Dmitry B Zorov, Polina A Abramicheva, Nadezda V Andrianova, Valentina A Babenko, Ljubava D Zorova, Savva D Zorov, Irina B Pevzner, Vasily A Popkov, Dmitry S Semenovich, Elmira I Yakupova, Denis N Silachev, Egor Y Plotnikov, Gennady T Sukhikh
Worldwide, interest in mitochondria is constantly growing, as evidenced by scientific statistics, and studies of the functioning of these organelles are becoming more prevalent than studies of other cellular structures. In this analytical review, mitochondria are conditionally placed in a certain cellular center, which is responsible for both energy production and other non-energetic functions, without which the existence of not only the eukaryotic cell itself, but also the entire organism is impossible. Taking into account the high multifunctionality of mitochondria, such a fundamentally new scheme of cell functioning organization, including mitochondrial management of processes that determine cell survival and death, may be justified...
February 2024: Biochemistry. Biokhimii︠a︡