Article
Modes of metabolic compensation during mitochondrial disease using the Drosophila model of ATP6 dysfunction.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Celotto Alicia M, Chiu Wai Kan, Van Voorhies Wayne, Palladino Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Numerous mitochondrial DNA mutations cause mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: a collection of related diseases for which there exists no effective treatment. Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are complex multisystem diseases that exhibit a relentless progression of severity, making them both difficult to treat and study. The pathogenic and compensatory metabolic changes that are associated with chronic...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Cell Respiration
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Electron Transport
- Energy Metabolism
- Glycolysis
