Inflammation and mitophagy are mitochondrial checkpoints to aging.

Guilbaud, Emma; Sarosiek, Kristopher A; Galluzzi, Lorenzo · Nat Commun · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Cellular and organismal aging have been consistently associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation. Accumulating evidence indicates that aging-related inflammatory responses are mechanistically linked to compromised mitochondrial integrity coupled with mtDNA-driven CGAS activation, a process that is tonically inhibited by mitophagy.

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