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ReviewBiomedicines2022

The Mitochondrial Genome in Aging and Disease and the Future of Mitochondrial Therapeutics.

Sanjana Saravanan, Caitlin J Lewis, Bhavna Dixit, Matthew S O'Connor, Alexandra Stolzing, Amutha Boominathan

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Exogenous expression of ATP8, a mitochondrial encoded protein, from the nucleusMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sanjana SaravananDivision of Mitochondria Biology, SENS Research Foundation, 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-7710
Caitlin J LewisDivision of Mitochondria Biology, SENS Research Foundation, 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5521-2607
Bhavna DixitDivision of Mitochondria Biology, SENS Research Foundation, 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.
Matthew S O'ConnorUnderdog Pharmaceuticals Inc., 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.
Alexandra StolzingDivision of Mitochondria Biology, SENS Research Foundation, 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.
Amutha BoominathanDivision of Mitochondria Biology, SENS Research Foundation, 110 Pioneer Way, Suite J, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2048-4981

Funding

Forever Healthy Foundation n/aFoster Foundation n/aLifeSpan.io n/aLongecity Foundation n/aSENS Research Foundation n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are intracellular organelles that utilize nutrients to generate energy in the form of ATP by oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in humans is a 16,569 base pair double-stranded circular DNA that encodes for 13 vital proteins of the electron transport chain. Our understanding of the mitochondrial genome's transcription, translation, and maintenance is still emerging, and human pathologies caused by mtDNA dysfunction are widely observed. Additionally, a correlation between declining mitochondrial DNA quality and copy number with organelle dysfunction in aging is well-documented in the literature. Despite tremendous advancements in nuclear gene-editing technologies and their value in translational avenues, our ability to edit mitochondrial DNA is still limited. In this review, we discuss the current therapeutic landscape in addressing the various pathologies that result from mtDNA mutations. We further evaluate existing gene therapy efforts, particularly allotopic expression and its potential to become an indispensable tool for restoring mitochondrial health in disease and aging.

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allotopic expressiongene therapymitochondriamitochondrial diseasesmtDNAmtDNA editingmtDNA mutations

Identifiers

PMID35203698
PMCPMC8962324

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