Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease linked to aging. Mitochondrial dysfunction in circulating T cells, often caused by disruption of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), may play a role in age-related conditions like IPF. In our previous study, we found high mtDNA mutational loads in blood lymphocytes from IPF patients, especially in regions critical for mtDNA expression. Since Complex I of the...

The distribution of total and dissolved forms of DMSP and total DMSO was surveyed during two sampling cruises conducted in September 2003 and July 2004 in the North Aegean Sea. During the first cruise the surface concentrations of DMSPt, DMSPd and DMSOt in the coastal group of stations ranged from 20.92 to 23.71 nM, 15.46 to 15.53 nM and 14.90 to 18.73 nM respectively, while in the offshore group the mean concentrations were 2...