Finding Reversible Infantile Liver Failure Mechanisms (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Finding Reversible Infantile Liver Failure Mechanisms

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Kumamoto University researchers developed a liver-specific MTU1 knockout mouse model in response to the lethal constitutive MTU1 model. They then showed the importance of MTU1 on mitochondrial production and antioxidant activity in the liver.

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Professor Kazuhito Tomizawa

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