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Autophagy in infection, inflammation and immunity

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Deretic, Vojo, Saitoh, Tatsuya, Akira, Shizuo·2013·Nature Reviews Immunology

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Autophagy is a fundamental eukaryotic pathway that has multiple effects on immunity. Autophagy is induced by pattern recognition receptors and, through autophagic adaptors, it provides a mechanism for the elimination of intracellular microorganisms. Autophagy controls inflammation through regulatory interactions with innate immune signalling pathways, by removing endogenous inflammasome agonists and through effects on the secretion of immune mediators. Moreover, autophagy contributes to antigen presentation and to T cell homeostasis, and it affects T cell repertoires and polarization. Thus, as we discuss in this Review, autophagy has multitiered immunological functions that influence infection, inflammation and immunity.

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Authors
Deretic, V., Saitoh, T., & Akira, S.
Affiliations
  • University of New Mexico (US)
  • Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka (JP)
Corresponding author
Deretic, Vojo
Venue
Nature Reviews Immunology
Published
2013-09-25
Volume
13
Issue
10
Pages
722-737
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2148281700
Cited by
1,919
References
151
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000041, UL1TR001449)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI045148, AI042999)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Keywords
autophagy, infection, inflammation, immunity, pattern recognition receptors, innate immune signaling, inflammasome, antigen presentation, T cell homeostasis, T cell polarization, T cell receptor repertoire
MeSH terms
Autophagy, Bacterial Infections, Gene Expression Regulation, Homeostasis, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Inflammation, T-Lymphocytes, Virus Diseases, Signal Transduction, Antigen Presentation, Protein Transport, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Receptors, Pattern Recognition, Inflammasomes

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