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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Cell death by autophagy: facts and apparent artefacts |
Author: | Denton, D. Nicolson, S. Kumar, S. |
Citation: | Cell Death and Differentiation, 2012; 19(1):87-95 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1350-9047 1476-5403 |
Statement of Responsibility: | D Denton, S Nicolson and S Kumar |
Abstract: | Autophagy (the process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the lysosome of the same cell) is a catabolic process that is generally used by the cell as a mechanism for quality control and survival under nutrient stress conditions. As autophagy is often induced under conditions of stress that could also lead to cell death, there has been a propagation of the idea that autophagy can act as a cell death mechanism. Although there is growing evidence of cell death by autophagy, this type of cell death, often called autophagic cell death, remains poorly defined and somewhat controversial. Merely the presence of autophagic markers in a cell undergoing death does not necessarily equate to autophagic cell death. Nevertheless, studies involving genetic manipulation of autophagy in physiological settings provide evidence for a direct role of autophagy in specific scenarios. This article endeavours to summarise these physiological studies where autophagy has a clear role in mediating the death process and discusses the potential significance of cell death by autophagy. |
Keywords: | Neurons Lysosomes Animals Humans Drosophila Dictyostelium Arabidopsis Cell Transformation, Neoplastic Caspases Artifacts Oogenesis Metamorphosis, Biological Autophagy |
Rights: | Copyright 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited |
DOI: | 10.1038/cdd.2011.146 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2011.146 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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