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Hypoxia rescues complex 1-associated disease caused by proteostatic defects - Nature

Hypoxia rescues complex 1-associated disease caused by proteostatic defects - Nature

The HTRA2–CLPB proteostasis system is a mitochondrial quality control module whose dysfunction drives local oxygen toxicity, which can be mitigated by lowering ambient oxygen levels.

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Htra2 mutant mice (mnd2; strain no. 004608, background: C57BL/6J) were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory. Breeding was performed to generate homozygous mutants and correspondi… [+23748 chars]

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