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Autophagy: process and function

Noboru Mizushima
- 15 Nov 2007 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 22, pp 2861-2873
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In this review, the process of autophagy is summarized, and the role of autophileagy is discussed in a process-based manner.
Abstract
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.

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