Mitochondrial Ejection for Cardiac Protection: The Macrophage Connection.

Bartelt, Alexander; Weber, Christian · Cell Metab · 2020

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Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of heart disease. Nicolás-Ávila et al. (2020) now find that cardiomyocytes eject dysfunctional mitochondria in exopher vesicles, which require elimination by specialized heart-resident macrophages, altogether supporting proper heart function.

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