Autophagy: process and function

作者:Mizushima Noboru*
来源:Genes & Development, 2007, 21(22): 2861-2873.
DOI:10.1101/gad.1599207

摘要

Autophagy is an intracellular degradation system that delivers cytoplasmic constituents to the lysosome. Despite its simplicity, recent progress has demonstrated that autophagy plays a wide variety of physiological and pathophysiological roles, which are sometimes complex. Autophagy consists of several sequential steps - sequestration, transport to lysosomes, degradation, and utilization of degradation products - and each step may exert different function. In this review, the process of autophagy is summarized, and the role of autophagy is discussed in a process-based manner.

  • 出版日期2007-11-15