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Assessment of the impact of mitochondrial genotype upon drug-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in platelets derived from healthy volunteers.
Archives of toxicology - 1 Apr 2021
Ball Amy L, Bloch Katarzyna M, Rainbow Lucille, Liu Xuan, Kenny John, Lyon Jonathan J, Gregory Richard, Alfirevic Ana, Chadwick Amy E
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is highly polymorphic and encodes 13 proteins which are critical to the production of ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. As mtDNA is maternally inherited and undergoes negligible recombination, acquired mutations have subdivided the human population into several discrete haplogroups. Mitochondrial haplogroup has been found to significantly alter mitochondrial function and impact...
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