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Oxidative damage elicited by imbalance of free radical scavenging enzymes is associated with large-scale mtDNA deletions in aging human skin.
Mutation research - 25 Jan 1999
Lu C Y, Lee H C, Fahn H J, Wei Y H
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations and impaired respiratory function have been demonstrated in various tissues of aged individuals. We hypothesized that age-dependent increase of ROS and free radicals production in mitochondria is associated with the accumulation of large-scale mtDNA deletions....
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