From metabolism to disease: Mitochondria's hidden signaling networks unveiled

The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching ...

Brain immune cells arrive powered by sugar, then build roads to recruit reinforcements

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...
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Are mitochondria the key to a healthy brain?

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...
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Neuronal transfer of mitochondria to tumour cells promotes cancer spread

Anand K. Singh is in the Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. Yuan Pan is in the Department of Symptom Research, University of ...
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Tumor cells steal immune mitochondria to aid lymph node spread

Stanford University-led researchers report that tumor cells hijack mitochondria from immune cells, reducing anti-tumor immune function and activating cGAS-STING and type I interferon signaling that ...