The Role of Mitochondria in Cell Development and Regeneration
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Mitochondria".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 2372
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mitochondria, i.e., bi-membrane structured organelles, are crucial in multifaceted cellular processes in eukaryotic cells (including energy production, calcium homeostasis maintenance, signaling pathways, programmed cell death, metabolism, organic compounds biosynthesis, etc.). Mitochondrial dynamics (fusion and fission), mitochondrial distribution, and mtDNA copy number alterations are associated with the regulation of various cellular activities, and vice versa, but those cellular activities could regulate mitochondria-related changes. In the context of a whole cell, mitochondria interact with the nucleus and other organelles such as the endoplasmic reticulum, thus influencing multiple cellular activities. In the circumstance of an organ or system, signals from other cells through, e.g., through cell–cell communications, could also regulate cellular activities. Mitochondria in different cell types of different organs or systems (e.g., neuro system, immune system, ovary, and embryonic development) vary in their quantities, mtDNA copy numbers, distribution patterns, as well as their morphological characteristics and powers in regulating above-mentioned multifaceted cellular processes. Under all those processes, cells develop (physiological processes); meanwhile, cells react and adapt to diverse internal and external cellular stresses (pathological processes). However, the role of mitochondria in cell development has only partially been revealed. In this Special Issue, we welcome all types of manuscripts in both basic and clinical researches aimed at elucidating mitochondrial functions in cell development.
Dr. Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg
Guest Editor
Dr. Xia Hao
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- mitochondria
- fusion and fission
- mtDNA
- programmed cell death
- cell development
- mitochondria-ER contact
- organelle
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