| Literature DB >> 23726896 |
Sung Eun Kim1, Michael Overholtzer.
Abstract
Recent evidence has uncovered cross-regulation of mechanisms of cell engulfment by proteins of the autophagy pathway, in what is called LC3-Associated Phagocytosis, or LAP. By LAP, lysosome fusion to phagosomes and the degradation of engulfed extracellular cargo are facilitated by autophagy proteins that lipidate LC3 onto phagosome membranes. Here we discuss the contexts where LAP is known to occur by focusing on potential roles in tumorigenesis, including predicted consequences of LAP inhibition.Entities:
Keywords: Autophagy; Cell death; Entosis; Immune; Macrophage; Phagocytosis; Tumor
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23726896 PMCID: PMC3791149 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2013.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Cancer Biol ISSN: 1044-579X Impact factor: 15.707