Mitochondrial Medicine: Pharmacological targeting of mitochondria in disease
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 151 (8) , 1154-1165
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0707288
Abstract
Mitochondria play a central role in cell life and death and are known to be important in a wide range of diseases including the cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and the age‐related neurodegenerative diseases. The unique structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria enable the selective targeting of drugs designed to modulate the function of this organelle for therapeutic gain. This review discusses mitochondrial drug targeting strategies and a variety of novel mitochondrial drug targets including the electron transport chain, mitochondrial permeability transition, Bcl‐2 family proteins and mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial drug‐targeting strategies will open up avenues for manipulating mitochondrial functions and allow for selective protection or eradication of cells for therapeutic gain in a variety of diseases.British Journal of Pharmacology (2007) 151, 1154–1165; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707288Keywords
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