Blumental-Perry et al. find that exposure to cigarette smoke causes the redistribution of the mitochondria-encoded non-codling RNA, mito-ncR-805, from mitochondria to the nucleus in alveolar epithelial cells. This relocation event correlates with increased expression of nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial function, suggesting that this response has a protective role.
- A. Blumental-Perry
- R. Jobava
- M. Hatzoglou
