Alternative mitochondrial electron transfer for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and cancers: Methylene blue connects the dots

Shao-Hua Yang, Wenjun Li, Nathalie Sumien, Michael Forster, James W. Simpkins, Ran Liu, Progress in Neurobiology, Available online 18 November 2015, ISSN 0301-0082, doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.10.005

There is accumulating evidence providing a proof of concept that enhancement of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation via alternative mitochondrial electron transfer may offer protective action against neurodegenerative diseases and inhibit cancers proliferation.

 Alternative mitochondrial electron transfer for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and cancers: Methylene blue connects the dots