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Bone marrow-derived mitochondrial DNA has limited capacity for inter-tissue transfer in vivo.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 2020
Tarnopolsky Mark A, Kerkhof Jennifer, Stuart Alan, Bujak Adam, Nilsson Mats I, Hettinga Bart, May Linda, Rupar C Anthony, Sadikovic Bekim
Abstract excerpt
Studies have shown that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can be exchanged between tissues; however, the mechanism(s) behind this phenomenon remain unclear. Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles (EVs) including microvesicles (MV) have been shown to contain mtDNA. EVs can be derived from a number of tissues; however, the source and relative proportion of EVs containing mtDNA remains unknown. We sampled whole blood and...
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