Article
Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with POLG-related disorders.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2016
Formichi Patrizia, Radi Elena, Branca Chiara, Battisti Carla, Brunetti Jlenia, Da Pozzo Paola, Giannini Fabio, Dotti Maria Teresa, Bracci Luisa, Federico Antonio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: POLG-related disorders are a group of heterogeneous diseases characterized by an overlapping clinical presentations and associated with mutations in the POLG gene. POLG codes for the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial polymerase gamma (POLG), essential for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and repair. Studies on mutator POLG mice showed an increase in oxidative stress and apoptosis. In this regard...
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