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Current questions and possible controversies in autophagy

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Item Type:Review
Title:Current questions and possible controversies in autophagy
Creators Name:Lindqvist, L.M., Simon, A.K. and Baehrecke, E.H.
Abstract:Interest in autophagy has exploded over the last decade, with publications highlighting crosstalk with several other cellular processes including secretion, endocytosis, and cell suicide pathways including apoptosis. Autophagy proteins have also been implicated in other cellular processes independently of their roles in autophagy, creating complexities in the interpretation of autophagy (Atg) mutant gene data. Interestingly, this self-eating process is a survival mechanism that can also promote cell death, but when and how autophagy may ‘switch’ its function is still under debate. Indeed, there are currently many models of how autophagy actually influences cell death. In this review, we highlight some outstanding questions and possible controversies in the autophagy field.
Source:Cell Death Discovery
ISSN:2058-7716
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:1
Page Range:15036
Date:9 November 2015
Additional Information:Copyright © 2015 Cell Death Differentiation Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/cddiscovery.2015.36
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