Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

[HTML][HTML] Biological functions of autophagy genes: a disease perspective

B Levine, G Kroemer - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The lysosomal degradation pathway of autophagy plays a fundamental role in cellular,
tissue, and organismal homeostasis and is mediated by evolutionarily conserved autophagy …

Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease

CJ Griffey, A Yamamoto - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Macroautophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that delivers diverse cellular
contents to lysosomes for degradation. As our understanding of this pathway grows, so does …

Emerging roles of ATG7 in human health and disease

JJ Collier, F Suomi, M Oláhová… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The cardinal stages of macroautophagy are driven by core autophagy‐related (ATG)
proteins, whose ablation largely abolishes intracellular turnover. Disrupting ATG genes is …

Autophagy at the crossroads of catabolism and anabolism

J Kaur, J Debnath - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Autophagy is a conserved catabolic process that degrades cytoplasmic constituents and
organelles in the lysosome. Starvation-induced protein degradation is a salient feature of …

Autophagy in the liver: functions in health and disease

T Ueno, M Komatsu - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2017 - nature.com
The concept of macroautophagy was established in 1963, soon after the discovery of
lysosomes in rat liver. Over the 50 years since, studies of liver autophagy have produced …

Sugar for the brain: the role of glucose in physiological and pathological brain function

P Mergenthaler, U Lindauer, GA Dienel… - Trends in neurosciences, 2013 - cell.com
The mammalian brain depends upon glucose as its main source of energy, and tight
regulation of glucose metabolism is critical for brain physiology. Consistent with its critical …

Autophagy—a key player in cellular and body metabolism

KH Kim, MS Lee - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge gained over the past 10 years about the mechanisms that underpin
autophagy has provided a universal framework for studies of diverse physiological and …

Nutrient-sensing AgRP neurons relay control of liver autophagy during energy deprivation

W Chen, O Mehlkop, A Scharn, H Nolte, P Klemm… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Autophagy represents a key regulator of aging and metabolism in sensing energy
deprivation. We find that fasting in mice activates autophagy in the liver paralleled by …

Leptin and insulin pathways in POMC and AgRP neurons that modulate energy balance and glucose homeostasis

L Varela, TL Horvath - EMBO reports, 2012 - embopress.org
With the steady rise in the prevalence of obesity and its associated diseases, research
aimed at understanding the mechanisms that regulate and control whole body energy …