Macrophage autophagy in macrophage polarization, chronic inflammation and organ fibrosis

JH Wen, DY Li, S Liang, C Yang, JX Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
As the essential regulators of organ fibrosis, macrophages undergo marked phenotypic and
functional changes after organ injury. These changes in macrophage phenotype and …

Extracellular vesicles and particles impact the systemic landscape of cancer

S Lucotti, CM Kenific, H Zhang, D Lyden - The EMBO journal, 2022‏ - embopress.org
Intercellular cross talk between cancer cells and stromal and immune cells is essential for
tumor progression and metastasis. Extracellular vesicles and particles (EVPs) are a …

Autophagy-dependent ferroptosis drives tumor-associated macrophage polarization via release and uptake of oncogenic KRAS protein

E Dai, L Han, J Liu, Y **e, G Kroemer, DJ Klionsky… - Autophagy, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human neoplasia. Despite a
large investment to understand the effects of KRAS mutation in cancer cells, the direct effects …

Dysfunction of autophagy in high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Q Ren, Q Sun, J Fu - Autophagy, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases
with a global rising prevalence, which is closely associated with a high-fat diet (HFD) intake …

LYC inhibits the AKT signaling pathway to activate autophagy and ameliorate TGFB-induced renal fibrosis

Y Wang, Z **, H Gao, Z Liu, Q Xv, X Jiang, W Yu - Autophagy, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Renal fibrosis is a typical pathological change in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Epithelial-
mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the predominant stage. Activation of macroautophagy …

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah, M Abdellatif… - autophagy, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy 1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah… - …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of metformin on autophagy

G Lu, Z Wu, J Shang, Z **e, C Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Metformin is the first-line option for treating newly diagnosed diabetic patients and also
involved in other pharmacological actions, including antitumor effect, anti-aging effect …

Berberine alleviates liver fibrosis through inducing ferrous redox to activate ROS-mediated hepatic stellate cells ferroptosis

J Yi, S Wu, S Tan, Y Qin, X Wang, J Jiang, H Liu… - Cell death …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Berberine (BBR) has been explored as a potential anti-liver fibrosis agent, but the
underlying mechanisms are unknown. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the …

Pancreatic β cell microRNA-26a alleviates type 2 diabetes by improving peripheral insulin sensitivity and preserving β cell function

H Xu, X Du, J Xu, Y Zhang, Y Tian, G Liu, X Wang… - PLoS …, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by insulin resistance along with pancreatic β cell
failure. β cell factors are traditionally thought to control glucose homeostasis by modulating …