Underlying Lung Fibrosis Mechanisms Linked to Mitochondria Dysfunction
A new study entitled “PINK1 deficiency impairs mitochondrial homeostasis and promotes lung fibrosis” discovered mitochondria PINK1 impaired expression underlies the formation of fibrotic tissue in older patients lungs. The study was published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is…