Autophagy in Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Abstract excerpt

Autophagy (self-eating) is an evolutionary conserved simple process by which cells target their own cellular organelles and long-lived proteins for degradation. Recently, this simple ancient process has proved to be involved in many biological aspects, including host defense, cell survival and death, innate and adaptive immunity, and cancer. The implications of aberrant regulation of autophagy in human diseases...