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Thinking outside the nucleus: Mitochondrial DNA copy number in health and disease.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jul 2020
Castellani Christina A, Longchamps Ryan J, Sun Jing, Guallar Eliseo, Arking Dan E
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) is a biomarker of mitochondrial function and levels of mtDNA-CN have been reproducibly associated with overall mortality and a number of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and cancer. Recent advancements in techniques for estimating mtDNA-CN, in particular the use of DNA microarrays and next-generation sequencing data, have led...
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