Autophagy and VMP1 expression are early cellular events in experimental diabetes.
Authors
Grasso D, Sacchetti ML, Bruno L, Lo Ré A, Iovanna JL, Gonzalez CD, Vaccaro MI
Summary
We have described VMP1 as a new protein which expression triggers autophagy in mammalian cells. Here we show that experimental diabetes activates VMP1 expression and autophagy in pancreas beta cells as a direct response to streptozotocin (STZ).
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