Mitochondria and diabetes: An intriguing pathogenetic role
Mitochondria play a key role in energy metabolism and ATP production in many tissues, including skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, brain and liver. Inherent disorders of mitochondria such as mDNA deletions cause major disruption of metabolism and can result in severe disease phenotypes. However, the...
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Springer New York LLC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29670 |