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Claes Andréasson1, Martin Ott2, Sabrina Büttner1,3

  • 1Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

EMBO Reports
|September 19, 2019
PubMed
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This review explores how mitochondria help coordinate cellular responses to stress and aging. It focuses on how mitochondria communicate with the nucleus through signaling pathways that regulate both metabolism and proteostasis. The authors highlight findings from budding yeast as a model organism and suggest that these mechanisms are important for maintaining cellular fitness. The study emphasizes the integration of proteostasis and energy fluxes in stress responses and proposes that these systems are crucial for cellular resilience.

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