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ReviewNature metabolism2022

Mitochondrial heterogeneity and homeostasis through the lens of a neuron.

Gulcin Pekkurnaz, Xinnan Wang

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Review in Nature metabolism, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The role of impaired mitochondrial function in neurological manifestations of mitochondrial diseases.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  3. Mitochondrial molecular diversity in the brain.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026
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  11. The MIRO1-BAX Complex Dictates Life and Death at the Mitochondrial Gate.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  17. Mitochondrial mechanics nucleates axonal jamming and swelling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Gulcin PekkurnazNeurobiology Department, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. gpekkurnaz@ucsd.edu.
Xinnan WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. xinnanw@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2640-7082

Funding

Metabolic Regulation of Mitochondrial FunctionR35GM128823 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Gulcin Pekkurnaz · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
Molecular Regulations of Mitochondrial Structure in Neuronal Homeostasis and SurvivalR01NS128040 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI XINNAN WANG · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Regulation of mitochondrial motility and mitophagy by LRRK2.R01NS089583 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, XINNAN · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
A control center for mitochondrial navigation in neuronsR01GM143258 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, XINNAN · 2021 to 2024
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143258NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128823NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089583NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS128040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are vital organelles with distinct morphological features and functional properties. The dynamic network of mitochondria undergoes structural and functional adaptations in response to cell-type-specific metabolic demands. Even within the same cell, mitochondria can display wide diversity and separate into functionally distinct subpopulations. Mitochondrial heterogeneity supports unique subcellular functions and is crucial to polarized cells, such as neurons. The spatiotemporal metabolic burden within the complex shape of a neuron requires precisely localized mitochondria. By travelling great lengths throughout neurons and experiencing bouts of immobility, mitochondria meet distant local fuel demands. Understanding mitochondrial heterogeneity and homeostasis mechanisms in neurons provides a framework to probe their significance to many other cell types. Here, we put forth an outline of the multifaceted role of mitochondria in regulating neuronal physiology and cellular functions more broadly.

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MitochondriaNeuronsHomeostasisOrganelles

Identifiers

PMID35817853
PMCPMC11151822

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