A Manually Curated Knowledgebase of Aging across a variety of Species

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Name Mfn2
Type TF
Species Mus musculus
Tissue 6, 12, and 22 months of age of mouse skeletal muscle
Experiment Method Western blotting;real-time PCR;
Up/Down Down
Pro/Anti Anti
Funtion Description mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) plays a key role in the control of muscle mitochondrial damage. We show that aging is characterized by a progressive reduction in Mfn2 in mouse skeletal muscle and that skeletal muscle Mfn2 ablation in mice generates a gene signature li
Regulation Gene HIF1a and BNIP3
Year 2016
Pubmed ID 27334614
Title Mfn2 deficiency links age-related sarcopenia and impaired autophagy to activation of an adaptive mitophagy pathway.
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating 1
Variant NA
High-throughput NA