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ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2025

The inducible role of autophagy in cell death: emerging evidence and future perspectives.

Xiangliang Huang, Hao Yan, Zhifei Xu, Bo Yang, Peihua Luo, Qiaojun He

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xiangliang HuangCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5896-6885
Hao YanCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-7212
Zhifei XuCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1896-097X
Bo YangInstitute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-2771
Peihua LuoCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. peihualuo@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6576-2052
Qiaojun HeCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. qiaojunhe@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-6989

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82104315National Natural Science Foundation of China 82330114National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373968Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province No. LY23H310003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAutophagy is a lysosome-dependent degradation pathway for recycling intracellular materials and removing damaged organelles, and it is usually considered a prosurvival process in response to stress stimuli. However, increasing evidence suggests that autophagy can also drive cell death in a context-dependent manner. The bulk degradation of cell contents and the accumulation of autophagosomes are recognized as the mechanisms of cell death induced by autophagy alone. However, autophagy can also drive other forms of regulated cell death (RCD) whose mechanisms are not related to excessive autophagic vacuolization. Notably, few reviews address studies on the transformation from autophagy to RCD, and the underlying molecular mechanisms are still vague. AIM OF REVIEW: This review aims to summarize the existing studies on autophagy-mediated RCD, to elucidate the mechanism by which autophagy initiates RCD, and to comprehensively understand the role of autophagy in determining cell fate. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW: This review highlights the prodeath effect of autophagy, which is distinct from the generally perceived cytoprotective role, and its mechanisms are mainly associated with the selective degradation of proteins or organelles essential for cell survival and the direct involvement of the autophagy machinery in cell death. Additionally, this review highlights the need for better manipulation of autophagy activation or inhibition in different pathological contexts, depending on clinical purpose.

Indexed as

AutophagyCell DeathAnimalsHumansAutophagyAutophagy machinery componentsCell deathMammalsSelective degradation

Identifiers

PMID40140912
PMCPMC11948861

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