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 …

Recent advances in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms, clinical trials and new drug development strategies

J Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang, Y **a, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as the predominant form of dementia, presenting significant
and escalating global challenges. Its etiology is intricate and diverse, stemming from a …

The role of autophagy in the heart

S Sciarretta, Y Maejima, D Zablocki… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism by which cytoplasmic elements are
degraded intracellularly. Autophagy has also emerged as a major regulator of cardiac …

Autophagy impairment with lysosomal and mitochondrial dysfunction is an important characteristic of oxidative stress-induced senescence

H Tai, Z Wang, H Gong, X Han, J Zhou, X Wang… - Autophagy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy has profound implications for aging. However, the true features
of autophagy in the progression of aging remain to be clarified. In the present study, we …

Signaling by the phosphoinositide 3-kinase family in immune cells

K Okkenhaug - Annual review of immunology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) control many important aspects of immune cell
development, differentiation, and function. Mammals have eight PI3K catalytic subunits that …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatic stellate cell senescence in liver fibrosis: Characteristics, mechanisms and perspectives

M Zhang, S Serna-Salas, T Damba… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Myofibroblasts play an important role in fibrogenesis. Hepatic stellate cells are the main
precursors of myofibroblasts. Cellular senescence is the terminal cell fate in which …

Selective suppression of oligodendrocyte-derived amyloid beta rescues neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

RM Rajani, R Ellingford, M Hellmuth, SS Harris… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Reduction of amyloid beta (Aβ) has been shown to be effective in treating Alzheimer's
disease (AD), but the underlying assumption that neurons are the main source of pathogenic …

Paraptosis: a unique cell death mode for targeting cancer

S Hanson, A Dharan, J PV, S Pal, BG Nair… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Programmed cell death (PCD) is the universal process that maintains cellular homeostasis
and regulates all living systems' development, health and disease. Out of all, apoptosis is …

Autophagy and lipid droplets in the liver

N Martinez-Lopez, R Singh - Annual review of nutrition, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is a conserved quality-control pathway that degrades cytoplasmic contents in
lysosomes. Autophagy degrades lipid droplets through a process termed lipophagy …

Multiple interacting cell death mechanisms in the mediation of excitotoxicity and ischemic brain damage: a challenge for neuroprotection

J Puyal, V Ginet, PGH Clarke - Progress in neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
There is currently no approved neuroprotective pharmacotherapy for acute conditions such
as stroke and cerebral asphyxia. One of the reasons for this may be the multiplicity of cell …