MFN2 Recombinant Monoclonal Antibody

1. The results lead to a revised understanding of Mfn 2 as single-spanning outer membrane proteins with an Nout-Cin orientation, providing functional insight into the IMS contribution to redox-regulated fusion events. PMID: 29212658
2. Mfn2 protects dopaminergic neurons exposed to paraquat both in vitro and in vivo: Implications for idiopathic Parkinson's disease. PMID: 28215578
3. this study provides novel insights into the tumor progression associated with MFN2 deficiency and suggests that the importance of mTORC2 inhibitor in the treatment of MFN2 downregulated cancer patients. PMID: 28176801
4. Collectively, the present study demonstrated mitochondrial fission as a tumor suppression process that is regulated by the HIF/miR125a/Mfn2 pathways, acting to restrict PANC1 cell survival, energy metabolism and migration, with potential implications for novel approaches for PC therapy. PMID: 29749475
5. a critical role of Mfn2 in CD4(+) T cell apoptosis in sepsis and the underlying mechanism of autophagy deficiency. PMID: 29358849
6. Loss of Yap reduced SIRT1 expression and inhibited Mfn2-mediated mitophagy. Collectively, our results identified Hippo-Yap as a tumor promoter in gastric cancer that was mediated via activation of the SIRT1/Mfn2/mitophagy axis, with potential applications to gastric cancer therapy involving cancer survival and migration. PMID: 29436693
7. The overexpression of Mfn2 could trigger cervical tumour apoptosis in vitro and in vivo, which was related to the mitochondrial pathway, and may provide a new treatment target for cervical carcinoma. PMID: 29587277
8. Data suggest that mitofusin-2 (MFN2) may be involved in cervical cancer pathogenesis as an oncogene and might serve as a biomarker of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). PMID: 29848692
9. This study detected a compound heterozygous MFN2 mutation in a patient with a severe phenotype and the co-occurrence of MFN2 and PMP22 mutations in a patient with an uncommon phenotype. PMID: 28660751
10. The research findings indicate that the inhibition of microRNA-214 promotes the epithelial mesenchymal transition process and contributes to bladder wall fibrosis by up-regulating Mitofusin 2, thus leading to the occurrence of interstitial cystitis in postmenopausal women. PMID: 28729638
11. report of two patients with pure axonal peripheral neuropathy who are carrying novel compound heterozygous mutations in MFN2 gene PMID: 28215760
12. The heterozygous mutation c.2251C>T was identified in exon 19 of the MFN2 gene, presumably leading to the truncation of the MFN2 protein (p.Gln751Ter). The mutation co-segregated completely with the disease within the family PMID: 27154191
13. In this Chinese Han population a novel Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease-associated gene mutations including the MFN2 (c.497C>T) was discovered. PMID: 27862672
14. Mosaicism and missense mutation in MFN2 lead to severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a daughter, with minimal clinical features in the father. PMID: 28063088
15. These findings suggest that specific MFN2 mutations cause tissue-selective mitochondrial dysfunction with increased adipocyte proliferation and survival and confirm a novel form of excess adiposity with paradoxical suppression of leptin expression. PMID: 28414270
16. This study identified a new mitochondria reprogramming pathway influencing breast cancer progression through SH3GL2 and MFN2. These proteins were frequently lost in breast cancer, which was traceable in the circulating exosomes. PMID: 26888829
17. MFN2 expression was lower in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared to controls. PMID: 27179829
18. Mitofusin 2 - one of a few proteins involved in a maintenance of an appropriate mitochondrial architecture, and in the consequence in the regulation of mitochondrial metabolism and calcium signalling, the controlling of the mitochondrial DNA level, and the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation is the focus. [REVIEW] PMID: 28132466
19. Our patient with MFN2-related CMT2 expands the clinical and mutational spectrum of individuals with autosomal recessive CMT2 and identifies a new clinical feature that warrants further observation. PMID: 26955893
20. It has been shown that mitofusin-2 is modified with K6-linked polyubiquitin in a HUWE1-dependent manner. PMID: 28943312
21. Studied association of genetic variants of the MAVS, MITA and MFN2 genes with leprosy in Han Chinese from Southwest China; found no association between the variants and susceptibility to leprosy. PMID: 27553710
22. MFN2 gene polymorphisms (rs873457, rs2336384, rs1474868, rs4846085 and rs2236055) may be associated with acute liver failure and the rs873457 and rs4846085 polymorphisms are correlated with the risk and prognosis of acute liver failure. PMID: 28513770
23. SLC25A46 is a new component in mitochondrial dynamics that serves as a regulator for MFN1/2 oligomerization. PMID: 28057766
24. Presenilin 2 (PS2), mutations in which underlie familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), promotes endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria coupling only in the presence of mitofusin 2 (Mfn2). PMID: 27239030
25. PGC-1alpha enhances Mfn2 transcription, but also leads to increased degradation of the Mfn2 protein, a key ubiquitylation target of Parkin on mitochondria. In vivo, Parkin has significant protective effects on the survival and function of nigral dopaminergic neurons in which the chronic expression of PGC-1alpha is induced PMID: 28053050
26. Exome sequencing identified MFN2 SNVs in two of the individuals. Neuropathy-associated CNV outside of the PMP22 locus is rare in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease . Nevertheless, there is potential clinical utility in testing for CNVs and exome sequencing in CMT cases negative for the CMT1A duplication. PMID: 26378787
27. Smad2 is a key scaffold, allowing RIN1 to act as a GTP exchange factor for MFN2-GTPase activation to promote mitochondrial ATP synthesis and suppress superoxide production during mitochondrial fusion. PMID: 27184078
28. our results suggest that KAP1 Ser473 phosphorylation acts through MFN2 reduction to restrict mitochondrial hyperfusion, thereby contributing to cancer cell survival under conditions of sustained metabolic stress PMID: 27364555
29. Mfn2 downregulation or the exogenous expression of normal Parkin restored cytosolic Ca(2+) transients in fibroblasts from patients with PARK2 mutations, a catalytically inactive Parkinson's disease (PD)-related Parkin variant had no effect. Parkin is directly involved in regulating ER-mitochondria contacts and provide new insight into the role of the loss of Parkin function in PD development PMID: 27206984
30. siRNA knockdown of mitofusin-2 (Mfn2), a protein that is involved in the tethering of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, leads to increased contact between the two organelles. PMID: 27203684
31. Taken together, these data suggest that the striking reduction in mitochondria in MNs expressing mutant MFN2 is not the result of impaired biogenesis, but more likely the consequence of enhanced mitophagy. PMID: 27506976
32. our findings indicate miR-106a as an important factor to promote hypertrophic progress and suggest miR-106a as a new molecular target for the treatment of pathological hypertrophy. The present study also uncovered a novel relationship between miR-106a and Mfn2, with Mfn2 as a downstream signaling mediator of miR-106a. PMID: 27565029
33. The results of the present study demonstrated that Resveratrol may protect bronchial epithelial cells from cigarette smoke -induced apoptosis in vitro by preventing mitochondrial dysfunction, and MFN2 may be associated with the anti-apoptotic functions of RSV in HBE cells. PMID: 28406974
34. Low MFN2 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma indicated a worse overall survival. PMID: 27389277
35. Low expression of MFN2 is associated with lung adenocarcinoma. PMID: 26733181
36. Between 1999 and 2012, the genetic diagnosis of MFN2 mutation was made in 11 children who were treated in our department for different neurological symptoms. We found 5 different mutations in the MFN2 gene in 6 unrelated families PMID: 26686600
37. We report four novel mutations and four rare missense variants of MFN2 in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 2A families in mainland China PMID: 26801520
38. The results of this study suggested that the MFN2 gene should be considered in Polish hereditary motor-sensory neuropathiey II patients. PMID: 26581383
39. These results suggest that defects in Mfn2 could cause mitochondrial dysfunction and decrease trophoblastic cells' viability PMID: 26942197
40. This study demonstrated that Mfn2 gene polymorphisms were associated with essential hypertension in northern Han Chinese population, especially in male subjects PMID: 26816493
41. Report exposes a novel role for Shh in regulating mitochondrial dynamics and rescue the metabolic profile of tumor cells through regulation of mitofusin 1 and 2. PMID: 26446920
42. family study of early onset severe axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with dominant inheritance - SNP mutation in MFN2 PMID: 26916081
43. Our findings provide new insight into the mechanism underlying Mitofusin-2 regulation and the potential role of miR-761 in tocellular carcinoma, making it a potential candidate for use in HCC therapy in the future PMID: 26845057
44. HMGB1 can trigger apoptosis of T lymphocytes through mitochondrial death pathway associated with [Ca(2+)]i elevation. Mfn2 plays a pivotal role in this process, and it might be a novel therapeutic target in T cell apoptosis related disorders. PMID: 24662494
45. downregulationof expression is caused by activation of resting peripheral blood T cells PMID: 26566676
46. Mutations in the gene encoding MFN2 are associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A and MFN2 is involved in several intracellular pathways that interact to regulate the mitochondrial network within cells. PMID: 26143526
47. These findings show that homozygous mutations at p.R707W in MFN2 are a novel cause of multiple symmetrical lipomatosis. PMID: 26085578
48. A deletion of exons 7 and 8 is a founder mutation in MFN2 in the UK population. PMID: 26114802
49. increased expression of miR-214 observed in a Huntington disease cell model could target MFN2, altered mitochondrial morphology and deregulated cell cycle PMID: 26307536
50. Mitofusin-2 over-expression leads to dysregulation of cell cycle and cell invasion in lung adenocarcinoma. PMID: 25796500

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HGNC: 16877

OMIM: 601152

KEGG: hsa:9927

STRING: 9606.ENSP00000235329

UniGene: Hs.376681