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Review
. 2014 Jan;15(1):65-74.
doi: 10.1038/nrm3716. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

The return of the nucleus: transcriptional and epigenetic control of autophagy

Jens Füllgrabe  1 , Daniel J Klionsky  2 , Bertrand Joseph  1
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Review

The return of the nucleus: transcriptional and epigenetic control of autophagy

Jens Füllgrabe et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Autophagy is a conserved process by which cytoplasmic components are degraded by the lysosome. It is commonly seen as a cytoplasmic event and, until now, nuclear events were not considered of primary importance for this process. However, recent studies have unveiled a transcriptional and epigenetic network that regulates autophagy. The identification of tightly controlled transcription factors (such as TFEB and ZKSCAN3), microRNAs and histone marks (especially acetylated Lys16 of histone 4 (H4K16ac) and dimethylated H3K9 (H3K9me2)) associated with the autophagic process offers an attractive conceptual framework to understand the short-term transcriptional response and potential long-term responses to autophagy.

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