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Near-Simultaneous Report on PINK1 in the Heart

Posted by robbieg on 27 Aug 2011 at 22:05 GMT

A report linking PINK1 to mitochondrial homeostasis and cardiac function appeared in PNAS on June 7, 2011; v108:9572-9577. It seems clear that mitophagy, mediated by PINK1 and Parkin, serves as a critical mechanism for quality control in the heart responding to ischemic or hemodynamic stress.

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