title: Hürthle cell tumours of the thyroid. A review with emphasis on mitochondrial abnormalities with clinical relevance.
abstract: The molecular and enzymatic abnormalities of mitochondria in oxyphilic / oncocytic / Hürthle cells and their respective tumours are reviewed in a series of sections: "Mitochondria, ageing, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer", "Mitochondrial abnormalities in Hürthle cells and Hürthle cells tumours", "Mitochondrion-related alterations in tumours with and without Hürthle cell/oncocytic features", "True and secondary oxyphilia", and "Bcl-2 expression, apoptosis and necrosis in Hürthle cell tumours and tumour-like lesions". The clinicopathological and pathogenetic meaning of the data on record on these topics are discussed, with an emphasis on thyroid pathology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Máximo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobrinho-Simões
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial