Mitochonic Acid 5 (MA-5), a Derivative of the Plant Hormone Indole-3-Acetic Acid, Improves Survival of Fibroblasts from Patients with Mitochondrial Diseases

225 Received May 26, 2015; revised and accepted June 2, 2015. Published online June 26, 2015; doi: 10.1620/tjem.236.225. *These authors contributed equally to this work. Correspondence: Takaaki Abe, Division of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, and Department of Clinical Biology and Hormonal Regulation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. e-mail: takaabe@med.tohoku.ac.jp Mitochonic Acid 5 (MA-5), a Derivative of the Plant Hormone Indole-3-Acetic Acid, Improves Survival of Fibroblasts from Patients with Mitochondrial Diseases