title: [Functional evaluation of the mitochondria from Warthin tumor].
abstract: The mitochondria were isolated from 8 surgical specimens of Warthin tumor of the parotid and the activity of the respiration was evaluated. The average respiratory control rate (RCR) of the mitochondria of the tumors (1.12 +/- 0.50) was lower than that of the normal mitochondria (2.10 +/- 0.75). The preliminary experiment showed a loosely coupled state of oxidative phosphorylation. It indicates that the hyperplasia of the mitochondria in the Warthin tumor results from the metabolic disturbance of the tumor and it is a compensation in the cellular level.
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D019069:Cell Respiration; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*