Mitochondria and redox homeostasis - the backseat drivers in glioma

Mitochondrial function and redox regulatory processes are crucial aspects of cellular metabolism and energy production. Cancers, including gliomas, largely exhibit altered mitochondrial function, which can lead to changes in cellular signaling pathways and redox homeostasis. Aberrant redox signaling can promote glioma progression by influencing cell proliferation, metastasis, and therapeutic response. Several cancer-associated driver mutations - genetic alterations that confer survival and growth advantage to cancer cells, are associated with gliomas and affect mitochondrial function and redox states. Here is an overview of the crucial intersection between mitochondrial function and driver genes in glioma, highlighting some of the recent advances that augment our understanding of this intersection.