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. 2012 Jul 20;111(3):271-3.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.275867.

Inflame on!: mitochondrial escape provokes cytokine storms that doom the heart

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Inflame on!: mitochondrial escape provokes cytokine storms that doom the heart

Gerald W Dorn 2nd. Circ Res. .

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Mitochondria are derived from primordial bacterial endosymbionts and retain partial genomes. In mammalian cells, damaged or dysfunctional mitochondria are recognized, _targeted for elimination, then neatly packaged and eliminated via mitophagy. A recent paper from Oka et al describes how interrupting normal mitophagic mitochondrial DNA degradation after pressure overload can activate Toll-like receptor-9 mediated innate immunity, causing myocardial inflammation that contributes to cardiomyopathic decompensation.

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