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Autophagy, organelles and ageing.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2007
Terman A, Gustafsson B, Brunk U T
Abstract excerpt
As a result of insufficient digestion of oxidatively damaged macromolecules and organelles by autophagy and other degradative systems, long-lived postmitotic cells, such as cardiac myocytes, neurons and retinal pigment epithelial cells, progressively accumulate biological 'garbage' ('waste' materials). The latter include lipofuscin (a non-degradable intralysosomal polymeric substance), defective mitochondria and...
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