POU2F1 promotes hypertensive cardiac fibrosis by regulating mitochondrial homeostasis through PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy
A novel role is identified for POU2F1 in hypertensive cardiac fibrosis, demonstrating that it exacerbates disease progression by disrupting mitochondrial homeostasis through transcriptional activation of PINK1, accompanied by alterations consistent with enhanced PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy signaling.