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OPA1 Controls Apoptotic Cristae Remodeling Independently from Mitochondrial Fusion

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Evidence is provided that Optic Atrophy 1 (OPA1), a profusion dynamin-related protein of the inner mitochondrial membrane mutated in dominant optic atrophy, protects from apoptosis by preventing cytochrome c release independently from mitochondrial fusion.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2006-07-14 and is currently open access. It has received 1444 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Optic Atrophy 1 & Inner mitochondrial membrane.

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Mitochondrial outer-membrane permeabilization and remodelling in apoptosis.

TL;DR: The link that could exist between mitochondrial fission and fusion machinery, Bcl-2 family members and MOMP is discussed.
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Mitochondrial dynamics in heart disease

TL;DR: The mechanisms for mitochondrial fusion and fission are reviewed and current data are examined that dispel the previous notion that mitochondrial fusion is dispensable in the heart.
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Rhomboid proteins: conserved membrane proteases with divergent biological functions

TL;DR: A thorough consideration of all known examples of rhomboid function suggests that, despite biochemical similarity in mechanism and specificity,rhomboid proteins function in diverse processes including quorum sensing in bacteria, mitochondrial membrane fusion, apoptosis, and stem cell differentiation in eukaryotes; rhomboids are also now starting to be linked to human disease, including early-onset blindness, diabetes, and parasitic diseases.
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Mitochondrial fusion is frequent in skeletal muscle and supports excitation–contraction coupling

TL;DR: Mitochondrial fusion is frequent in skeletal muscle, and its disruption jeopardizes excitation–contraction coupling and may contribute to the pathology of myopathies.
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Mitochondrial dynamics and viral infections: A close nexus

TL;DR: How mitochondrial dynamics is affected during viral infections and how this complex interplay benefits the viral infectious process and associated diseases is reviewed.
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Proapoptotic BAX and BAK: A Requisite Gateway to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Death

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that doubly deficient cells are resistant to multiple apoptotic stimuli that act through disruption of mitochondrial function: staurosporine, ultraviolet radiation, growth factor deprivation, etoposide, and the endoplasmic reticulum stress stimuli thapsigargin and tunicamycin.
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The Pathophysiology of Mitochondrial Cell Death

TL;DR: The therapeutic induction of MOMP may restore apoptosis in cancer cells in which it is disabled, and the general rules governing the pathophysiology and controversial issues regarding its regulation are discussed.
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Two CD95 (APO-1/Fas) signaling pathways

TL;DR: In the presence of caspase‐3 the amount of active casp enzyme‐8 generated at the DISC determines whether a mitochondria‐independent apoptosis pathway is used (type I cells) or not (type II cells).
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The expanding role of mitochondria in apoptosis

TL;DR: The complexity of the apoptotic program began to increase with the discovery of Bcl-2, a gene whose product causes resistance to apoptosis in lymphocytes, and the complex role of mitochondria in apoptosis came into focus when biochemical studies identified several mitochondrial proteins that are able to activate cellular apoptotic programs directly.
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Mitofusins Mfn1 and Mfn2 coordinately regulate mitochondrial fusion and are essential for embryonic development

TL;DR: It is concluded that Mfn1 and Mfn2 have both redundant and distinct functions and act in three separate molecular complexes to promote mitochondrial fusion, and by enabling cooperation between mitochondria, has protective effects on the mitochondrial population.
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