Mitochondrial DNA copy number, damage, repair and degradation in depressive disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: We are the first to show that impairment in repair and degradation of mtDNA may be involved in the pathophysiology of depression.
PMID: 31081430 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - May 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Czarny P, Wigner P, Strycharz J, Swiderska E, Synowiec E, Szatkowska M, Sliwinska A, Talarowska M, Szemraj J, Su KP, Maes M, Sliwinski T, Galecki P Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: research