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Personal note: Another nice finding from these scientists... Perhaps pathogens (also) messing-up with Mitofusin 2? A possibility?
An abstract:
Sep. 17, 2013 — Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is able to sense cellular stress and trigger either rescue responses or the death of the cell. A team from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), in Barcelona, has discovered that the protein Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) plays a crucial role in correctly measuring stress levels, and also makes sure the pathways of cell repair or cell death are effective.
The article can be found here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917132323.htm
Unfortunately, the full article is behind a pay-wall: http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v32/n17/full/emboj2013168a.html
An abstract:
Sep. 17, 2013 — Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is able to sense cellular stress and trigger either rescue responses or the death of the cell. A team from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), in Barcelona, has discovered that the protein Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) plays a crucial role in correctly measuring stress levels, and also makes sure the pathways of cell repair or cell death are effective.
The article can be found here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917132323.htm
Unfortunately, the full article is behind a pay-wall: http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v32/n17/full/emboj2013168a.html