The Dual Roles for Autophagy in Cell Death and Survival

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Types of Programmed Cell Death Type 1 Programmed Cell Death Type 2 Programmed Cell Death Type 3 Programmed Cell Death Other Types of Programmed Cell Death The Contribution of Autophagy to Programmed Cell Death Death Processes That Require atg Genes The Combined Activation of Autophagy and Apoptosis during Programmed Cell Death Emerging Relationships between Apoptosis and Autophagy Autophagy and Cell Survival Autophagy is Cytoprotective during Nutrient Depletion in Mammalian Cells Autophagy and Neuroprotection Cytoprotective Roles of Autophagy in the Response to Infectious Pathogens Autophagy and Organism Survival Concluding Remarks Acknowledgments References