title: Fanconi Anemia Genes, of Menders and Sweepers.
abstract: Reporting recently in Cell, Sumpter et al. (2016) provide evidence that Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway genes, which are mutated in the homonymous disease and are tumor suppressors known as damaged nuclear DNA "menders," also act as intracellular sweepers in selective virophagy and mitophagy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campello
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy; Unit of Cell Stress and Survival, Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: cecconi@cancer.dk.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cecconi
mesh_terms: D000071182:Autophagosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D001343:Autophagy / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D063306:Mitophagy; D008954:Models, Biological