Background:
The elucidation of mechanisms implicated in the chronification of inflammation is able to shed
the light on the pathogenesis of disorders that are responsible for the majority of the incidence of disease and deaths, and
also causes of ageing. Atherosclerosis is an example of the most significant inflammatory pathology. The inflammatory
response of innate immunity is implicated in the development of atherosclerosis arising locally or focally.
Modified low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was regarded as the trigger for this response. No atherosclerotic changes in the
arterial wall occur due to the quick decrease in inflammation rate. Nonetheless, the atherosclerotic lesion formation can be
a result of the chronification of local inflammation, which, in turn, is caused by alteration of the response of innate
immunity.
Objective:
In this review, we discussed potential mechanisms of the altered response of the immunity in atherosclerosis
with a particular emphasis on mitochondrial dysfunctions.
Conclusion:
A few mitochondrial dysfunctions can be caused by the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. Moreover,
mtDNA mutations were found to affect the development of defective mitophagy. Modern investigations have
demonstrated the controlling mitophagy function in the response of the immune system. Therefore, we hypothesized that
impaired mitophagy, as a consequence of mutations in mtDNA, can raise a disturbed innate immunity response resulting
in the chronification of inflammation in atherosclerosis.
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