Mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins: Novel therapeutic targets for combating cardiovascular disease

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1890-1906

  Hall, A R ^a   Burke, N ^a   Dongworth, R K ^a   Hausenloy, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drp1; MFN1; MFN2; mitochondrial dynamics; mitochondrial fission; mitochondrial fusion; mitochondrial morphology; OPA1

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL FISSION PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL FUSION PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOFUSIN 1; MITOFUSIN 2; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN DRP1; PROTEIN OPA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL FISSION; MITOCHONDRIAL FUSION; MITOPHAGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84897412563     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12516     Document Type: Review

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