Autophagy at the Cell, Tissue and Organismal Level

• Main Authors: Karanasios, Eleftherios (Author), Ktistakis, Nicholas T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Cell Biology
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Animal Biochemistry.

This book provides an expert summary of autophagy, a relatively new but rapidly expanding field of biomedical science with important implications in health and disease. After a historical review ranging up to the identification of autophagy genes in mammals, the authors discuss the signaling pathway...

Table of Contents:

• Autophagy (Autophagia) from 1860 to 1963
• History of Autophagy after 1963
• Signalling in Autophagy
• Autophagosome Formation
• Physiological Role of Autophagy and Implications in Disease
• Studying autophagy: List of useful antibodies produced via a community effort.