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Autophagy and the immune function in aging

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Cuervo, Ana Maria, Macian, Fernando·2014·Current Opinion in Immunology

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Just when you thought that you had heard it all about autophagy-the conserved cellular process that mediates turnover of cellular constituents in the lysosomes - studies keep coming out highlighting new types of autophagy, new functions for autophagy or even new autophagy-independent roles for the proteins associated with this process. The field of immunology has been riding the autophagic wave since the beginning of its revival; first due to its role in the host defense against pathogens, and more recently through the better understanding of the unique characteristics and functions of different autophagic pathways in immune cells. Here, we describe some of these new functions that are tightening the connection between autophagy and acquired or innate immunity and their malfunctioning with age.

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  • The accumulation of oxidative damage could be due to a decline in lysosomal and autophagy function.

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Authors
Cuervo, A. M., & Macian, F.
Venue
Current Opinion in Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-08
Volume
29
Pages
97-104
ISSN
0952-7915 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036701722
Cited by
112
References
63
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001073)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG021904, R37AG021904, P01AG031782)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI059738)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK041296)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
autophagy, aging, immune function, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, host defense against infection, autophagy-independent function, immune cell function, lysosomes
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Autophagy, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Lymphocytes, Antigen Presentation, Adaptive Immunity

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