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 …

A diversity of selective autophagy receptors determines the specificity of the autophagy pathway

V Kirkin, VV Rogov - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The clearance of surplus, broken, or dangerous components is key for maintaining cellular
homeostasis. The failure to remove protein aggregates, damaged organelles, or intracellular …

RNA-binding protein ZFP36/TTP protects against ferroptosis by regulating autophagy signaling pathway in hepatic stellate cells

Z Zhang, M Guo, Y Li, M Shen, D Kong, J Shao… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death, but its regulatory
mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the RNA-binding protein …

A degradative to secretory autophagy switch mediates mitochondria clearance in the absence of the mATG8-conjugation machinery

HWS Tan, G Lu, H Dong, YL Cho, A Natalia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
PINK1-Parkin mediated mitophagy, a selective form of autophagy, represents one of the
most important mechanisms in mitochondrial quality control (MQC) via the clearance of …

Ubiquitin-like protein conjugation: structures, chemistry, and mechanism

L Cappadocia, CD Lima - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubl's) are conjugated to target proteins or lipids to regulate their
activity, stability, subcellular localization, or macromolecular interactions. Similar to ubiquitin …

ER stress: Autophagy induction, inhibition and selection

HO Rashid, RK Yadav, HR Kim, HJ Chae - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
An accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads
to stress conditions. To mitigate such circumstances, stressed cells activate a homeostatic …

The machinery of macroautophagy

Y Feng, D He, Z Yao, DJ Klionsky - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Autophagy is a primarily degradative pathway that takes place in all eukaryotic cells. It is
used for recycling cytoplasm to generate macromolecular building blocks and energy under …

Mammalian autophagy: how does it work?

CF Bento, M Renna, G Ghislat, C Puri… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is a conserved intracellular pathway that delivers cytoplasmic contents to
lysosomes for degradation via double-membrane autophagosomes. Autophagy substrates …

Exploring the Role of Autophagy-Related Gene 5 (ATG5) Yields Important Insights Into Autophagy in Autoimmune/Autoinflammatory Diseases

X Ye, XJ Zhou, H Zhang - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is a highly conserved process that degrades certain intracellular contents in both
physiological and pathological conditions. Autophagy-related proteins (ATG) are key players …

The role of autophagy in cancer: therapeutic implications

ZJ Yang, CE Chee, S Huang, FA Sinicrope - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2011 - AACR
Autophagy is a homeostatic, catabolic degradation process whereby cellular proteins and
organelles are engulfed by autophagosomes, digested in lysosomes, and recycled to …