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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Under stress, mitochondria rapidly increase their copy number—that ... called Wnt is involved in the neuronal response to mitochondrial stress. Working with C. elegans, the team created transgenic ...