The mitochondrial permeability transition initiates autophagy in rat hepatocytes

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Abstract
Cells degrade excess and effete organelles by the process of autophagy. Autophagic stimulation of rat hepatocytes by serum deprivation and glucagon (1 µM) caused a fivefold increase of spontaneously ...
Funding Information
  • Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1 P01 DK59340-01)
  • National Institutes of Health (2-R01-DK37034)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (T32-ES 07126)