Liver mitochondria improve, increase after chronic alcohol feeding in mice
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified mitochondria plasticity as an important mechanism of how the mouse liver adapts to alcohol and other toxins. Liver mitochondria in mice increase in number and improve metabolism after chronic feeding of alcohol. The increase in oxygen used to metabolize the alcohol may increase cellular damage over time, as free radicals are normal byproducts of cellular respiration.