Gözüaçık, Devrim (2017) Autophagy in health and disease. In: 43rd National Physiology Congress: Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences, Denizli, Turkey
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apha.12964
Abstract
In our lab in Sabanci University, Istanbul,
we focus on signaling events regulating mammalian
autophagy in health and disease. To discover new
autophagy regulators and coordinators, we performed
several unbiased functional screens. Our microRNA
(miRNA) screens led to the discovery of several
miRNAs targeting autophagy at various steps of the
pathway. miRNAs are able to affect the expression of
a number of proteins at once. Therefore, miRNA
networks seem to integrate cellular stress response
pathways including autophagy and apoptosis, and
coordinate them to shape cell faith. Our published and
unpublished results allowed us to have a better picture
of the miRNA networks modulating autophagic
responses in human health and disease. Protein
interaction screens performed in our lab led us to
discover novel proteins involved in autophagy
regulation. In fact, some of these proteins were
directly interacting with the core autophagy machinery
components. Unexpected direct links between
autophagy and other important cellular pathways were
found, allowing us to reveal novel entry points for
autophagy regulation and coordination in cells.
Interestingly, some of this interactions seemed to be
autophagy signal specific, and our work revealed
novel dynamics in autophagy regulation. Results from
our recently published and unpublished studies will be
presented and physiological and pathological
implications of our results will be discussed.*This
work was supported by The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) 1001 Grant number: 114Z982 and
Sabanci University.
Item Type: | Papers in Conference Proceedings |
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Biological Sciences & Bio Eng. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences |
Depositing User: | Devrim Gözüaçık |
Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2018 10:54 |
Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2022 09:30 |
URI: | https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/35609 |