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. 2021 Jul 26;56(14):2014-2015.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.07.001.

Move it to lose it: Mitocytosis expels damaged mitochondria

Chahat Mehra  1 , Lena Pernas  2
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Move it to lose it: Mitocytosis expels damaged mitochondria

Chahat Mehra et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

Mechanisms by which cells remove damaged mitochondria extracellularly are unclear. Recent work by Jiao and colleagues in Cell shows that migrating cells expel dysfunctional mitochondria in membrane-bound structures called migrasomes to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis.

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