Mechanisms and biological functions of autophagy in diseased and ageing kidneys

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-45

  Fougeray, Sophie ^a   Pallet, Nicolas ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLAMMASOME; PROTEIN AGGREGATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LYSOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYSOSOMES; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 84924084673     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2014.201     Document Type: Review

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