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- Title
Unveiling the roles of autophagy in innate and adaptive immunity.
- Authors
Levine, Beth; Deretic, Vojo
- Abstract
Cells digest portions of their interiors in a process known as autophagy to recycle nutrients, remodel and dispose of unwanted cytoplasmic constituents. This ancient pathway, conserved from yeast to humans, is now emerging as a central player in the immunological control of bacterial, parasitic and viral infections. The process of autophagy may degrade intracellular pathogens, deliver endogenous antigens to MHC-class-II-loading compartments, direct viral nucleic acids to Toll-like receptors and regulate T-cell homeostasis. This Review describes the mechanisms of autophagy and highlights recent advances relevant to the role of autophagy in innate and adaptive immunity.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Immunology, 2007, Vol 7, Issue 10, p767
- ISSN
1474-1741
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nri2161