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ea0042p25 | (1) | Androgens2016

Mitochondrial function and mitochondrial heteroplasmy levels differ between benign and malignant prostate tissue.

Schopf Bernd , Schafer Georg , Weissensteiner Hansi , Gnaiger Erich , Klocker Helmut

Mitochondria play a vital role in cellular bioenergetics, providing energy via oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and metabolic intermediates. Aerobic ATP production is orchestrated by a multi-enzyme complex, which uses the electrons gained during oxidation of energy substrates to generate an electrochemical potential across the mitochondrial (mt) membrane that drives ATP synthase. Although there is evidence that mitochondrial function as well as mtDNA mutations might play a r...