Autophagy genes in biology and disease

H Yamamoto, S Zhang, N Mizushima - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Macroautophagy and microautophagy are highly conserved eukaryotic cellular processes
that degrade cytoplasmic material in lysosomes. Both pathways involve characteristic …

Mechanisms governing autophagosome biogenesis

H Nakatogawa - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagosomes are double-membrane vesicles newly formed during autophagy to engulf
a wide range of intracellular material and transport this autophagic cargo to lysosomes (or …

Lysosome biology in autophagy

WWY Yim, N Mizushima - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagy is a major intracellular degradation system that derives its degradative abilities
from the lysosome. The most well-studied form of autophagy is macroautophagy, which …

The SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF3a inhibits fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes

Y Zhang, H Sun, R Pei, B Mao, Z Zhao, H Li, Y Lin, K Lu - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the ongoing
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. How SARS-CoV-2 regulates cellular responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagosome-lysosome fusion

P Lőrincz, G Juhász - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Macroautophagy is a conserved catabolic process observed in all eukaryotic cells, during
which selected cellular components are transported to and broken down within lysosomes …

Autophagosome maturation: an epic journey from the ER to lysosomes

YG Zhao, H Zhang - Journal of Cell Biology, 2019 - rupress.org
Macroautophagy involves the sequestration of cytoplasmic contents in a double-membrane
autophagosome and their delivery to lysosomes for degradation. In multicellular organisms …

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 …

New insights regarding SNARE proteins in autophagosome-lysosome fusion

X Tian, J Teng, J Chen - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy refers to the engulfment of cellular contents selected for
lysosomal degradation. The final step in autophagy is the fusion of autophagosome with the …

Molecular mechanisms of endomembrane trafficking in plants

F Aniento, V Sánchez de Medina Hernández… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Endomembrane trafficking is essential for all eukaryotic cells. The best-characterized
membrane trafficking organelles include the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian hybrid pre-autophagosomal structure HyPAS generates autophagosomes

S Kumar, R Javed, M Mudd, S Pallikkuth, KA Lidke… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The biogenesis of mammalian autophagosomes remains to be fully defined. Here, we used
cellular and in vitro membrane fusion analyses to show that autophagosomes are formed …