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 …

Autophagy in metabolic disease and ageing

M Kitada, D Koya - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved, lysosome-dependent catabolic process whereby
cytoplasmic components, including damaged organelles, protein aggregates and lipid …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of adipose tissue inflammation to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus

MS Burhans, DK Hagman, JN Kuzma… - Comprehensive …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objective of this comprehensive review is to summarize and discuss the available
evidence of how adipose tissue inflammation affects insulin sensitivity and glucose …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic control of longevity

C López-Otín, L Galluzzi, JMP Freije, F Madeo… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Several metabolic alterations accumulate over time along with a reduction in biological
fitness, suggesting the existence of a" metabolic clock" that controls aging. Multiple inborn …

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 …

Targeting autophagy in obesity: from pathophysiology to management

Y Zhang, JR Sowers, J Ren - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
Obesity poses a severe threat to human health, including the increased prevalence of
hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, cancer, inflammation, sleep apnoea and …

Watch what you (self-) eat: autophagic mechanisms that modulate metabolism

V Lahiri, WD Hawkins, DJ Klionsky - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved lysosome-or vacuole-dependent catabolic
pathway in eukaryotes. Autophagy functions basally for cellular quality control and is …

Innate immunity in diabetes and diabetic nephropathy

J Wada, H Makino - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2016 - nature.com
The innate immune system includes several classes of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs),
including membrane-bound Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide-binding …

Molecular mechanisms of autophagy in the cardiovascular system

D Gatica, M Chiong, S Lavandero… - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Autophagy is a catabolic recycling pathway triggered by various intra-or extracellular stimuli
that is conserved from yeast to mammals. During autophagy, diverse cytosolic constituents …