GDF-15 Is Elevated in Children with Mitochondrial Diseases and Is Induced by Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

GDF-15 Is Elevated in Children with Mitochondrial Diseases and Is Induced by Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

BACKGROUND:We previously described increased levels of growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in skeletal muscle and serum of patients with mitochondrial diseases. Here we evaluated GDF-15 as a biomarker for mitochondrial diseases affecting children and compared it to fibroblast-growth factor...

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Main Authors: Raquel Montero, Delia Yubero, Joan Villarroya, Desiree Henares, Cristina Jou, Maria Angeles Rodríguez, Federico Ramos, Andrés Nascimento, Carlos Ignacio Ortez, Jaume Campistol, Belen Perez-Dueñas, Mar O'Callaghan, Mercedes Pineda, Angeles Garcia-Cazorla, Jaume Colomer Oferil, Julio Montoya, Eduardo Ruiz-Pesini, Sonia Emperador, Marija Meznaric, Laura Campderros, Susana G Kalko, Francesc Villarroya, Rafael Artuch, Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4750949?pdf=render

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