Why is autophagy important in human diseases?

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-72

  Jing, Kaipeng ^a   Lim, Kyu ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Disease; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSOSOME; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONJUGATION; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYSOSOME; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MITOPHAGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETICULOPHAGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; XENOPHAGY;

EID: 84857860165     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2012.44.2.028     Document Type: Article

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