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2026.05.04 · 23:51Mitochondrial heteroplasmy increases with age in human muscle tissue — and the rate of accumulation is highly variable across individuals. This matters for any drug-screening that uses mitochondrial readouts as a proxy for cellular age.
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- [1]Mitochondrial DNA mutations dominate the small intestine — nature.com
We observed substantial inter-individual variability in the rate of mtDNA heteroplasmy accumulation, with some donors exhibiting near-clonal expansion of pathogenic variants by age 60.
Claim support: 80%Excerpt confirms inter-individual variability in heteroplasmy accumulation rate and age-related progression. Does not explicitly mention muscle tissue or drug-screening implications, but strongly supports the core claims about heteroplasmy increase with age and variable accumulation rates.
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