Mitochondrial Calcium: Effects of Its Imbalance in Disease

• Main Authors: Deyamira Matuz-Mares (Author), Martin González-Andrade (Author), Minerva Georgina Araiza-Villanueva (Author), María Magdalena Vilchis-Landeros (Author), Héctor Vázquez-Meza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Calcium is used in many cellular processes and is maintained within the cell as free calcium at low concentrations (approximately 100 nM), compared with extracellular (millimolar) concentrations, to avoid adverse effects such as phosphate precipitation. For this reason, cells have adapted buffering...