Researchers have combined fluorescence-activated particle sorting and selective autophagy-deficient mouse tissues, and identified a novel pathway for selective autophagy (IMAGE)

Juntendo University Research Promotion Center

Researchers have combined fluorescence-activated particle sorting and selective autophagy-deficient mouse tissues, and identified a novel pathway for selective autophagy

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The method led to the identification of vault, a component of p62 bodies, with a possible role in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-derived hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Masaaki Komatsu from Juntendo University School of Medicine

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