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NLRX1 is an essential, druggable regulator of mitochondrial permeability transition

Rachel E. Peltier-Heap David W. Frederick R. Pickering Sonja Ghidelli-Disse Kirsten L. Searle Juliette C. Barber Nicholas Galwey Léa P. Wilhelm K. Triantafilou M. Triantafilou Oliver Wright Sumitra Ramachandran Yang Tan Wen-Hao Xia Chiu-Cheong Aw Pamela P. Oon Emma L. Rivers K. Lee Yannick M L Lacroix E. Reddy Robert P. Glover Gino Brunori Ashley J. Broom D. Grimsditch Annie Garcia A. Robertson K. Hirano A. A. Brady Edward R. Browne G. Drewes Ian G. Ganley K. Schroder M. Ahmed Lee M. Booty

Aug 2026 · bioRxiv · 0 citations · 52 references

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NLRX1 is established as an essential, CypD-independent regulator of mitochondrial permeability transition and provide brain-penetrant chemical tools to interrogate this biology.

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