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In sum, a host of pharmacologic agents from novel small molecules to repurposed anesthetic drugs are being utilized to stabilize mitochondria, reduce DAMPs release, and optimize immune cell metabolism during the perioperative period
Those free fatty acids need to reach the mitochondria, enter the matrix, and undergo beta-oxidation to produce ATP