Development by Self-Digestion

LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing.

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Oncogenic kinase signalling.

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Induction of autophagy and inhibition of tumorigenesis by beclin 1

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Functions of Lysosomes

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Promotion of tumorigenesis by heterozygous disruption of the beclin 1 autophagy gene

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Beclin 1, an autophagy gene essential for early embryonic development, is a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor

Yue, Z., Jin, S., Yang, C., Levine, A. J., & Heintz, N. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2436255100 · Cited by 2,116

Molecular dissection of autophagy: two ubiquitin-like systems

Ohsumi, Y. (2001) · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/35056522 · Cited by 1,240

Tor-Mediated Induction of Autophagy via an Apg1 Protein Kinase Complex

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Influence of TOR kinase on lifespan in C. elegans

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Two Distinct Vps34 Phosphatidylinositol 3–Kinase Complexes Function in Autophagy and Carboxypeptidase Y Sorting in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Kihara, A., Noda, T., Ishihara, N., & Ohsumi, Y. (2001) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.152.3.519 · Cited by 1,004

Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Disease

Levine, B., & Kroemer, G. (2008) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.12.018 · Cited by 7,069

Suppression of basal autophagy in neural cells causes neurodegenerative disease in mice

Hara, T., Nakamura, K., Matsui, M., Yamamoto, A., Nakahara, Y., Suzuki-Migishima, R., Yokoyama, M., Mishima, K., Saito, I., Okano, H., et al. (2006) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature04724 · Cited by 3,882

Bcl-2 Antiapoptotic Proteins Inhibit Beclin 1-Dependent Autophagy

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Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice

Komatsu, M., Waguri, S., Chiba, T., Murata, S., Iwata, J.-I., Tanida, I., Ueno, T., Koike, M., Uchiyama, Y., Kominami, E., et al. (2006) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature04723 · Cited by 3,500

Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2009

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p62/SQSTM1 forms protein aggregates degraded by autophagy and has a protective effect on huntingtin-induced cell death

Bjørkøy, G., Lamark, T., Brech, A., Outzen, H., Perander, M., Øvervatn, A., Stenmark, H., & Johansen, T. (2005) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200507002 · Cited by 3,276

The role of autophagy during the early neonatal starvation period

Kuma, A., Hatano, M., Matsui, M., Yamamoto, A., Nakaya, H., Yoshimori, T., Ohsumi, Y., Tokuhisa, T., & Mizushima, N. (2004) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature03029 · Cited by 2,865

Impairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7 -deficient mice

Komatsu, M., Waguri, S., Ueno, T., Iwata, J., Murata, S., Tanida, I., Ezaki, J., Mizushima, N., Ohsumi, Y., Uchiyama, Y., et al. (2005) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200412022 · Cited by 2,331

Autophagy Is a Defense Mechanism Inhibiting BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Infected Macrophages

Gutierrez, M. G., Master, S. S., Singh, S. B., Taylor, G. A., Colombo, M. I., & Deretic, V. (2004) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2004.11.038 · Cited by 2,252

Homeostatic levels of p62 control cytoplasmic inclusion body formation in autophagy-deficient mice.

Komatsu, M., Waguri, S., Koike, M., Sou, Y.-S., Ueno, T., Hara, T., Mizushima, N., Iwata, J.-I., Ezaki, J., Murata, S., et al. (2007) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.035 · Cited by 2,124

Chloroquine inhibits autophagic flux by decreasing autophagosome-lysosome fusion

Mauthe, M., Orhon, I., Rocchi, C., Zhou, X., Luhr, M., Hijlkema, K.-J., Coppes, R. P., Engedal, N., Mari, M., & Reggiori, F. (2018) · Autophagy · doi:10.1080/15548627.2018.1474314 · Cited by 2,122

Autophagy Is Activated for Cell Survival after Endoplasmic ReticulumStress

Ogata, M., Hino, S.-I., Saito, A., Morikawa, K., Kondo, S., Kanemoto, S., Murakami, T., Taniguchi, M., Tanii, I., Yoshinaga, K., et al. (2006) · Molecular and Cellular Biology · doi:10.1128/mcb.01453-06 · Cited by 1,832

Role of autophagy in cancer

Mathew, R., Karantza-Wadsworth, V., & White, E. (2007) · Nature Reviews Cancer · doi:10.1038/nrc2254 · Cited by 1,798

Extensive Involvement of Autophagy in Alzheimer Disease: An Immuno-Electron Microscopy Study

Nixon, R. A., Wegiel, J., Kumar, A., Yu, W. H., Peterhoff, C., Cataldo, A., & Cuervo, A. M. (2005) · Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology · doi:10.1093/jnen/64.2.113 · Cited by 1,588

Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy

Kim, I., Rodriguez-Enriquez, S., & Lemasters, J. J. (2007) · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · doi:10.1016/j.abb.2007.03.034 · Cited by 1,558

The role of autophagy in cardiomyocytes in the basal state and in response to hemodynamic stress

Nakai, A., Yamaguchi, O., Takeda, T., Higuchi, Y., Hikoso, S., Taniike, M., Omiya, S., Mizote, I., Matsumura, Y., Asahi, M., et al. (2007) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm1574 · Cited by 1,520

Distinct Roles of Autophagy in the Heart During Ischemia and Reperfusion: Roles of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase and Beclin 1 in Mediating Autophagy

Matsui, Y., Takagi, H., Qu, X., Abdellatif, M., Sakoda, H., Asano, T., Levine, B., & Sadoshima, J. (2007) · Circulation Research · doi:10.1161/01.res.0000261924.76669.36 · Cited by 1,505

FoxO3 coordinately activates protein degradation by the autophagic/lysosomal and proteasomal pathways in atrophying muscle cells.

Zhao, J., Brault, J. J., Schild, A., Cao, P., Sandri, M., Schiaffino, S., Lecker, S. H., & Goldberg, A. L. (2007) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2007.11.004 · Cited by 1,489

Growth factor regulation of autophagy and cell survival in the absence of apoptosis

Lum, J. J., Bauer, D. E., Kong, M., Harris, M. H., Li, C., Lindsten, T., & Thompson, C. B. (2005) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2004.11.046 · Cited by 1,487

Autophagic cell death: the story of a misnomer

Kroemer, G., & Levine, B. (2008) · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/nrm2529 · Cited by 1,453

ULK1·ATG13·FIP200 Complex Mediates mTOR Signaling and Is Essential for Autophagy

Ganley, I. G., Lam, D. H., Wang, J., Ding, X., Chen, S., & Jiang, X. (2009) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m900573200 · Cited by 1,447

JNK1-Mediated Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 Regulates Starvation-Induced Autophagy

Wei, Y., Pattingre, S., Sinha, S., Bassik, M., & Levine, B. (2008) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.001 · Cited by 1,329

Cellular Adaptation to Hypoxia through Hypoxia Inducible Factors and beyond

Lee, P., Chandel, N. S., & Simon, M. C. (2020) · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/s41580-020-0227-y · Cited by 1,272

Two Beclin 1-binding proteins, Atg14L and Rubicon, reciprocally regulate autophagy at different stages

Matsunaga, K., Saitoh, T., Tabata, K., Omori, H., Satoh, T., Kurotori, N., Maejima, I., Shirahama-Noda, K., Ichimura, T., Isobe, T., et al. (2009) · Nature Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/ncb1846 · Cited by 1,235

Beclin 1 Forms Two Distinct Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Complexes with Mammalian Atg14 and UVRAG

Itakura, E., Kishi, C., Inoue, K., & Mizushima, N. (2008) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e08-01-0080 · Cited by 1,176

Calpain-mediated cleavage of Atg5 switches autophagy to apoptosis

Yousefi, S., Perozzo, R., Schmid, I., Ziemiecki, A., Schaffner, T., Scapozza, L., Brunner, T., & Simon, H.-U. (2006) · Nature Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/ncb1482 · Cited by 1,158

Autophagy Induction and Autophagosome Clearance in Neurons: Relationship to Autophagic Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease

Boland, B., Kumar, A., Lee, S., Platt, F. M., Wegiel, J., Yu, W. H., & Nixon, R. A. (2008) · Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.0800-08.2008 · Cited by 1,119

The Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate Has a Novel E3-like Activity for Protein Lipidation in Autophagy

Hanada, T., Noda, N. N., Satomi, Y., Ichimura, Y., Fujioka, Y., Takao, T., Inagaki, F., & Ohsumi, Y. (2007) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.c700195200 · Cited by 1,123

The role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in the modulation of autophagy and the clearance of protein aggregates in neurodegeneration

Heras-Sandoval, D., Pérez-Rojas, J. M., Hernández-Damián, J., & Pedraza-Chaverri, J. (2014) · Cellular Signalling · doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.08.019 · Cited by 1,091

Lysosomal turnover, but not a cellular level, of endogenous LC3 is a marker for autophagy

Tanida, I., Minematsu-Ikeguchi, N., Ueno, T., & Kominami, E. (2005) · Autophagy · doi:10.4161/auto.1.2.1697 · Cited by 1,108

Tumor suppressors and cell metabolism: a recipe for cancer growth

Jones, R. G., & Thompson, C. B. (2009) · Genes & Development · doi:10.1101/gad.1756509 · Cited by 1,085

Control of Macroautophagy by Calcium, Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase Kinase-β, and Bcl-2

Høyer-Hansen, M., Bastholm, L., Szyniarowski, P., Campanella, M., Szabadkai, G., Farkas, T., Bianchi, K., Fehrenbacher, N., Elling, F., Rizzuto, R., et al. (2007) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2006.12.009 · Cited by 1,072

p53 and metabolism

Vousden, K. H., & Ryan, K. M. (2009) · Nature Reviews Cancer · doi:10.1038/nrc2715 · Cited by 959

Autophagic and tumour suppressor activity of a novel Beclin1-binding protein UVRAG

Liang, C., Feng, P., Ku, B., Dotan, I., Canaani, D., Oh, B.-H., & Jung, J. U. (2006) · Nature Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/ncb1426 · Cited by 919

FIP200, a ULK-interacting protein, is required for autophagosome formation in mammalian cells

Hara, T., Takamura, A., Kishi, C., Iemura, S.-I., Natsume, T., Guan, J.-L., & Mizushima, N. (2008) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200712064 · Cited by 904

Molecular mechanisms of diabetic cardiomyopathy

Bugger, H., & Abel, E. D. (2014) · Diabetologia · doi:10.1007/s00125-014-3171-6 · Cited by 903

Toll-like Receptor 4 Is a Sensor for Autophagy Associated with Innate Immunity

Xu, Y., Jagannath, C., Liu, X.-D., Sharafkhaneh, A., Kolodziejska, K. E., & Eissa, N. T. (2007) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2007.05.022 · Cited by 880

HSV-1 ICP34.5 Confers Neurovirulence by Targeting the Beclin 1 Autophagy Protein

Orvedahl, A., Alexander, D., Tallóczy, Z., Sun, Q., Wei, Y., Zhang, W., Burns, D., Leib, D. A., & Levine, B. (2007) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2006.12.001 · Cited by 857

Autophagy and Tumor Metabolism

Kimmelman, A. C., & White, E. (2017) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2017.04.004 · Cited by 826

Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

Kroemer, G., El-Deiry, W. S., Golstein, P., Peter, M. E., Vaux, D., Vandenabeele, P., Zhivotovsky, B., Blagosklonny, M. V., Malorni, W., Knight, R. A., et al. (2005) · Cell Death & Differentiation · doi:10.1038/sj.cdd.4401724 · Cited by 843

The mTOR Signalling Pathway in Human Cancer

Pópulo, H., Lopes, J. M., & Soares, P. (2012) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms13021886 · Cited by 830

Structural Basis for Sorting Mechanism of p62 in Selective Autophagy

Ichimura, Y., Kumanomidou, T., Sou, Y.-S., Mizushima, T., Ezaki, J., Ueno, T., Kominami, E., Yamane, T., Tanaka, K., & Komatsu, M. (2008) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m802182200 · Cited by 803

CHO cells in biotechnology for production of recombinant proteins: current state and further potential

Kim, J. Y., Kim, Y.-G., & Lee, G. M. (2012) · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · doi:10.1007/s00253-011-3758-5 · Cited by 801

Autophagy and aging: The importance of maintaining "clean" cells

Cuervo, A. M., Bergamini, E., Brunk, U. T., Dröge, W., Ffrench, M., & Terman, A. (2005) · Autophagy · doi:10.4161/auto.1.3.2017 · Cited by 792

Beclin1-binding UVRAG targets the class C Vps complex to coordinate autophagosome maturation and endocytic trafficking

Liang, C., Lee, J.-S., Inn, K.-S., Gack, M. U., Li, Q., Roberts, E. A., Vergne, I., Deretic, V., Feng, P., Akazawa, C., et al. (2008) · Nature Cell Biology · doi:10.1038/ncb1740 · Cited by 792

Autophagy Is Important in Islet Homeostasis and Compensatory Increase of Beta Cell Mass in Response to High-Fat Diet

Ebato, C., Uchida, T., Arakawa, M., Komatsu, M., Ueno, T., Komiya, K., Azuma, K., Hirose, T., Tanaka, K., Kominami, E., et al. (2008) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2008.08.009 · Cited by 774

A Role for Autophagy in the Extension of Lifespan by Dietary Restriction in C. elegans

Hansen, M., Chandra, A., Mitic, L. L., Onken, B., Driscoll, M., & Kenyon, C. (2008) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0040024 · Cited by 766

Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) interacts with Bnip3 protein to selectively remove endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria via autophagy

Hanna, R. A., Quinsay, M. N., Orogo, A. M., Giang, K., Rikka, S., & Gustafsson, Å. B. (2012) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m111.322933 · Cited by 762

HDAC6 controls autophagosome maturation essential for ubiquitin‐selective quality‐control autophagy

Lee, J., Koga, H., Kawaguchi, Y., Tang, W., Wong, E., Gao, Y., Pandey, U. B., Kaushik, S., Tresse, E., Lu, J., et al. (2010) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.405 · Cited by 756

Atg8 Controls Phagophore Expansion during Autophagosome Formation

Xie, Z., Nair, U., & Klionsky, D. J. (2008) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e07-12-1292 · Cited by 753

Nrf2, the Master Regulator of Anti-Oxidative Responses

Vomund, S., Schäfer, A., Parnham, M., Brüne, B., & Von Knethen, A. (2017) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms18122772 · Cited by 752

Autophagy, amyloidogenesis and Alzheimer disease

Nixon, R. A. (2007) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.019265 · Cited by 749

Toll‐like receptors control autophagy

Delgado, M. A., Elmaoued, R. A., Davis, A. S., Kyei, G., & Deretic, V. (2008) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1038/emboj.2008.31 · Cited by 744

Linking of autophagy to ubiquitin-proteasome system is important for the regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell viability.

Ding, W.-X., Ni, H.-M., Gao, W., Yoshimori, T., Stolz, D. B., Ron, D., & Yin, X.-M. (2007) · The American Journal of Pathology · doi:10.2353/ajpath.2007.070188 · Cited by 708

Necrosis, a well-orchestrated form of cell demise: Signalling cascades, important mediators and concomitant immune response

Festjens, N., Vanden Berghe, T., & Vandenabeele, P. (2006) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics · doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.06.014 · Cited by 710

Wild Type α-Synuclein Is Degraded by Chaperone-mediated Autophagy and Macroautophagy in Neuronal Cells

Vogiatzi, T., Xilouri, M., Vekrellis, K., & Stefanis, L. (2008) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m801992200 · Cited by 683

Genome-wide analysis reveals mechanisms modulating autophagy in normal brain aging and in Alzheimer’s disease

Lipinski, M. M., Zheng, B., Lu, T., Yan, Z., Py, B. F., Ng, A., Xavier, R. J., Li, C., Yankner, B. A., Scherzer, C. R., et al. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1009485107 · Cited by 680

Phagocytosis

Stuart, L. M., & Ezekowitz, R. A. B. (2005) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2005.05.002 · Cited by 667

Atg9 vesicles are an important membrane source during early steps of autophagosome formation

Yamamoto, H., Kakuta, S., Watanabe, T. M., Kitamura, A., Sekito, T., Kondo-Kakuta, C., Ichikawa, R., Kinjo, M., & Ohsumi, Y. (2012) · Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.201202061 · Cited by 659

Methods for Monitoring Autophagy from Yeast to Human

Klionsky, D. J., Cuervo, A. M., & Seglen, P. O. (2007) · Autophagy · doi:10.4161/auto.3678 · Cited by 656

Adipose-specific deletion of autophagy-related gene 7 ( atg7 ) in mice reveals a role in adipogenesis

Zhang, Y., Goldman, S., Baerga, R., Zhao, Y., Komatsu, M., & Jin, S. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0906048106 · Cited by 634

Essential role for autophagy protein Atg7 in the maintenance of axonal homeostasis and the prevention of axonal degeneration

Komatsu, M., Wang, Q. J., Holstein, G. R., Friedrich, V. L., Iwata, J.-I., Kominami, E., Chait, B. T., Tanaka, K., & Yue, Z. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0701311104 · Cited by 614

Rapamycin and mTOR-independent autophagy inducers ameliorate toxicity of polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin and related proteinopathies

Sarkar, S., Ravikumar, B., Floto, R. A., & Rubinsztein, D. C. (2009) · Cell Death & Differentiation · doi:10.1038/cdd.2008.110 · Cited by 578

Induction of Autophagy during Extracellular Matrix Detachment Promotes Cell Survival

Fung, C., Lock, R., Gao, S., Salas, E., & Debnath, J. (2008) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e07-10-1092 · Cited by 558

LC3, an Autophagosome Marker, Can be Incorporated into Protein Aggregates Independent of Autophagy: Caution in the Interpretation of LC3 Localization

Kuma, A., Matsui, M., & Mizushima, N. (2007) · Autophagy · doi:10.4161/auto.4012 · Cited by 555

The Role of Autophagy in the Heart

Sciarretta, S., Maejima, Y., Zablocki, D., & Sadoshima, J. (2018) · Annual Review of Physiology · doi:10.1146/annurev-physiol-021317-121427 · Cited by 547

Physiological functions of Atg6/Beclin 1: a unique autophagy-related protein

Cao, Y., & Klionsky, D. J. (2007) · Cell Research · doi:10.1038/cr.2007.78 · Cited by 541

Consequences of the selective blockage of chaperone-mediated autophagy

Massey, A. C., Kaushik, S., Sovak, G., Kiffin, R., & Cuervo, A. M. (2006) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0507436103 · Cited by 529

Autophagy pathway intersects with HIV-1 biosynthesis and regulates viral yields in macrophages

Kyei, G. B., Dinkins, C., Davis, A. S., Roberts, E., Singh, S. B., Dong, C., Wu, L., Kominami, E., Ueno, T., Yamamoto, A., et al. (2009) · Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200903070 · Cited by 509

Mst1 inhibits autophagy by promoting the interaction between Beclin1 and Bcl-2

Maejima, Y., Kyoi, S., Zhai, P., Liu, T., Li, H., Ivessa, A., Sciarretta, S., Del Re, D. P., Zablocki, D. K., Hsu, C.-P., et al. (2013) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.3322 · Cited by 499

Improvement of Cardiac Functions by Chronic Metformin Treatment Is Associated With Enhanced Cardiac Autophagy in Diabetic OVE26 Mice

Xie, Z., Lau, K., Eby, B., Lozano, P., He, C., Pennington, B., Li, H., Rathi, S., Dong, Y., Tian, R., et al. (2011) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/db10-0351 · Cited by 490

Keap1 degradation by autophagy for the maintenance of redox homeostasis

Taguchi, K., Fujikawa, N., Komatsu, M., Ishii, T., Unno, M., Akaike, T., Motohashi, H., & Yamamoto, M. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1121572109 · Cited by 482

Autophagy in proximal tubules protects against acute kidney injury

Jiang, M., Wei, Q., Dong, G., Komatsu, M., Su, Y., & Dong, Z. (2012) · Kidney International · doi:10.1038/ki.2012.261 · Cited by 477

Autophagy Protects the Proximal Tubule from Degeneration and Acute Ischemic Injury

Kimura, T., Takabatake, Y., Takahashi, A., Kaimori, J.-Y., Matsui, I., Namba, T., Kitamura, H., Niimura, F., Matsusaka, T., Soga, T., et al. (2011) · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · doi:10.1681/asn.2010070705 · Cited by 461

Egr-1 Regulates Autophagy in Cigarette Smoke-Induced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chen, Z.-H., Kim, H. P., Sciurba, F. C., Lee, S.-J., Feghali-Bostwick, C., Stolz, D. B., Dhir, R., Landreneau, R. J., Schuchert, M. J., Yousem, S. A., et al. (2008) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003316 · Cited by 459

Regulation of intracellular accumulation of mutant Huntingtin by Beclin 1

Shibata, M., Lu, T., Furuya, T., Degterev, A., Mizushima, N., Yoshimori, T., MacDonald, M., Yankner, B., & Yuan, J. (2006) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m600364200 · Cited by 458

Autophagy promotes primary ciliogenesis by removing OFD1 from centriolar satellites

Tang, Z., Lin, M. G., Stowe, T. R., Chen, S., Zhu, M., Stearns, T., Franco, B., & Zhong, Q. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12606 · Cited by 414

Autophagy is required for exercise training‐induced skeletal muscle adaptation and improvement of physical performance

Lira, V. A., Okutsu, M., Zhang, M., Greene, N. P., Laker, R. C., Breen, D. S., Hoehn, K. L., & Yan, Z. (2013) · The FASEB Journal · doi:10.1096/fj.13-228486 · Cited by 432

Autophagy: A Key Regulator of Homeostasis and Disease: An Overview of Molecular Mechanisms and Modulators

Gómez-Virgilio, L., Silva-Lucero, M.-D.-C., Flores-Morelos, D.-S., Gallardo-Nieto, J., Lopez-Toledo, G., Abarca-Fernandez, A.-M., Zacapala-Gómez, A.-E., Luna-Muñoz, J., Montiel-Sosa, F., Soto-Rojas, L. O., et al. (2022) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells11152262 · Cited by 431

Dual Role of JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 in autophagy and apoptosis regulation

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