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Mitochondria take center stage in aging and neurodegeneration.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 2005
Beal M Flint
Abstract excerpt
A critical role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage has been hypothesized in both aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Much of the evidence has been correlative, but recent evidence has shown that the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations accelerates normal aging, leads to oxidative damage to nuclear DNA, and impairs gene transcription. Furthermore, overexpression of the antioxidant enzyme...
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