ReviewEMBO reports2020
Mitochondrial DNA in inflammation and immunity.
Review in EMBO reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 530 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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530 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 784 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mitochondrial-inflammation crosstalk in major depressive disorder: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Immune regulation in mitochondrial transfer: knowledge structure and emerging trends from a bibliometric perspective.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia: The Role of Inflammation.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- Serum extracellular vesicle RNA profiles in long COVID: insights from exercise-induced gene modulation.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Exercise intensity and training alter the innate immune cell type and chromosomal origins of circulating cell-free DNA in humans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Trial
- Mitochondrial extracellular vesicles in cardiorenal syndrome: emerging mediators of mitochondrial signaling and inter-organ crosstalk.Renal failure · 2026Review
- Pathophysiology-guided biomarkers and therapeutics for precision trauma medicine in polytrauma with musculoskeletal injuries.Military Medical Research · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial Quality Control in Degenerative Musculoskeletal Diseases: Signaling Networks and Therapeutic Landscapes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Mitoxyperiosis Defines a Monocyte-driven Inflammatory Endotype in Ischemic Stroke: Multi-cohort Transcriptomic and Single-cell CITE-seq Analysis.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Article
- Cellular Mechanisms Enabling Mitochondria Transfer and Transplantation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Mechanistic reprogramming of the mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis in cellular senescence: from mitochondrial homeostatic disruption to inflammatory and immune outcomes.Biogerontology · 2026Review
- Metastasis enables immunogenicity through migrasome-mediated antigen release.Nature immunology · 2026Article
- Supraphysiological Estrogen Induces Endometrial Impairments via Mitochondrial ROS-Driven NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- MA-5 attenuates disease-associated transcriptomic aging and pathological microglial states in Gaucher disease.Research square · 2026Article
- Chronic type II interferon promotes tumor growth through mitochondrial RNA-induced type I interferon and prostaglandin synthesis.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- A positively selected microRNA controls a reversible aging program in striated muscle.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Mitochondria-Targeted Multimodal Nanotherapeutics Suppress Oxidized mtDNA-Driven Inflammation at the Source.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Antibiotic-Induced Genotoxicity: Molecular Mechanisms, Cytogenetic Damage, and Implications for Human Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Regulation and roles of mammalian mitophagy.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026Review
- MiPEP133 enhances anti-tumor immunity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by activating CD8 + T cells.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Mitochondria are cellular organelles that orchestrate a vast range of biological processes, from energy production and metabolism to cell death and inflammation. Despite this seemingly symbiotic relationship, mitochondria harbour within them a potent agonist of innate immunity: their own genome. Release of mitochondrial DNA into the cytoplasm and out into the extracellular milieu activates a plethora of different pattern recognition receptors and innate immune responses, including cGAS-STING, TLR9 and inflammasome formation leading to, among others, robust type I interferon responses. In this Review, we discuss how mtDNA can be released from the mitochondria, the various inflammatory pathways triggered by mtDNA release and its myriad biological consequences for health and disease.
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