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Mitochondrial dysfunction in inherited renal disease and acute kidney injury.
Nature reviews. Nephrology - 1 May 2016
Emma Francesco, Montini Giovanni, Parikh Samir M, Salviati Leonardo
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are increasingly recognized as key players in genetic and acquired renal diseases. Most mitochondrial cytopathies that cause renal symptoms are characterized by tubular defects, but glomerular, tubulointerstitial and cystic diseases have also been described. For example, defects in coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) biosynthesis and the mitochondrial DNA 3243 A>G mutation are important causes of focal segmental...
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