New insights into activation and function of the AMPK

GR Steinberg, DG Hardie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
The classical role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is as a cellular energy sensor
activated by falling energy status, signalled by increases in AMP to ATP and ADP to ATP …

Autophagy in kidney homeostasis and disease

C Tang, MJ Livingston, Z Liu, Z Dong - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagy is a conserved lysosomal pathway for the degradation of cytoplasmic
components. Basal autophagy in kidney cells is essential for the maintenance of kidney …

[HTML][HTML] AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

Molecular regulation of autophagy machinery by mTOR‐dependent and‐independent pathways

MAA Al‐Bari, P Xu - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macroautophagy is a lysosomal degradative pathway or recycling process that maintains
cellular homeostasis. This autophagy involves a series of sequential processing events …

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah, M Abdellatif… - autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

The AMPK signalling pathway coordinates cell growth, autophagy and metabolism

MM Mihaylova, RJ Shaw - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
One of the central regulators of cellular and organismal metabolism in eukaryotes is AMP-
activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is activated when intracellular ATP production …

AMPK and mTOR regulate autophagy through direct phosphorylation of Ulk1

J Kim, M Kundu, B Viollet, KL Guan - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
Autophagy is a process by which components of the cell are degraded to maintain essential
activity and viability in response to nutrient limitation. Extensive genetic studies have shown …

Role of AMPK-mTOR-Ulk1/2 in the regulation of autophagy: cross talk, shortcuts, and feedbacks

S Alers, AS Löffler, S Wesselborg… - Molecular and cellular …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Living cells are adaptive self-sustaining systems. They strictly depend on the sufficient
supply of oxygen, energy, and nutrients from the outside in order to sustain their internal …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy and the integrated stress response

G Kroemer, G Mariño, B Levine - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Autophagy is a tightly regulated pathway involving the lysosomal degradation of cytoplasmic
organelles or cytosolic components. This pathway can be stimulated by multiple forms of …

AMP-activated protein kinase—an energy sensor that regulates all aspects of cell function

DG Hardie - Genes & development, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a sensor of energy status that maintains cellular
energy homeostasis. It arose very early during eukaryotic evolution, and its ancestral role …