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. 2019 Oct 7;51(1):4-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.014.

Cell Competition Triggers Suicide by Autophagy

Caroline Dillard  1 , Tor Erik Rusten  2
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Cell Competition Triggers Suicide by Autophagy

Caroline Dillard et al. Dev Cell. .
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Cell competition eradicates weaker cells from an epithelium and is important for organ homeostasis. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Nagata et al. (2019) uncover that eradication of loser cells depends on autophagy-mediated cell death.

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  • Cell Competition Is Driven by Autophagy.
    Nagata R, Nakamura M, Sanaki Y, Igaki T. Nagata R, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Oct 7;51(1):99-112.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.08.018. Epub 2019 Sep 19. Dev Cell. 2019. PMID: 31543447

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