Emerging evidence also indicates that autophagy plays a critical role in several organs, particularly in highly metabolic organs, and that its alteration is involved in the pathogenesis of metabolic disease, immunity and autoimmunity, inflammation, development, aging and cancer (19,20)
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Therefore, the increased level of expression of this enzyme in alcoholics can have a significant impact on the production of toxic metabolites and this is thought to contribute to ethanol-induced liver injury (discussed below)
Cytosolic IP3 triggers release of calcium, whereas DAG activates PKC [56]
Dulbeccos Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) and Fetal bovine serum (FBS) from Sigma-Aldrich (Sydney, Australia)