VDAC1 oligomerization forms a pore for mtDNA. Credit: Jeonghan Kim et al. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD The immune system uses its mitochondria to self-stimulate innate and adaptive responses to infection. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), immunogenic mitochondrialRelated to the mitochondria. DNA (mtDNA), and even whole mitochondria are locally mobilized […]