Modulation of pathogen recognition by autophagy

Autophagy is an ancient biological process for maintaining cellular homeostasis by degradation of long-lived cytosolic proteins and organelles. Recent studies demonstrated that autophagy is availed by immune cells to regulate innate immunity. On the one hand, cells exert direct effector function by...

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Main Authors: Ji Eun eOh, Heung Kyu eLee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00044/full