PRKN and atherosclerosis: Recently, we found for the first time the binding of AIBP to Parkin (PARK2) and mitofusin (MFN) 1 and 2, which are essential for regulating mitophagy and mitochondrial quality control, resulting in augmentation of mitophagy and protecting macrophages against apoptotic cell death in the context of atherosclerosis [20].