The advances in the research on cadmium-induced mitochondrial damage have been summarized, such as the membrane potential breakdown, production of ROS, oxidative phosphorylation uncouple, electron transfer chain (ETC) restrain and so on.

• 摘要总结了近年来镉对细胞线粒体结构和功能损伤的研究进展，基本阐明其对线粒体的损伤机制，包括膜电位的损伤、活性氧物质的生成、氧化磷酸化的解耦联、电子传递链的抑制等。