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Abstract

Eukaryotic cells possess a plethora of regulatory mechanisms to maintain homeostasis and ensure proper biochemical functionality. Autophagy, a central, conserved self-consuming process of the cell, ensures the timely degradation of damaged cellular components. Several studies have demonstrated the important roles of autophagy activation in mitigating neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, surprisingly, activation of macroautophagy has not shown clinical efficacy. Hence, alternative strategies are urgently needed for AD therapy. In recent years, selective autophagy has been reported to be involved in AD pathology, and different subtypes have been identified, such as aggrephagy, mitophagy, reticulophagy, lipophagy, pexophagy, nucleophagy, lysophagy and ribophagy. By clarifying the underlying mechanisms governing these various subtypes, we may come to understand how to control autophagy to treat AD. In this review, we summarize the latest findings concerning the role of selective autophagy in the pathogenesis of AD. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that selective autophagy is an active mechanism in AD pathology, and that regulating selective autophagy would be an effective strategy for controlling this pathogenesis.

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Title
Mechanistic Insights into Selective Autophagy Subtypes in Alzheimer’s Disease
Author
Guan, Xinjie 1 ; Iyaswamy, Ashok 1 ; Sreenivasmurthy, Sravan Gopalkrishnashetty 1 ; Su, Chengfu 1 ; Zhu, Zhou 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liu, Jia 1 ; Kan, Yuxuan 2 ; King-Ho, Cheung 1 ; Lu, Jiahong 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tan, Jieqiong 4 ; Li, Min 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Mr. & Mrs. Ko Chi-Ming Centre for Parkinson’s Disease Research, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; [email protected] (X.G.); [email protected] (A.I.); [email protected] (S.G.S.); [email protected] (C.S.); [email protected] (Z.Z.); [email protected] (J.L.); [email protected] (Y.K.); [email protected] (K.-H.C.); Institute for Research and Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Shenzhen 518057, China 
 Mr. & Mrs. Ko Chi-Ming Centre for Parkinson’s Disease Research, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; [email protected] (X.G.); [email protected] (A.I.); [email protected] (S.G.S.); [email protected] (C.S.); [email protected] (Z.Z.); [email protected] (J.L.); [email protected] (Y.K.); [email protected] (K.-H.C.) 
 State Key Lab of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, University of Macau, Macao, China; [email protected] 
 Center for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China 
First page
3609
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
16616596
e-ISSN
14220067
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2649017100
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.