Mechanisms governing autophagosome biogenesis

H Nakatogawa - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagosomes are double-membrane vesicles newly formed during autophagy to engulf
a wide range of intracellular material and transport this autophagic cargo to lysosomes (or …

[HTML][HTML] Complex interplay between autophagy and oxidative stress in the development of pulmonary disease

W Ornatowski, Q Lu, M Yegambaram, AE Garcia… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The autophagic pathway involves the encapsulation of substrates in double-membraned
vesicles, which are subsequently delivered to the lysosome for enzymatic degradation and …

Autophagy induction via STING trafficking is a primordial function of the cGAS pathway

X Gui, H Yang, T Li, X Tan, P Shi, M Li, F Du, ZJ Chen - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) detects infections or tissue damage by
binding to microbial or self DNA in the cytoplasm. Upon binding DNA, cGAS produces …

CCT2 is an aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates

X Ma, C Lu, Y Chen, S Li, N Ma, X Tao, Y Li, J Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is a hallmark of multiple human pathologies. Autophagy selectively
degrades protein aggregates via aggrephagy. How selectivity is achieved has been elusive …

The SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF3a inhibits fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes

Y Zhang, H Sun, R Pei, B Mao, Z Zhao, H Li, Y Lin, K Lu - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the ongoing
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. How SARS-CoV-2 regulates cellular responses to …

A brief history of autophagy from cell biology to physiology and disease

N Mizushima - Nature cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
The field of autophagy research has developed rapidly since the first description of the
process in the 1960s and the identification of autophagy genes in the 1990s. Autophagy is …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy during viral infection—a double-edged sword

Y Choi, JW Bowman, JU Jung - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Autophagy is a powerful tool that host cells use to defend against viral infection. Double-
membrane vesicles, termed autophagosomes, deliver trapped viral cargo to the lysosome …

Autophagy and neurodegeneration: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

FM Menzies, A Fleming, A Caricasole, CF Bento… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Autophagy is a conserved pathway that delivers cytoplasmic contents to the lysosome for
degradation. Here we consider its roles in neuronal health and disease. We review …

Autophagy: The spotlight for cellular stress responses

P Ravanan, IF Srikumar, P Talwar - Life sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an essential cellular mechanism which plays “housekeeping” role in normal
physiological processes including removing of long lived, aggregated and misfolded …

Autophagy and multidrug resistance in cancer

YJ Li, YH Lei, N Yao, CR Wang, N Hu, WC Ye… - Chinese journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Multidrug resistance (MDR) occurs frequently after long-term chemotherapy, resulting in
refractory cancer and tumor recurrence. Therefore, combatting MDR is an important issue …