Role of autophagy in the control of cell death and inflammation.
There is mounting evidence that autophagy is involved in diverse physiological and pathological processes that have immense relevance in human development, diseases and aging. Immunity and inflammation are not exceptions. Here, the role of autophagy in the control of immune processes particularly that related to cell death and inflammation is discussed.
Lee
Myung-Shik
MS
Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.