Abstract
Autophagy prevents pancreatic β cell death during obesity, although the mechanism of autophagy activation in the β cell has remained elusive. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, King et al. (2018) show that intracellular complement component C3 interacts with autophagy protein ATG16L1 and protects against β cell death by stimulating autophagy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-6 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Cell metabolism |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 8 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology