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Autophagy: Basic Principles and Relevance to Disease

Kundu, Mondira, Thompson, Craig B.·2008·Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease

Abstract

Autophagy is a process by which cytoplasmic components are sequestered in double membrane vesicles and degraded upon fusion with lysosomal compartments. In yeast, autophagy is activated in response to changes in the extracellular milieu. Depending upon the stimulus, autophagy can degrade cytoplasmic contents nonspecifically or can target the degradation of specific cellular components. Both of these have been adopted in higher eukaryotes and account for the expanding role of autophagy in various cellular processes, as well as contribute to the variation in cellular outcomes after induction of autophagy. In some cases, autophagy appears to be an adaptive response, whereas under other circumstances it is involved in cell death. In mammals, autophagy has been implicated in either the pathogenesis or response to a wide variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative disease, chronic bacterial and viral infections, atherosclerosis, and cancer. As the basic molecular pathways that regulate autophagy are elucidated, the relationship of autophagy to the pathogenesis of various disease states emerges.

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Authors
Kundu, M., & Thompson, C. B.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
Published
2008-02-01
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
427-455
ISSN
  • 1553-4006 (ISSN-L)
  • 1553-4014
OpenAlex
W2157045574
Cited by
523
References
129
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Keywords
autophagy, lysosomal degradation, double-membrane vesicles, selective autophagy, autophagy regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, chronic bacterial infection, viral infection, atherosclerosis, cancer, pathogenesis
MeSH terms
Animals, Autophagy, Disease, Humans, Lysosomes

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