DDBS research published in Autophagy and profiled in The Catalyst

Roby Hill
June 15, 2022
Mitochondria (shown in red) are damaged and degraded (shown in green) upon ethanol exposure (right) that is not seen under normal conditions (left). Image courtesy of Drs. Lemasters and Zhong of MUSC.

College of Pharmacy professors John Lemasters and Zhi Zhong were featured in a recent article in The Catalyst, which captured a summary of the fascinating work they published in the March 16 issue of the journal Autophagy. They demonstrated that exposure to alcohol causes a specific type of mitochondrial damage. The published paper also featured Monika Gooz and Patrick Woster. 

Don't miss the article "Problems in the powerhouse: Excessive degradation of mitochondria is the tipping point from normal alcohol metabolism to alcoholic liver disease" by writer Kyrie Wilson, in the May 24 issue of The Catalyst.