Evolution of Mitochondria as Signaling Organelles
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Mitochondria have primarily been viewed as bioenergetic and biosynthetic organelles that autonomously co-exist within the cell. However, the past two decades have provided evidence that mitochondria function as signaling organelles, constantly communicating with the cytosol to initiate biological events under homeostatic and stress conditions. Thus, the signaling function of the mitochondria may have been selected by nature from the inception of the early eukaryote, as discussed in this essay.
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- Authors
- Chandel, N. S.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chandel, Navdeep S.
- ORCID
- Chandel, Navdeep S.
- Venue
- Cell Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 204-206
- ISSN
- 1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1938258474
- Cited by
- 555
- References
- 15
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- FWCI
- 15.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL12206201, P01HL071643, R01HL122062)
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA123067)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
- Keywords
- mitochondria, mitochondrial signaling, mitochondrial evolution, early eukaryotes, cellular homeostasis, cellular stress response, mitochondrial biogenesis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Mitochondria, Stress, Physiological, Signal Transduction, Evolution, Molecular
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