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    Autophagy (or autophagocytosis; from the Ancient Greek αὐτόφαγος, autóphagos, meaning "self-devouring" and κύτος, kýtos, meaning "hollow") is the natural...
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  • Autophagy is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of cell autophagy. It is published by Taylor & Francis and the editor-in-chief...
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  • Look up autophagy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Autophagy is a process in cellular biology. Autophagy may also refer to: Autophagia, a mental disorder...
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    born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components...
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    Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) refers to the chaperone-dependent selection of soluble cytosolic proteins that are then targeted to lysosomes and directly...
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  • autophagy, which specifically denotes the normal process of self-degradation by cells. While typically used only for this specific process, autophagy...
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    Autophagy protein 5 (ATG5) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the ATG5 gene located on chromosome 6. It is an E3 ubi autophagic cell death. ATG5...
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    BNIP3 (section Autophagy)
    mitochondrial swelling and fission, and an increase in mitochondrial turnover via autophagy. Sequence similarity with Bcl-2 family members was not detected. Humans...
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  • Mitophagy is the selective degradation of mitochondria by autophagy. It often occurs to defective mitochondria following damage or stress. The process...
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    hepatitis C virus replication by chloroquine targeting virus-associated autophagy". Journal of Gastroenterology. 45 (2): 195–203. doi:10.1007/s00535-009-0132-9...
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    cell proliferation, cell motility, cell survival, protein synthesis, autophagy, and transcription. As a core component of mTORC2, mTOR also functions...
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    the MAP1LC3B gene. LC3 is a central protein in the autophagy pathway where it functions in autophagy substrate selection and autophagosome biogenesis....
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  • prevent autophagy, while others utilize autophagy elements for intracellular development or cellular splitting. Macro autophagy, micro autophagy, and chaperon-mediated...
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    Fred (6 October 2000). "Age-related Decline in Chaperone-mediated Autophagy". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (40): 31505–31513. doi:10.1074/jbc.M002102200...
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    229–32 Martin, S J (August 2011). "Oncogene-induced autophagy and the Goldilocks principle". Autophagy. 7 (8): 922–3. doi:10.4161/auto.7.8.15821. hdl:2262/73233...
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    newer line of study has connected ROS levels and autophagy. ROS can also induce cell death through autophagy, which is a self-catabolic process involving...
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    endocytosis, while material from the inside of the cell is digested through autophagy. The sizes of the organelles vary greatly—the larger ones can be more...
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    encoded by the BECN1 gene. Beclin-1 is a mammalian ortholog of the yeast autophagy-related gene 6 (Atg6)  and BEC-1 in the C. elegans nematode. This protein...
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  • phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mTOR pathway and inhibition of autophagy". Journal of Virology. 87 (5): 2508–2517. doi:10.1128/JVI.02319-12. ISSN 0022-538X...
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    Barth, Sandra; Macleod, Kay F. (2016-11-21). "Autophagy: cellular and molecular mechanisms". The Journal of Pathology. 221 (1): 3–12. doi:10.1002/path...
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    theorized to promote autophagy via the MAPK pathway by inhibiting phosphorylation of raf, or possibly by inhibiting cytosolic autophagy-related protein acetylation...
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    organism of which the cells are part. Apoptosis or Type I cell-death, and autophagy or Type II cell-death are both forms of programmed cell death, while necrosis...
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    (August 2012). "Expanding into new markets--VCP/p97 in endocytosis and autophagy". Journal of Structural Biology. 179 (2): 78–82. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2012.03...
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  • Expanded Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.304. Autophagy Cell Biology International Cell and...
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  • of a cell as a result of events inside of a cell, such as apoptosis or autophagy. PCD is carried out in a biological process, which usually confers advantage...
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    degeneration of dopaminergic neurons involves autophagy and upregulation of dopamine synthesis". The Journal of Neuroscience. 22 (20): 8951–8960. doi:10...
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  • selective autophagy is a cellular process for the selective, ubiquitin-dependent degradation of chaperone-bound proteins in lysosomes. Autophagy (Greek:...
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    ATG8 (section In autophagy)
    Autophagy-related protein 8 (Atg8) is a ubiquitin-like protein required for the formation of autophagosomal membranes. The transient conjugation of Atg8...
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    is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ULK1 gene. Unc-51-like autophagy-activating kinases 1 and 2 (ULK1/2) are two similar isoforms of an enzyme...
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    Parkinson's Disease include protein aggregation in Lewy bodies, disruption of autophagy, changes in cell metabolism or mitochondrial function, neuroinflammation...
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