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Is the circulating mitochondrial DNA signature altered in patients with HF and diabetes, and does it correlate with clinical parameters?
Is the circulating mitochondrial DNA signature altered in patients with HF and diabetes, and does it correlate with clinical parameters?
Circulating mitochondrial profile (cell-free mtDNA and mtDNA ratio) could serve as a novel biomarker of mitochondrial status, exercise capacity, inflammation, and congestion in cardiometabolic diseases.
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May indicate mitochondrial impairment in HF with diabetes; hypothesis-generating for mtDNA as biomarker pending prospective studies.
Patients with HF and diabetes have an altered circulating mtDNA signature characterised by higher cell-free mtDNA and lower mtDNA ratio, whereas cellular mtDNA remains unaffected. Cell-free mtDNA and mtDNA ratio are associated with impaired response to exercise, higher systemic inflammation and increased congestion. Circulating mitochondrial profile could be a new biomarker of mitochondrial status in cardiometabolic diseases.
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Mengozzi et al. (2025) studied this question.
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