2 Mutation as Cerebellar Ataxia. [PDF]
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Cardiac fibrosis is evident even in the situation without a significant cardiomyocyte loss in diabetic cardiomyopathy and a high glucose (HG) level independently activates the cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) and promotes cell proliferation.
Ling-Yu Zhang +13 more
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Biomedicines, 2022 Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe progressive disease, and the uncontrolled proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is one of the main causes.
I-Chen Chen +9 more
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