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Mitochondrial DNA copy number in human disease: the more the better?

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Current knowledge of the role of mtDNA copy number regulation in various types of human diseases, including mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer, and during ageing is critically discussed.
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This article is published in FEBS Letters.The article was published on 2021-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 169 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mitochondrial disease & Mitochondrial DNA.

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Double genetic disruption of lactate dehydrogenases A and B is required to ablate the

TL;DR: In this article, the LDHA/B-DKO genes were disrupted in two cancer cell lines (human colon adenocarcinoma and murine melanoma cells) to reveal that the metabolic shift to OXPHOS caused by LDHA and B genetic disruptions is responsible for the tumors' escape and growth.
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Overexpression of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A Ameliorates Mitochondrial Deficiencies and Cardiac Failure After Myocardial Infarction

TL;DR: Whether TFAM could protect the heart from mtDNA deficiencies and attenuate left ventricular remodeling and failure after myocardial infarction (MI) created by ligating the left coronary artery is examined and could ameliorate the decrease in mtDNA copy number and mitochondrial complex enzyme activities in post-MI hearts.
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Overexpression of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A Ameliorates Mitochondrial Deficiencies and Cardiac Failure

TL;DR: Overexpression of TFAM inhibited LV remodeling after myocardial infarction and may provide a novel therapeutic strategy of cardiac failure.
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TL;DR: The complete sequence of the 16,569-base pair human mitochondrial genome is presented and shows extreme economy in that the genes have none or only a few noncoding bases between them, and in many cases the termination codons are not coded in the DNA but are created post-transcriptionally by polyadenylation of the mRNAs.

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Mechanisms Controlling Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Respiration through the Thermogenic Coactivator PGC-1

TL;DR: PGC-1, a cold-inducible coactivator of nuclear receptors, stimulates mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration in muscle cells through an induction of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP-2) and through regulation of the nuclear respiratory factors (NRFs).
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Nutrient control of glucose homeostasis through a complex of PGC-1alpha and SIRT1.

TL;DR: It is shown that the Sir2 homologue, SIRT1 controls the gluconeogenic/glycolytic pathways in liver in response to fasting signals through the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α, and this findings have strong implications for the basic pathways of energy homeostasis, diabetes and lifespan.
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