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Somatic mutations in mitochondria: the chicken or the egg?
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2005
Ospelt Caroline, Gay Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations of mitochondrial DNA have been detected in various pathologies such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiac disorders and aging in general. Now it has been found that patients with rheumatoid arthritis also have a higher incidence of mitochondrial mutations in synoviocytes and synovial tissue compared with patients with osteoarthritis. Furthermore, it has been shown that these mutations...
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