Autophagy in Infection and Immunity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Levine, Beth (Editor), Yoshimori, Tamotsu (Editor), Deretic, Vojo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 335
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.

Autophagy is a fundamental biological process that enables cells to autodigest their own cytosol during starvation and other forms of stress. It has a growing spectrum of acknowledged roles in immunity, aging, development, neurodegeneration, and cancer biology. An immunological role of autophagy was...