Mitochondrial DNA mutations and age.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09898.x

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Mitochondrial DNA mutations and age.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 20 Nov 1998

Ozawa T

Abstract excerpt

Apopotic cell death is reported to be prominent in the stable tissues of the failing heart, in cardiomyopathies (CM), in the sinus node of complete heart block, in B cells of diabetes mellitus, and in neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, mitochondrial (mt) control of nuclear apoptosis was demons...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Apoptosis
DNA Fragmentation
DNA, Mitochondrial
Heart Diseases
Humans
Mutation
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Oxidative Stress
Point Mutation
Sequence Deletion

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