Autophagic cell death

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baehrecke, Eric H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Henry Stewart Talks 2007, 2007
Series:Apoptosis : fundamentals, pathways, clinical applications and role in disease
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Collection: Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Morphological forms of cell death
  • Why is autophagy of interest to cell death researchers?
  • What is autophagy?
  • Discovery of autophagy genes
  • How is autophagy regulated?
  • Class I PI3K signalling and Class III PI3K signalling
  • Ubiquitin-like conjugation systems
  • Where has autophagic cell death been observed?
  • What are the possible roles of autophagy in dying cells?
  • Evidence in support of autophagy prolonging cell survival
  • Studies in flies and mammals suggest that both autophagy and caspases can be involved in cell death of the same cell
  • Evidence in support of autophagy promoting cell death
  • Inhibition of caspase-8 promotes autophagic cell death of L929 cells by autophagic degradation of catalase