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SUBMITTER: Bernardi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443805 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bernardi Paolo P Di Lisa Fabio F Fogolari Federico F Lippe Giovanna G
Circulation research 20150501 11
Mitochondria not only play a fundamental role in heart physiology but are also key effectors of dysfunction and death. This dual role assumes a new meaning after recent advances on the nature and regulation of the permeability transition pore, an inner membrane channel whose opening requires matrix Ca(2+) and is modulated by many effectors including reactive oxygen species, matrix cyclophilin D, Pi (inorganic phosphate), and matrix pH. The recent demonstration that the F-ATP synthase can reversi ...[more]