Journal
AMINO ACIDS
Volume 49, Issue 12, Pages 1965-1979Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-017-2429-y
Keywords
Autophagy; Fatty liver disease; Lipophagy; Liver function; Metabolism
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- NIH [R21-AA021450, R01-AA021751]
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved lysosome-mediated cellular degradation program. Accumulating evidence shows that autophagy is important to the maintenance of liver homeostasis. Autophagy involves recycling of cellular nutrients recycling as well as quality control of subcellular organelles. Autophagy deficiency in the liver causes various liver pathologies. Fatty liver disease (FLD) is characterized by the accumulation of lipids in hepatocytes and the dysfunction in energy metabolism. Autophagy is negatively affected by the pathogenesis of FLD and the activation of autophagy could ameliorate steatosis, which suggests a potential therapeutic approach to FLD. In this review, we will discuss autophagy and its relevance to liver diseases, especially FLD. In addition, we will discuss recent findings on potential therapeutic applications of autophagy modulators for FLD.
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