Mitofusins 1 and 2 Are Essential for Postnatal Metabolic Remodeling in Heart

Mitofusins and the mitochondrial permeability transition: the potential downside of mitochondrial fusion

(2012) Kyriakos N. Papanicolaou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Central Role of Mitofusin 2 in Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion in Cardiomyocytes

(2012) Ting Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Loss of Mitofusin 2 Promotes Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

(2012) Gladys A. Ngoh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) links mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum function with insulin signaling and is essential for normal glucose homeostasis

(2012) D. Sebastian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cardiomyocyte deletion of mitofusin-1 leads to mitochondrial fragmentation and improves tolerance to ROS-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death

(2011) Kyriakos N. Papanicolaou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Role for PINK1 and Parkin in Mitochondrial Quality Control

(2011) Derek P. Narendra et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Mitochondrial Fusion is Essential for Organelle Function and Cardiac Homeostasis

(2011) Yun Chen et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Mitofusins are required for angiogenic function and modulate different signaling pathways in cultured endothelial cells

(2011) Jesse J. Lugus et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Mitofusin-2 Maintains Mitochondrial Structure and Contributes to Stress-Induced Permeability Transition in Cardiac Myocytes

(2011) K. N. Papanicolaou et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

The Soluble Form of Bax Regulates Mitochondrial Fusion via MFN2 Homotypic Complexes

(2011) Suzanne Hoppins et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

During autophagy mitochondria elongate, are spared from degradation and sustain cell viability

(2011) Ligia C. Gomes et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Biophysical properties of mitochondrial fusion events in pancreatic β-cells and cardiac cells unravel potential control mechanisms of its selectivity

(2010) Gilad Twig et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Bioenergetics of the failing heart

(2010) Renée Ventura-Clapier et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Mitochondrial Fusion Is Required for mtDNA Stability in Skeletal Muscle and Tolerance of mtDNA Mutations

(2010) Hsiuchen Chen et al.   CELL

Mitochondria Supply Membranes for Autophagosome Biogenesis during Starvation

(2010) Dale W. Hailey et al.   CELL

Preserved heart function and maintained response to cardiac stresses in a genetic model of cardiomyocyte-targeted deficiency of cyclooxygenase-2

(2010) Kyriakos N. Papanicolaou et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Mitofusin 2 Is Necessary for Transport of Axonal Mitochondria and Interacts with the Miro/Milton Complex

(2010) A. Misko et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Postnatal development of mouse heart: formation of energetic microdomains

(2010) Jérôme Piquereau et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Mitochondrial fusion and fission in cell life and death

(2010) Benedikt Westermann   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial calcium and the permeability transition in cell death

(2009) John J. Lemasters et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Cardiomyocyte-Specific Loss of Neurofibromin Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dysfunction

(2009) Junwang Xu et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

SLP-2 is required for stress-induced mitochondrial hyperfusion

(2009) Daniel Tondera et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Mitochondrial dynamics in heart cells: Very low amplitude high frequency fluctuations in adult cardiomyocytes and flow motion in non beating Hl-1 cells

(2009) Nathalie Beraud et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES

Novel mitochondrial extensions provide evidence for a link between microtubule-directed movement and mitochondrial fission

(2008) Timothy Bowes et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Transcriptional control of mitochondrial biogenesis: the central role of PGC-1 

(2008) R. Ventura-Clapier et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Reassessment of Isl1 and Nkx2-5 cardiac fate maps using a Gata4-based reporter of Cre activity

(2008) Qing Ma et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Fission and selective fusion govern mitochondrial segregation and elimination by autophagy

(2008) Gilad Twig et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Transcriptional coactivators PGC-1  and PGC-l  control overlapping programs required for perinatal maturation of the heart

(2008) L. Lai et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Transcriptional Paradigms in Mammalian Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function

(2008) Richard C. Scarpulla   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mitochondrial Fusion Is Increased by the Nuclear Coactivator PGC-1β

(2008) Marc Liesa et al.   PLoS One