학술논문

The Nobel Prize for understanding autophagy, a cellular mechanism of waste disposal that keeps us healthy.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Biosciences. Dec2016, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p563-567. 5p.
Subject
*AUTOPHAGY
*AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis
*GENE expression
*ENZYME analysis
Language
ISSN
0250-5991
Abstract
The authors discuss the importance of autophagy, cellular mechanism of waste disposal, in diagnosis of human diseases. Topics mentioned include the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine award to professor Yoshinori Ohsumi, the damaged organelles of cytoplasm, and the lysosome degradation. Also mentioned are the gene expression, the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis, and the enzymes analysis.