Autophagic processes increase during senescence in cultured sheep neurons and astrocytes

A possible response to aging is autophagy, a self-digestion process in which portions of cytoplasm are encapsulated by double-membrane-bound structures and delivered to lysosome for degradation. A previous work of our group showed that astrocytes under starving conditions are characterized by a high...

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Main Authors: Vittorio Farina, Gianluca Lepore, Francesca Biagi, Marcella Carcupino, Marco Zedda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-04-01
Series:European Journal of Histochemistry
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Online Access:https://ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/2891