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Heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA variants in cardiovascular diseases.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2022
Calabrese Claudia, Pyle Angela, Griffin Helen, Coxhead Jonathan, Hussain Rafiqul, Braund Peter S, Li Linxin, Burgess Annette, Munroe Patricia B, Little Louis, Warren Helen R, Cabrera Claudia, Hall Alistair, Caulfield Mark J, Rothwell Peter M, Samani Nilesh J, Hudson Gavin, Chinnery Patrick F
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) but the reasons for this are not well understood. Maternally-inherited population variants of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) which affect all mtDNA molecules (homoplasmic) are associated with cardiometabolic traits and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. However, it is not known whether mtDNA mutations only affecting a...
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