Open AccessMitofusins: Mighty Regulators of Metabolism
Author(s) -
Umut Özcan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.013
Subject(s) - biology , mitochondrion , microbiology and biotechnology , intracellular , organelle , mitochondrial fusion , apoptosis , endoplasmic reticulum , biochemistry , mitochondrial dna , gene
Mitochondria are central regulators of cellular metabolism but how their function in a subset of cells affects whole-body energy balance is less understood. Two studies in this issue of Cell identify how diet-dependent modulation of mitochondrial fusion in specific neuronal circuits impact the metabolic status of an animal.
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