Mitochondria ensure immune surveillance by retro-communication with the nucleus.

Rigon, Manuel; Townley, Amelia R; Campanella, Michelangelo · Cell Metab · 2021

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Abstract

Mitochondria cover several functions within the cell, including an influence on the transcription of nuclear genes. Recent work by Tigano et al. (2021) in Nature has identified a pathway of mitochondrial retrograde communication in which the nucleus senses aberrations in the mtDNA to drive the innate immune response.

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