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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2010

Apoptosis and autophagy: decoding calcium signals that mediate life or death.

Michael W Harr, Clark W Distelhorst

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

106 citing papers in PubMed, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael W HarrDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
Clark W Distelhorst
Case Western Reserve University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcium is a versatile and dynamic 2nd messenger that is essential for the survival of all higher organisms. In cells that undergo activation or excitation, calcium is released from the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum to activate calcium-dependent kinases and phosphatases, thereby regulating numerous cellular processes; for example, apoptosis and autophagy. In the case of apoptosis, endogenous ligands or pharmacological agents induce prolonged cytosolic calcium elevation, which in turn leads to cell death. In contrast, there is now evidence that calcium regulates autophagy by several mechanisms, and these may be important for maintaining cell survival. Here we summarize what is known about how calcium regulates these life and death decisions. We pay particular attention to pathways that have been described in lymphocytes and cardiomyocytes, as these systems provide optimal models for understanding calcium signaling in the context of normal cell physiology.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisAutophagyCalcium SignalingCell SurvivalHumansMyocytes, CardiacT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID20826549
PMCPMC2944358
OpenAlexW2161541734

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