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Biochemistry of Apoptosis and Autophagy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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Biochemistry of Apoptosis and Autophagy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease, 18
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One of the most intriguing and compelling issues to impact
contemporary biology to date is the concept that cell death is
genetically regulated. Observations by Kerr and Wyllie, made more
than 30 years ago on the basis of distinct morphological criteria,
markedly distinguished apoptosis from classical cell death by
necrosis. Apoptosis is a highly regulated, evolutionary conserved,
genetic program of cell death essential for normal development and
tissue homeostasis. The discovery of apoptosis as a regulated event
and potentially amenable to therapeutic interventions has generated
considerable excitement because it meant that disease entities
resulting from either too much, or too little, apoptosis could be
potentially cured with new therapies that target apoptosis. While
there is little doubt that necrosis induced by massive cellular
trauma is likely an unregulated event, several lines of
investigation have challenged the dogma that necrotic cell death is
merely unregulated. Emerging data has shifted the paradigm in our
thinking about necrosis as a regulated event. Autophagy is another
cellular process that has received considerable attention over the
past two decades and its remarkable involvement in the processes of
cell survival, death and tumorigenesis. Macro autophagy is a
catabolic process that involves the selective and targeted removal
of oxidized proteins, macromolecular structures and organelles
through an elaborate cellular process involving a lysosome mediated
pathway. Other forms of autophagy involving adapter proteins,
commonly referred to as chaperone mediated autophagy, involves the
selective removal of cellular cargo by the ubiquitin-proteasome
pathway. The book will serve as a reference guide for basic and
clinical scientists who are interested in understanding how these
critical cellular processes impact the pathogenesis of human
disease.
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