Autophagy and Ferroptosis—What Is the Connection?

Current Pathobiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 153-159

  Kang, Rui ^a   Tang, Daolin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Ferroptosis; Iron metabolism; Lipid peroxidation; Molecular interaction; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045085246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2167485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40139-017-0139-5     Document Type: Review

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