State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Organic Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China ...
The ULK-1 complex regulates the nucleation and phagophore formation process through the recruitment of VPS34 and the formation of PI3P. PI3P then contributes to the phagophore formation through the ...
Each of our trillions of cells bustles with activity in a carefully choreographed quest to keep us healthy. At their core, quality control mechanisms ensure that the right proteins are in the right ...
Among the upstream signaling pathways regulating autophagy, inhibition of the PI3K/AKT pathway emerges as a common observation. In many reports, mTOR pathway that is downstream to AKT was shown to be ...
NGF activates phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), the enzyme that generates PI(3,4)P 2 and PIP 3, and PI3K activity is required for sensitization. One tantalizing hint came from the finding that the ...