The Therapeutic and Pathogenic Role of Autophagy in Autoimmune Diseases
Autophagy is a complicated cellular mechanism that maintains cellular and tissue homeostasis and integrity via degradation of senescent, defective subcellular organelles, infectious agents, and misfolded proteins. Accumulating evidence has shown that autophagy is involved in numerous immune processe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01512/full |