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. 2020 Feb 18;11(2):212. doi: 10.3390/genes11020212

Table 2.

Post-mortem (PM) mtDNA heteroplasmy (%) levels and mtDNA copy number of the patient presented in this study in tissue from the central nervous system (n = 14) and peripheral organs (n = 16).

Tissue Type (Origin) Heteroplasmy Levels (%) by RFLP mtDNA Copy Number
MT-ND1/18S5
Central nervous system
Putamen 80.84 12.85
Caudate nucleus 79.26 24.81
Mammillary body 76.80 29.66
Hypothalamus 75.70 15.88
Thalamus 74.71 33.06
Internal capsule 76.71 15.83
Globus pallidus 84.63 23.22
Visual cortex 83.67 17.79
Pons 90.04 6.81
Medulla oblongata 90.75 21.41
White matter 90.69 9.72
Cerebellar vermis 89.43 21.51
Spinal cord 90.53 10.42
Dorsal root ganglion 91.16 2.31
Peripheral organs
Liver 78.48 8.75
Bladder 82.02 11.06
M. obliqus superior 72.93 24.35
M. rectus medialis 71.37 29.95
M. rectus superior 73.02 36.17
M. rectus inferior 71.36 23.43
M. iliopsoas 68.16 36.29
M. vastus lat. 65.91 14.65
M. pectoralis 73.68 12.76
M. biceps brachii 81.20 20.08
Tongue muscle base 84.64 15.73
Heart muscle (left) 81.40 27.16
Heart muscle (right) 77.04 11.64
AV-node 71.38 12.60
Kidney 63.28 12.42
Sural nerve 90.76 6.25

RFLP: Restriction fragment length polymorphism; AV- node: Atrioventricular node.