Autophagy and autophagy-related proteins in cancer

X Li, S He, B Ma - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Autophagy, as a type II programmed cell death, plays crucial roles with autophagy-related
(ATG) proteins in cancer. Up to now, the dual role of autophagy both in cancer progression …

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 …

Autophagy-dependent cell death

D Denton, S Kumar - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2019 - nature.com
Autophagy-dependent cell death can be defined as cell demise that has a strict requirement
of autophagy. Although autophagy often accompanies cell death following many toxic …

Phase separation organizes the site of autophagosome formation

Y Fujioka, JM Alam, D Noshiro, K Mouri, T Ando… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Many biomolecules undergo liquid–liquid phase separation to form liquid-like condensates
that mediate diverse cellular functions,. Autophagy is able to degrade such condensates …

Cleaning house: selective autophagy of organelles

AL Anding, EH Baehrecke - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
The selective clearance of organelles by autophagy is critical for the regulation of cellular
homeostasis in organisms from yeast to humans. Removal of damaged organelles clears …

Autophagy in neurons

AKH Stavoe, ELF Holzbaur - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is the major cellular pathway to degrade dysfunctional organelles and protein
aggregates. Autophagy is particularly important in neurons, which are terminally …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy: machinery and regulation

Z Yin, C Pascual, DJ Klionsky - Microbial cell, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular degradation process that
targets cytoplasmic materials including cytosol, macromolecules and unwanted organelles …

Autophagy: an essential degradation program for cellular homeostasis and life

Y Chun, J Kim - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-dependent cellular degradation program that responds to a variety
of environmental and cellular stresses. It is an evolutionarily well-conserved and essential …

Mechanisms of autophagy initiation

JH Hurley, LN Young - Annual review of biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is the process of cellular self-eating by a double-membrane organelle, the
autophagosome. A range of signaling processes converge on two protein complexes to …

Autophagy and Alzheimer's disease: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic implications

MS Uddin, A Stachowiak, AA Mamun… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of progressive dementia in the elderly.
It is characterized by a progressive and irreversible loss of cognitive abilities and formation …