Emerging regulation and functions of autophagy

Patricia Boya, Fulvio Reggiori, Patrice Codogno

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Abstract

Autophagy maintains cell, tissue and organism homeostasis through degradation. Complex post-translational modulation of the Atg (autophagy-related) proteins adds additional entry points for crosstalk with other cellular processes and helps define cell-type-specific regulations of autophagy. Beyond the simplistic view of a process exclusively dedicated to the turnover of cellular components, recent data have uncovered unexpected functions for autophagy and the autophagy-related genes, such as regulation of metabolism, membrane transport and modulation of host defenses--indicating the novel frontiers lying ahead.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Cell Biology
Volume15
Issue7
Pages (from-to)713-20
Number of pages8
ISSN1465-7392
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Autophagy/physiology
  • Biological Transport
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Humans

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