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SUBMITTER: Wu MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642426 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Ming-Yue MY Wang Er-Jin EJ Feng Du D Li Min M Ye Richard D RD Lu Jia-Hong JH
Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B 20210322 11
As a cellular bulk degradation and survival mechanism, autophagy is implicated in diverse biological processes. Genome-wide association studies have revealed the link between autophagy gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), indicating that autophagy dysregulation may be involved in the development of autoimmune diseases. A series of autophagy modulators have displayed protective effects on au ...[more]