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. 2025 Jul 11;26(14):6645. doi: 10.3390/ijms26146645
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
MRT Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
MTT Mitochondrial Transplantation Therapy
PNT Pronuclear transfer technique
MST Maternal spindle transfer
PBT Polar body genome transfer
GVT Germinal vesicle transfer
AUGMENT Autologous germline mitochondrial energy transfer
ICSI Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
AIF Apoptosis-inducing factor
ROS Reactive oxygen species
OS Oxidative stress
CNS Central nervous system
RNA Ribonucleic acid
iPSCs Induced pluripotent stem cells
FDA Food and Drug Administration
IOM Institute of Medicine
OSCs Oogonial stem cells
IVF In vitro fertilization
MT Mitochondrial transfer
TNTs Tunneling nanotubes
GJs Gap junctions
EVs Extracellular vesicles
MSCs Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells
NDs Neurodegenerative diseases
AD Alzheimer’s disease
PD Parkinson’s disease
OPCs Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells
ICH Intracerebral hemorrhage
TBI Traumatic brain injury
hiPSC-CMs Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
IRI Ischemia-reperfusion injury
IHD Ischemic heart disease
ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction
LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction
IIM Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy