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Reversing wrinkled skin and hair loss in mice by restoring mitochondrial function.
Cell death & disease - 20 Jul 2018
Singh Bhupendra, Schoeb Trenton R, Bajpai Prachi, Slominski Andrzej, Singh Keshav K
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion is involved in mtDNA depletion syndromes, mitochondrial diseases, aging and aging-associated chronic diseases, and other human pathologies. To evaluate the consequences of depletion of mtDNA in the whole animal, we created an inducible mtDNA-depleter mouse expressing, in the polymerase domain of POLG1, a dominant-negative mutation to induce depletion of mtDNA in various...
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