The critical role of ferritinophagy in human disease

• Main Authors: Meng-Zhen Liu (Author), Ni Kong (Author), Guang-Yu Zhang (Author), Qin Xu (Author), Yang Xu (Author), Ping Ke (Author), Chong Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ferritinophagy is a type of autophagy mediated by nuclear receptor activator 4 (NCOA4), which plays a role in inducing ferroptosis by regulating iron homeostasis and producing reactive oxygen species in cells. Under physiological conditions, ferritinophagy maintains the stability of intracellular ir...