Autophagy in major human diseases

Daniel J. Klionsky, Giulia Petroni, Ravi K. Amaravadi, Eric H. Baehrecke, Andrea Ballabio, Patricia Boya, José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro, Ken Cadwell, Francesco Cecconi, Augustine M.K. Choi, Mary E. Choi, Charleen T. Chu, Patrice Codogno, Maria Isabel Colombo, Ana Maria Cuervo, Vojo Deretic, Ivan Dikic, Zvulun Elazar, Eeva Liisa Eskelinen, Gian Maria FimiaDavid A. Gewirtz, Douglas R. Green, Malene Hansen, Marja Jäättelä, Terje Johansen, Gábor Juhász, Vassiliki Karantza, Claudine Kraft, Guido Kroemer, Nicholas T. Ktistakis, Sharad Kumar, Carlos Lopez-Otin, Kay F. Macleod, Frank Madeo, Jennifer Martinez, Alicia Meléndez, Noboru Mizushima, Christian Münz, Josef M. Penninger, Rushika M Perera, Mauro Piacentini, Fulvio Reggiori, David C. Rubinsztein, Kevin M Ryan, Junichi Sadoshima, Laura Santambrogio, Luca Scorrano, Hans Uwe Simon, Anna Katharina Simon, Anne Simonsen, Alexandra Stolz, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Sharon A. Tooze, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Junying Yuan, Zhenyu Yue, Qing Zhong, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Federico Pietrocola

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    Abstract

    Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses promote or aggravate disease in a plethora of experimental models. Consistently, mutations in autophagy-related processes cause severe human pathologies. Here, we review and discuss preclinical data linking autophagy dysfunction to the pathogenesis of major human disorders including cancer as well as cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, pulmonary, renal, infectious, musculoskeletal, and ocular disorders.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere108863
    JournalEMBO Journal
    Volume40
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2021

    Keywords

    • aging
    • cancer
    • inflammation
    • metabolic syndromes
    • neurodegeneration

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