Mitophagy, a potential therapeutic target for stroke

Abstract Mitochondria autophagy, termed as mitophagy, is a mechanism of specific autophagic elimination of mitochondria. Mitophagy controls the quality and the number of mitochondria, eliminating dysfunctional or excessive mitochondria that can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cause cell d...

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Main Authors: Ruiqiao Guan, Wei Zou, Xiaohong Dai, Xueping Yu, Hao Liu, Qiuxin Chen, Wei Teng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12929-018-0487-4