High-resolution images of C. elegans germline mitochondria are arranged in a pattern resembling a flower pistil, representing the researchers’ artistic interpretation of a new research ...

Our findings demonstrate that mitochondria dynamics do not regulate apoptosis activation in C. elegans and reveal distinct roles for drp-1 and fis-2 as mediators of cell-death execution downstream of ...

The study "Growth on stiffer substrates impacts animal health and longevity in C. elegans" appeared online ... including the ...

Because C. elegans use their sense of smell to detect food as they ... up during the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR MT), a process triggered when mitochondria are overwhelmed with an ...

But first, let's explain what mitochondria are ... To find answers, they experimented with a small worm known as C. elegans. Despite its small size, this worm shares many similarities with ...

Mitochondria play a crucial role in maintaining energy balance and cellular health. Recent studies have shown that chronic stress in neuronal mitochondria can have far-reaching effects, not only ...

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, in collaboration with ...

Zhou, Q.H., Li, H.M., and Xue, D. (2011). Elimination of Paternal mitochondria through the lysosomal degradation pathway in C. elegans. Cell Research 21, 1662-1669 ...

and his colleagues looked at the effect of ROS in different cellular compartments by selectively eliminating a C. elegans antioxidant gene in either mitochondria or cytoplasm, thereby boosting ROS ...