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ReviewMolecular human reproduction2015

Mitochondrial DNA disease and developmental implications for reproductive strategies.

Joerg Patrick Burgstaller, Iain G Johnston, Joanna Poulton

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Review in Molecular human reproduction, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Pronounced somatic bottleneck in mitochondrial DNA of human hair.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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  19. Evolving mtDNA populations within cells.Biochemical Society transactions · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joerg Patrick BurgstallerBiotechnology in Animal Production, Department for Agrobiotechnology, IFA Tulln, 3430 Tulln, Austria Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria joerg.burgstaller@vetmeduni.ac.at.
Iain G JohnstonDepartment of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Joanna PoultonNuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J010448/1Medical Research Council MR/J013617/1Wellcome Trust WT0948685MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial diseases are potentially severe, incurable diseases resulting from dysfunctional mitochondria. Several important mitochondrial diseases are caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the genetic material contained within mitochondria, which is maternally inherited. Classical and modern therapeutic approaches exist to address the inheritance of mtDNA disease, but are potentially complicated by the fact that cellular mtDNA populations evolve according to poorly-understood dynamics during development and organismal lifetimes. We review these therapeutic approaches and models of mtDNA dynamics during development, and discuss the implications of recent results from these models for modern mtDNA therapies. We particularly highlight mtDNA segregation-differences in proliferative rates between different mtDNA haplotypes-as a potential and underexplored issue in such therapies. However, straightforward strategies exist to combat this and other potential therapeutic problems. In particular, we describe haplotype matching as an approach with the power to potentially ameliorate any expected issues from mtDNA incompatibility.

Indexed as

DNA, MitochondrialBiological EvolutionDatabases, GeneticHaplotypesHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesReproductionDNA, Mitochondrialdevelopmenthaplotype matchingmitochondrial DNAmtDNA segregationpreventing mtDNA disease

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PMID25425607
PMCPMC4275042
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