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 …

Hallmarks of cardiovascular ageing

M Abdellatif, PP Rainer, S Sedej… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Normal circulatory function is a key determinant of disease-free life expectancy (healthspan).
Indeed, pathologies affecting the cardiovascular system, which are growing in prevalence …

Copper-dependent autophagic degradation of GPX4 drives ferroptosis

Q Xue, D Yan, X Chen, X Li, R Kang, DJ Klionsky… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death characterized by unrestricted
lipid peroxidation and membrane damage. Although GPX4 (glutathione peroxidase 4) plays …

Programmed cell death tunes tumor immunity

J Liu, M Hong, Y Li, D Chen, Y Wu, Y Hu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The demise of cells in various ways enables the body to clear unwanted cells. Studies over
the years revealed distinctive molecular mechanisms and functional consequences of …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces DNA damage, through CHK1 degradation and impaired 53BP1 recruitment, and cellular senescence

U Gioia, S Tavella, P Martínez-Orellana, G Cicio… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the RNA virus
responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although SARS-CoV-2 …

Mechanisms of selective autophagy

T Lamark, T Johansen - Annual review of cell and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Selective autophagy is the lysosomal degradation of specific intracellular components
sequestered into autophagosomes, late endosomes, or lysosomes through the activity of …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy: a key regulator of homeostasis and disease: an overview of molecular mechanisms and modulators

L Gómez-Virgilio, MC Silva-Lucero, DS Flores-Morelos… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a highly conserved lysosomal degradation pathway active at basal levels in all
cells. However, under stress conditions, such as a lack of nutrients or trophic factors, it works …

Organelle-specific regulation of ferroptosis

X Chen, R Kang, G Kroemer, D Tang - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis, a cell death modality characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, is
involved in the development of multiple pathological conditions, including ischemic tissue …

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 …