Recent progress in research on molecular mechanisms of autophagy in the heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2015, Pages H259-H268

  Maejima, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Chen, Yun ^c   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b   Gustafsson, Åsa B ^d   Kitsis, Richard N ^c   Sadoshima, Junichi ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Autosis; Mitophagy; Protein quality control

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN P62; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSOSOME; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHAPERONE-MEDIATED AUTOPHAGY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; LIGHT CHAIN; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MITOCHONDRION; MITOPHAGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN QUALITY; SELECTIVE AUTOPHAGY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DEGRADATION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84994097126     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00711.2014     Document Type: Article

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