Component
Calcium overload-induced cell death
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What it does
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What acts on it
Ppif-null hepatocytes and fibroblasts resist calcium-overload-induced death relative to wild type.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- compartment_description
- Mitochondrial permeability-transition pathway
- experimental_model
- Ppif-null and cyclophilin-D-overexpressing mice; isolated mitochondria, hepatocytes and fibroblasts
- limitations
- Protection does not extend to all classical apoptotic stimuli; calcium nutrition was not manipulated.
- nutrient_topic
- Calcium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Calcium
- organism
- Mus musculus
- plain_language
- Removing cyclophilin D protects these cells against calcium-overload injury.
- primary_references
- [ca-baines2005] Loss of cyclophilin D reveals a critical role for mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death (2005). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15800627/ DOI: 10.1038/nature03434
- research_relationship_category
- loss_of_function
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Primary hepatocytes and fibroblasts
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Calcium: mechanism-first literature curation (2026-09-17) · lines 849–860
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Ppif-null and cyclophilin-D-overexpressing mice; isolated mitochondria, hepatocytes and fibroblasts · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### ca-ppif-loss-calcium-death-resistance Ppif-null hepatocytes and fibroblasts resist calcium-overload-induced death relative to wild type. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Calcium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Removing cyclophilin D protects these cells against calcium-overload injury. organism: Mus musculus tissue_or_cell_type: Primary hepatocytes and fibroblasts experimental_model: Ppif-null and cyclophilin-D-overexpressing mice; isolated mitochondria, hepatocytes and fibroblasts limitations: Protection does not extend to all classical apoptotic stimuli; calcium nutrition was not manipulated. research_relationship_category: loss_of_function compartment_description: Mitochondrial permeability-transition pathway [ca-baines2005] Loss of cyclophilin D reveals a critical role for mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death (2005). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15800627/ DOI: 10.1038/nature03434
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