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Molecular oncology focus - is carcinogenesis a 'mitochondriopathy'?
Journal of biomedical science - 25 Apr 2010
Czarnecka Anna M, Czarnecki Jerzy S, Kukwa Wojciech, Cappello Francesco, Scińska Anna, Kukwa Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are sub-cellular organelles that produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As suggested over 70 years ago by Otto Warburg and recently confirmed with molecular techniques, alterations in respiratory activity and in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) appear to be common features of malignant cells. Somatic mtDNA mutations have been reported in many types of cancer cells,...
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