Skeletal Phenotypes Due to Abnormalities in Mitochondrial Protein Homeostasis and Import.

ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial disease represents a collection of rare genetic disorders caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. These disorders can be quite complex and heterogeneous, and it is recognized that mitochondrial disease can affect any tissue at any age. The reasons for this variability are not well understood. In this review, we develop and expand a subset of mitochondrial diseases including predominantly skeletal phenotypes. Understanding how impairment ofdiverse mitochondrial functions leads to a skeletal phenotype will help diagnose and treat patients with mitochondrial disease and provide additional insight into the growing list of human pathologies associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. The underlying disease genes encode factors involved in various aspects of mitochondrial protein homeo

SUBMITTER: Zhao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664180 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature