Targeting autophagy in cancer: recent advances and future directions

RK Amaravadi, AC Kimmelman, J Debnath - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Autophagy, a multistep lysosomal degradation pathway that supports nutrient recycling and
metabolic adaptation, has been implicated as a process that regulates cancer. Although …

Autophagy and the hallmarks of aging

S Kaushik, I Tasset, E Arias, O Pampliega… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Autophagy, an essential cellular process that mediates degradation of proteins and
organelles in lysosomes, has been tightly linked to cellular quality control for its role as part …

Chaperone-mediated autophagy sustains haematopoietic stem-cell function

S Dong, Q Wang, YR Kao, A Diaz, I Tasset, S Kaushik… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The activation of mostly quiescent haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is a prerequisite for life-
long production of blood cells. This process requires major molecular adaptations to allow …

Balancing lysosome abundance in health and disease

AP Mutvei, MJ Nagiec, J Blenis - Nature Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Lysosomes are catabolic organelles that govern numerous cellular processes, including
macromolecule degradation, nutrient signalling and ion homeostasis. Aberrant changes in …

Autophagy maintains the metabolism and function of young and old stem cells

TT Ho, MR Warr, ER Adelman, OM Lansinger, J Flach… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
With age, haematopoietic stem cells lose their ability to regenerate the blood system, and
promote disease development. Autophagy is associated with health and longevity, and is …

Targeting the RNA m6A reader YTHDF2 selectively compromises cancer stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia

J Paris, M Morgan, J Campos, GJ Spencer… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive clonal disorder of hematopoietic stem cells
(HSCs) and primitive progenitors that blocks their myeloid differentiation, generating self …

Evolution of the immune system in humans from infancy to old age

AK Simon, GA Hollander… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This article reviews the development of the immune response through neonatal, infant and
adult life, including pregnancy, ending with the decline in old age. A picture emerges of a …

Emerging roles of ATG7 in human health and disease

JJ Collier, F Suomi, M Oláhová… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The cardinal stages of macroautophagy are driven by core autophagy‐related (ATG)
proteins, whose ablation largely abolishes intracellular turnover. Disrupting ATG genes is …

Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

L Galluzzi, F Pietrocola, JM Bravo‐San Pedro… - The EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Autophagy plays a key role in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. In healthy cells,
such a homeostatic activity constitutes a robust barrier against malignant transformation …

Autophagy in the renewal, differentiation and homeostasis of immune cells

AJ Clarke, AK Simon - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Across all branches of the immune system, the process of autophagy is fundamentally
important in cellular development, function and homeostasis. Strikingly, this evolutionarily …