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Identification of mitochondrial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis patients

ABSTRACT: Immune cells are majorly dysregulated in rheumatoid arthritis patients and are a major cause of pathogenesis and progression of this autoimmune condition. As mitochondria are master regulators of metabolism of all cells present in human body, it is of prime importance to study mitochondrial homeostasis in immune cells for identifying any dysfunction contributing to pathogenesis or progression of RA. The objective of our study is to understand the mitochondrial and mitochondrially driven alterations in immune cells of RA patients which may cause them to perform abnormal functions and may have an important contribution in progression of the disease.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Blood

DISEASE(S): Rheumatoid Arthritis

SUBMITTER: Bhawna Gupta

LAB HEAD: Dr. Bhawna Gupta

PROVIDER: PXD011934 | Pride | 2020-06-22

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Altered mitochondrial proteome and functional dynamics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Khanna Shweta S Padhan Prasanta P Jaiswal Kumar S KS Jain Ankit P AP Ghosh Arup A Tripathy Archana A Gowda Harsha H Raghav Sunil K SK Gupta Bhawna B

Mitochondrion 20200613

The autoimmune inflammatory disease, Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has known imbalances in energy metabolism and superoxide levels thus may have an etiology associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. We thus evaluated the presence of a differential mitochondrial proteome as well as other characteristics including mitochondrial mass, membrane potential (Ψm), total cellular ATP and superoxide levels. Eighteen mitochondrial proteins were down-regulated while four were up-regulated in RA patients in co ...[more]

PMID: 32544466

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