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Changes of mitochondria in atherosclerosis: possible determinant in the pathogenesis of the disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Apr 2013
Sobenin Igor A, Sazonova Margarita A, Postnov Anton Y, Bobryshev Yuri V, Orekhov Alexander N
Abstract excerpt
Electron-microscopic analysis of atherosclerotic lesions demonstrated a high variability in the ultrastructural appearance of mitochondria in human aortic atherosclerotic lesions compared with the appearance of mitochondria in the normal parts of the aortic intima. This prompted us to suggest that the structural variations in the appearance of mitochondria might reflect the existence of somatic mutations in the...
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