The variability of autophagy and cell death susceptibility: Unanswered questions

Autophagy

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1270-1285

  Loos, Ben ^a   Engelbrecht, Anna Mart ^a   Lockshin, Richard A ^b,c   Klionsky, Daniel J ^d   Zakeri, Zahra ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Autophagy; Energetics; Energy; Metabolite; Mitochondria; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; METABOLIC STRESS; METABOLITE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS;

ATP; AUTOPHAGY; ENERGETICS; ENERGY; METABOLITE; MITOCHONDRIA; THRESHOLD;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884332903     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.25560     Document Type: Review

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