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Mitochondrial myopathy with autophagic vacuoles in patients with the m.8344A>G mutation.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Aug 2013
Yuan Jun-Hui, Sakiyama Yusuke, Higuchi Itsuro, Inamori Yukie, Higuchi Yujiro, Hashiguchi Akihiro, Higashi Keiko, Yoshimura Akiko, Takashima Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In mitochondrial myopathy, autophagy is presumed to play an important role in mitochondrial dysfunction. Rimmed vacuoles (RVs), a sign of autophagy, can be seen as a secondary phenomenon in muscle ragged-red fibres (RRFs), whereas the uncommon presentation is that some fibres contain RVs, but without any mitochondrial abnormalities. To investigate the pathogenesis beneath this pathological...
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