Tightrope act: Autophagy in stem cell renewal, differentiation, proliferation, and aging

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-103

  Phadwal, Kanchan ^a   Watson, Alexander Scarth ^a   Simon, Anna Katharina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Autophagy; ESC; HSC; Lysosomes; MSC; NSC; Senescence; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; BECLIN 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; RAPAMYCIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT STEM CELL; AMBRA1 GENE; APOPTOSIS; ATG5 GENE; ATG7 GENE; AUTOPHAGY; BECN1 GENE; CELL AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIGHT CHAIN; LYSOSOME; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84872340936     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1032-3     Document Type: Review

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