Mitochondria and Mitophagia in Rare Diseases
A special issue of Diseases (ISSN 2079-9721). This special issue belongs to the section "Rare Syndrome".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2016) | Viewed by 12391
Special Issue Editor
Interests: oral pathology; systemic and rare diseases in oral pathology; periodontal diseases/periodontitis; cardiovascular disease, diabetes and low birth weight in periodontitis; oxidative stress; nutrition; aging; mitochondrial disfunction/diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main objective to improve our success in the treatment of rare diseases is to understand the pathogenic mechanisms involved. For the last 10 years, a great deal of new data have been published, especially in the field of cell metabolism and energy production. Mitochondria are key organelles involved in ATP synthesis through the electron transport chain. They are under high stress and hazard, and it is essential to maintain them in a healthy condition with autophagy/mitophagy processes. The inheritance of mitADN and nADN, which control energy production, are involved in rare diseases. We need to update the role of the mitochondrial dysfunction and genome. Mitochondrial diseases are a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that arise as a result of dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Inherited metabolic disorders involved the autophagy pathway and are an emerging, novel, and diverse group of multisystem diseases. It is essential to have testing tools needed to diagnose the mitochondrial mechanisms involved in rare diseases. All of them can improve our treatment results and give new hope to families.
Prof. Dr. Pedro Bullon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy production and mitochondria
- autophagy and mitophagy
- mitochondrial inheritance
- mitochondrial dysfunction in rare diseases
- mitochondrial genome in rare diseases
- mitochondrial disorders
- inherited metabolic disorders
- diagnosis/testing of mitochondrial disorders in rare diseases
- gene mitochondrial therapies
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