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Hypoxia promotes noncanonical autophagy in nucleus pulposus cells independent of MTOR and HIF1A signaling.
Autophagy - 1 Sept 2016
Choi Hyowon, Merceron Christophe, Mangiavini Laura, Seifert Erin L, Schipani Ernestina, Shapiro Irving M, Risbud Makarand V
Abstract excerpt
Nucleus pulposus (NP) cells reside in the avascular and hypoxic microenvironment of intervertebral discs. Importantly, many activities related to survival and function of NP cells are controlled by the HIF-family of transcription factors. We hypothesize that NP cells adapt to their hypoxic niche through modulation of macroautophagy/autophagy. In various cell types, hypoxia induces autophagy in a HIF1A-dependent...
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