Mitofusins: mighty regulators of metabolism.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.013.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
- GTP Phosphohydrolases
- Mitochondria
- Neurons
- Obesity