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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Main Authors: Heng Yin, Haijing Wu, Yongjian Chen, Jianzhong Zhang, Min Zheng, Genhui Chen, Linfeng Li, Qianjin Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01512/full