title: Mitochondria to the rescue.
abstract: A new study using a mouse model of lung diseases is the first demonstration in vivo that bone marrow–derived stromal cells can repair tissue injury through the transfer of mitochondria (pages 759-765). This suggests that rescue of injured cells through mitochondrial transfer may be an important process in many diseases.
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott & White, Temple, USA. prockop@medicine.tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Darwin J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Prockop
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism*