Article
Mitochondrial medicine.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Nov 1995
Luft R, Landau B R
Abstract excerpt
In the mitochondrion, inherited defects have been identified in the electron transport system by which ATP is formed, as well as in the transport and metabolism of fuels. Clinical findings in diseases due to these defects can be related to abnormal accumulations of metabolic intermediates and inadequate or inefficient ATP generation. In the oxidative process within the mitochondrion, chemical oxidants are...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Adult
- Aged
- Aging
- Animals
- Antioxidants
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Child
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Electron Transport
