Autophagy and autophagy-related proteins in cancer

X Li, S He, B Ma - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Autophagy, as a type II programmed cell death, plays crucial roles with autophagy-related
(ATG) proteins in cancer. Up to now, the dual role of autophagy both in cancer progression …

[HTML][HTML] Complex interplay between autophagy and oxidative stress in the development of pulmonary disease

W Ornatowski, Q Lu, M Yegambaram, AE Garcia… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The autophagic pathway involves the encapsulation of substrates in double-membraned
vesicles, which are subsequently delivered to the lysosome for enzymatic degradation and …

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) EIF3J-DT induces chemoresistance of gastric cancer via autophagy activation

Y Luo, S Zheng, Q Wu, J Wu, R Zhou, C Wang, Z Wu… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapy is currently the main treatment for unresectable or advanced postoperative
gastric cancers. However, its efficacy is negatively affected by the occurrence of …

[HTML][HTML] The ubiquitin kinase PINK1 recruits autophagy receptors to induce mitophagy

M Lazarou, DA Sliter, LA Kane, SA Sarraf, C Wang… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Protein aggregates and damaged organelles are tagged with ubiquitin chains to trigger
selective autophagy. To initiate mitophagy, the ubiquitin kinase PINK1 phosphorylates …

The roles of PINK1, parkin, and mitochondrial fidelity in Parkinson's disease

AM Pickrell, RJ Youle - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Understanding the function of genes mutated in hereditary forms of Parkinson's disease
yields insight into disease etiology and reveals new pathways in cell biology. Although …

Beclin 1 phosphorylation–at the center of autophagy regulation

MB Menon, S Dhamija - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is a tightly regulated catabolic process wherein cells under stress sequester
cytosolic constituents like damaged proteins and organelles in double-membrane vesicles …

BECLIN1: protein structure, function and regulation

S Tran, WD Fairlie, EF Lee - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
BECLIN1 is a well-established regulator of autophagy, a process essential for mammalian
survival. It functions in conjunction with other proteins to form Class III Phosphoinositide 3 …

PINK1 and BECN1 relocalize at mitochondria-associated membranes during mitophagy and promote ER-mitochondria tethering and autophagosome formation

V Gelmetti, P De Rosa, L Torosantucci, ES Marini… - Autophagy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mitophagy is a highly specialized process to remove dysfunctional or superfluous
mitochondria through the macroautophagy/autophagy pathway, aimed at protecting cells …

Post-translational modifications of Beclin 1 provide multiple strategies for autophagy regulation

SM Hill, L Wrobel, DC Rubinsztein - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2019 - nature.com
Autophagy is a conserved intracellular degradation pathway essential for protein
homeostasis, survival and development. Defects in autophagic pathways have been …

Posttranslational modification of autophagy-related proteins in macroautophagy

Y Xie, R Kang, X Sun, M Zhong, J Huang, DJ Klionsky… - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy is an intracellular catabolic process involved in the formation of multiple
membrane structures ranging from phagophores to autophagosomes and autolysosomes …