Glutamatergic brainstem neurons drive motor and respiratory deficits, and GABAergic basal ganglia neurons cause hypothermia and fatal epileptic events, in a model of mitochondrial disease.
Rapamycin treatment inhibits mTOR activity and preserves ATP levels in neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells from a maternally inherited Leigh syndrome patient.
Ankit Sabharwal, Mark D Wishman ... Stephen C Ekker
A revertible Leigh Syndrome French Canadian Type (LSFC) disease model recapitulates the clinical phenotypes which can be rescued using a liver-specific genetic model therapy.
In vivo studies reveal that mitochondrial Complex I deficiencies induce iron misregulation and liver iron overload that may contribute to neurodegeneration in mitochondrial disease mice, and that iron restriction is effective in reducing disease progression.
Karthickeyan Chella Krishnan, Elie-Julien El Hachem ... Aldons J Lusis
The discovery of three distinct and independent trans-regulating genomic loci influencing heart mass using a well-characterized mouse reference population provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that genetic diversity in the mitochondrial proteome plays a critical role in heart pathophysiology.
Jennifer Tullet, Jennifer Leigh ... Emma Hargreaves
Reflective practice can help postgraduate students to navigate work environments, deal with difficult supervisory relationships, and improve their work-life balance.