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Mitochondrial Genomic Backgrounds Affect Nuclear DNA Methylation and Gene Expression.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 2017
Vivian Carolyn J, Brinker Amanda E, Graw Stefan, Koestler Devin C, Legendre Christophe, Gooden Gerald C, Salhia Bodour, Welch Danny R
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations and polymorphisms contribute to many complex diseases, including cancer. Using a unique mouse model that contains nDNA from one mouse strain and homoplasmic mitochondrial haplotypes from different mouse strain(s)-designated Mitochondrial Nuclear Exchange (MNX)-we showed that mtDNA could alter mammary tumor metastasis. Because retrograde and anterograde communication exists...
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