Hid can induce, but is not required for autophagy in polyploid larval Drosophila tissues.

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The major cell death pathways are apoptosis and autophagy-type cell death in Drosophila. Overexpression of proapoptotic genes in developing imaginal tissues leads to the activation of caspases and apoptosis, but most of them show no effect on the polytenic cells of the fat body during the last larval stage. Surprisingly, overexpression of Hid induces caspase-independent autophagy in the fat body, as well as in...

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