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 of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

RA Nixon, DC Rubinsztein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-based degradative process used to recycle obsolete cellular
constituents and eliminate damaged organelles and aggregate-prone proteins. Their …

Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

Autophagy in healthy aging and disease

Y Aman, T Schmauck-Medina, M Hansen, RI Morimoto… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process that eliminates molecules and subcellular
elements, including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and organelles, via lysosome-mediated …

Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy

M Onishi, K Yamano, M Sato, N Matsuda… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Degradation of mitochondria via a selective form of autophagy, named mitophagy, is a
fundamental mechanism conserved from yeast to humans that regulates mitochondrial …

Excitotoxicity, calcium and mitochondria: a triad in synaptic neurodegeneration

M Verma, BN Lizama, CT Chu - Translational neurodegeneration, 2022 - Springer
Glutamate is the most commonly engaged neurotransmitter in the mammalian central
nervous system, acting to mediate excitatory neurotransmission. However, high levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Adipose tissue and insulin resistance in obese

B Ahmed, R Sultana, MW Greene - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, obesity has become a global health issue and is referred to as an epidemic.
Dysfunctional obese adipose tissue plays a pivotal role in the development of insulin …

Mitochondrial quality control in health and in Parkinson's disease

MA Eldeeb, RA Thomas, MA Ragheb… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
As a central hub for cellular metabolism and intracellular signaling, the mitochondrion is a
pivotal organelle, dysfunction of which has been linked to several human diseases including …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and mitophagy in Parkinson's disease: from mechanism to therapy

AB Malpartida, M Williamson, DP Narendra… - Trends in biochemical …, 2021 - cell.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been associated with neurodegeneration in Parkinson's
disease (PD) for over 30 years. Despite this, the role of mitochondrial dysfunction as an …

[HTML][HTML] Selective autophagy of intracellular organelles: recent research advances

W Li, P He, Y Huang, YF Li, J Lu, M Li, H Kurihara… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macroautophagy (hereafter called autophagy) is a highly conserved physiological process
that degrades over-abundant or damaged organelles, large protein aggregates and …