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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2025

Pathogen-induced mitochondrial dysfunction: mechanistic insights, immune crosstalk, and therapeutic opportunities.

Yang Yang, Yuanyuan Zeng, Zeyi Liu, Jian-An Huang

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yang YangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Yuanyuan ZengDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Zeyi LiuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Jian-An HuangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria have emerged as multifunctional organelles central to cellular metabolism, innate immunity, and cell fate determination. Increasing evidence demonstrates that pathogens-including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites-target mitochondria to modulate host immune responses and metabolic reprogramming. Disruption of mitochondrial dynamics, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) release, and altered mitophagy represent key hallmarks of pathogen-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. These processes not only compromise cellular bioenergetics but also influence immune signaling cascades, such as cGAS-STING and NLRP3 inflammasome pathways, thereby shaping infection outcomes. This review synthesizes the latest findings on how distinct pathogen classes orchestrate mitochondrial damage and explores their implications for infection biology and immune regulation. Furthermore, we highlight emerging mitochondria-targeted therapeutic strategies and future research directions aimed at mitigating infection-induced mitochondrial pathology.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsMitochondriaAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialEnergy MetabolismHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesMitochondrial DynamicsMitophagyNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionDNA, MitochondrialInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinReactive Oxygen Specieshost defenseinfectionmitochondriamitochondrial dynamicspathogens

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PMID41404367
PMCPMC12702901

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