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DNA damage links mitochondrial dysfunction to atherosclerosis and the metabolic syndrome.
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DNA damage links mitochondrial dysfunction to atherosclerosis and the metabolic syndrome.

JR Mercer, KK Cheng, N Figg, I Gorenne, M Mahmoudi, J Griffin, A Vidal-Puig, A Logan, MP Murphy and M Bennett
Circ Res, Vol.107(8), pp.1021-1031
15/10/2010

Abstract

Animals Apolipoproteins E Atherosclerosis Cell Cycle Proteins DNA Damage DNA Mitochondrial DNA-Binding Proteins Dietary Fats Haplotypes Hyperlipidemias Metabolic Syndrome X Metabolomics Mice Mice Mutant Strains Mitochondria Muscle Smooth Vascular Oxidative Phosphorylation Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases Tumor Suppressor Proteins
DNA damage is present in both genomic and mitochondrial DNA in atherosclerosis. However, whether DNA damage itself promotes atherosclerosis, or is simply a byproduct of the risk factors that promote atherosclerosis, is unknown.

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