The mitochondrial negative regulator MCJ is a therapeutic target for acetaminophen-induced liver injury

Acetaminophen-induced liver injury is one of the most common causes of liver failure and has to be treated within hours of the overdose. Here Barbier-Torres et al. show that targeting MCJ, a mitochondrial negative regulator, even 24 h after the overdose protects liver from acetaminophen-induced dama...

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Main Authors: Lucía Barbier-Torres, Paula Iruzubieta, David Fernández-Ramos, Teresa C. Delgado, Daniel Taibo, Virginia Guitiérrez-de-Juan, Marta Varela-Rey, Mikel Azkargorta, Nicolas Navasa, Pablo Fernández-Tussy, Imanol Zubiete-Franco, Jorge Simon, Fernando Lopitz-Otsoa, Sofia Lachiondo-Ortega, Javier Crespo, Steven Masson, Misti Vanette McCain, Erica Villa, Helen Reeves, Felix Elortza, Maria Isabel Lucena, Maria Isabel Hernández-Alvarez, Antonio Zorzano, Raúl J. Andrade, Shelly C. Lu, José M. Mato, Juan Anguita, Mercedes Rincón, María Luz Martínez-Chantar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01970-x