Vol 117, No 2 (Supplement) 2012
Supplement abstract

The demonstration of the Sense Organs in the waxes of the Bologna school between XVIII and XIX century

Published 2013-02-21

Keywords

  • Autophagy; mitochondria; cancer; neurodegenerative diseases; protein trafficking

How to Cite

Nicolin, V., Turco, M., Amodoro, G., Florenzano, F., & Nori, S. (2013). The demonstration of the Sense Organs in the waxes of the Bologna school between XVIII and XIX century. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 117(2), 136. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/4320

Abstract

Macroautophagy is a highly regulated cellular process that serves to remove damaged proteins and organelles from the cell. Research during the last decade has made it increasingly clear that autophagy plays important roles in most of the major human diseases as well as in infection and immunity, with increasing evidence for selective autophagy of protein aggregates, organelles and pathogens (Levine et al., 2008). The purpose of autophagy is not the simple elimination of materials, but instead, autophagy serves as a dynamic recycling system that produces new building blocks and energy for cellular renovation and homeostasis. Here we provide a multidisciplinary sight of our current understanding of autophagy’s role in metabolic adaptation, intracellular quality control, and renovation during development and differentiation.