VDAC1 and Parkinson disease: In addition, miR-7 has been found to stabilize mitochondrial membrane potential via suppressing the expression of voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1), one constituent of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, which might be a potential target for attenuating the impaired mitochondrial function in PD (Chaudhuri et al., 2016).