Autophagy [autofagie]
- Terms
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autofagie endoplazmatického retikula
autofagie jádra
autofagie lipidových kapének
autofagie ribosomů
autofagie ribozomů
autofagocytóza
lipofagie
nukleofagie
retikulofagie
ribofagie
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Autophagocytosis
Autophagy, Cellular
ER-Phagy
Lipophagy
Nucleophagy
Reticulophagy
Ribophagy
The segregation and degradation of various cytoplasmic constituents via engulfment by MULTIVESICULAR BODIES; VACUOLES; or AUTOPHAGOSOMES and their digestion by LYSOSOMES. It plays an important role in BIOLOGICAL METAMORPHOSIS and in the removal of bone by OSTEOCLASTS. Defective autophagy is associated with various diseases, including NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES and cancer.
- Annotation
- general or unspecified; note specifics; do not confuse with AUTOPHAGIC CELL DEATH, a form of regulated cell death
- DUI
- D001343 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0002016
- Previous indexing
- Autolysis (1968-1978); Lysosomes (1966-1978); Phagocytosis (1966-1978)
- History note
- 2006(1979)
- Public note
- 2006; see AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS 1991-2005, PHAGOCYTOSIS 1979-1990
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