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 …

The emerging mechanisms and functions of microautophagy

L Wang, DJ Klionsky, HM Shen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract 'Autophagy'refers to an evolutionarily conserved process through which cellular
contents, such as damaged organelles and protein aggregates, are delivered to lysosomes …

Multifaceted functions of STING in human health and disease: from molecular mechanism to targeted strategy

Z Zhang, H Zhou, X Ouyang, Y Dong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) as an important pivot for
cytosolic DNA sensation and interferon (IFN) induction, intensive efforts have been …

Many roads lead to CASM: Diverse stimuli of noncanonical autophagy share a unifying molecular mechanism

J Durgan, O Florey - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Autophagy is a fundamental catabolic process coordinated by a network of autophagy-
related (ATG) proteins. These ATG proteins also perform an important parallel role in …

The STING1 network regulates autophagy and cell death

R Zhang, R Kang, D Tang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Cell death and immune response are at the core of life. In past decades, the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) protein STING1 (also known as STING or TMEM173) was found to play a …

ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation, and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum

F Reggiori, M Molinari - Physiological reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
ER-phagy (reticulophagy) defines the degradation of portions of the endoplasmic reticulum
(ER) within lysosomes or vacuoles. It is part of the self-digestion (ie, autophagic) programs …

Lysosome damage triggers direct ATG8 conjugation and ATG2 engagement via non-canonical autophagy

J Cross, J Durgan, DG McEwan, M Tayler… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Cells harness multiple pathways to maintain lysosome integrity, a central homeostatic
process. Damaged lysosomes can be repaired or targeted for degradation by lysophagy, a …

ESCRT-dependent STING degradation inhibits steady-state and cGAMP-induced signalling

M Gentili, B Liu, M Papanastasiou, D Dele-Oni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is an intracellular sensor of cyclic di-nucleotides
involved in the innate immune response against pathogen-or self-derived DNA. STING …

TECPR1 conjugates LC3 to damaged endomembranes upon detection of sphingomyelin exposure

KB Boyle, CJ Ellison, PR Elliott, M Schuschnig… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Invasive bacteria enter the cytosol of host cells through initial uptake into bacteria‐
containing vacuoles (BCVs) and subsequent rupture of the BCV membrane, thereby …

STING directly recruits WIPI2 for autophagosome formation during STING‐induced autophagy

W Wan, C Qian, Q Wang, J Li, H Zhang, L Wang… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The cGAS‐STING pathway plays an important role in host defense by sensing pathogen
DNA, inducing type I IFNs, and initiating autophagy. However, the molecular mechanism of …