Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Autophagy - A Double-Edged Sword - Cell Survival or Death?

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Yannick Bailly
Yannick Bailly

University of Strasbourg

Published17 April 2013

Doi10.5772/50855

ISBN978-953-51-1062-0

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-5366-5

Copyright year2013

Number of pages524

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Role of Human WIPIs in Macroautophagy

By Tassula Proikas-Cezanne and Daniela Bakula

2,422
2. Atg8 Family Proteins — Autophagy and Beyond

By Oliver H. Weiergräber, Jeannine Mohrlüder and Dieter Willbold

2,950
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3. Rab GTPases in Autophagy

By Yuko Hirota, Keiko Fujimoto and Yoshitaka Tanaka

2,913
4. Flow Cytometric Measurement of Cell Organelle Autophagy

By N. Panchal, S. Chikte, B.R. Wilbourn, U.C. Meier and G. Warnes

3,279
5. Autophagy, the “Master” Regulator of Cellular Quality Control: What Happens when Autophagy Fails?

By A. Raquel Esteves, Catarina R. Oliveira and Sandra Morais Cardoso

2,393
6. Altering Autophagy: Mouse Models of Human Disease

By Amber Hale, Dan Ledbetter, Thomas Gawriluk and Edmund B. Rucker III

2,714
7. Autophagy in GNE Myopathy

By Anna Cho and Satoru Noguchi

3,005
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8. Autophagy and the Liver

By Ricky H. Bhogal and Simon C. Afford

2,531
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9. Role of Autophagy in Cancer and Tumor Progression

By Bassam Janji, Elodie Viry, Joanna Baginska, Kris Van Moer and Guy Berchem

4,964
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10. Role of Autophagy in Cancer

By Michiko Shintani and Kayo Osawa

2,287
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14. Autophagic Balance Between Mammals and Protozoa: A Molecular, Biochemical and Morphological Review of Apicomplexa and Trypanosomatidae Infections

By Thabata Lopes Alberto Duque, Xênia Macedo Souto, Valter Viana de Andrade-Neto, Vítor Ennes-Vidal and Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto

3,136
15. Induction of Autophagy by Anthrax Lethal Toxin

By Aiguo Wu, Yian Kim Tan and Hao A. Vu

2,075
16. Up-Regulation of Autophagy Defense Mechanisms in Mouse Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Response to Ionizing Irradiation Followed by Bacterial Challenge

By Nikolai V. Gorbunov, Thomas B. Elliott, Dennis P. McDaniel, K. Lund, Pei-Jyun Liao, Min Zhai and Juliann G. Kiang

2,328
17. Role of Autophagy in Parkinson’s Disease

By Grace G.Y. Lim, Chengwu Zhang and Kah-Leong Lim

2,631
18. Neuronal Autophagy and Prion Proteins

By Audrey Ragagnin, Aurélie Guillemain, Nancy J. Grant and Yannick J. R. Bailly

3,747
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19. Role of Autophagy in the Ovary Cell Death in Mammals

By M.L. Escobar, O.M. Echeverría and G.H. Vázquez-Nin

3,289
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20. Autophagy in Development and Remodelling of Mammary Gland

By Malgorzata Gajewska, Katarzyna Zielniok and Tomasz Motyl

3,697
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22. Time Flies: Autophagy During Ageing in Drosophila

By Sebastian Wolfgang Schultz, Andreas Brech and Ioannis P. Nezis

2,431
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