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The lipid composition of the mitochondrial membrane, in particular, synthesis of phosphatidic acid, regulates mitochondrial size by modulating fusion and fission cycles.
A new study shows that hypoxia interferes with DNA demethylation, resulting in DNA hypermethylation and repression of gene expression, which in tumours leads to the silencing of tumour suppressors.