Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Mitochondrial calcium exchange links metabolism with the epigenome to control cellular differentiation

  • Alyssa A. Lombardi,
  • Andrew A. Gibb,
  • Ehtesham Arif,
  • Devin W. Kolmetzky,
  • Dhanendra Tomar,
  • Timothy S. Luongo,
  • Pooja Jadiya,
  • Emma K. Murray,
  • Pawel K. Lorkiewicz,
  • György Hajnóczky,
  • Elizabeth Murphy,
  • Zoltan P. Arany,
  • Daniel P. Kelly,
  • Kenneth B. Margulies,
  • Bradford G. Hill,
  • John W. Elrod

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12103-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Myofibroblast differentiation contributes to extracellular matrix remodeling and fibrosis. Here, the authors report that alterations in mitochondrial calcium uptake is essential for metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic signaling for activation of the myofibroblast gene program.