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Lookup NU author(s): Tianhong Su, Emeritus Professor Doug Turnbull, Dr Laura Greaves
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations accumulate in somatic stem cells during ageing and cause mitochondrial dysfunction. In this review, we summarize the studies that link mtDNA mutations to stem cell ageing. We discuss the age-related behaviours of the somatic mtDNA mutations in stem cell populations and how they potentially contribute to stem cell ageing by altering mitochondrial properties in humans and in mtDNA-mutator mice. We also draw attention to the diverse fates of the mtDNA mutations with different origins during ageing, with potential selective pressures on the germline inherited but not the somatic mtDNA mutations.
Author(s): Su T, Turnbull DM, Greaves LC
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Genes
Year: 2018
Volume: 9
Issue: 4
Online publication date: 27/03/2018
Acceptance date: 26/03/2018
ISSN (electronic): 2073-4425
Publisher: MDPI AG
URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9040182
DOI: 10.3390/genes9040182
