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An insight review of autophagy biology and neurodegenerative diseases: machinery, mechanisms and regulation

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81430021, 81771521), the Program for Liaoning Innovative Research Team in University (LT2015009), the Scientific Research Fund of Liaoning Provincial Education Department (L2015145) and the Liaoning Science and Technology Project (2015225008).

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  1. The Clinical Research Center on Neurological Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116011, China

    Song Li & Weidong Le

  2. Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory for Research on the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116011, China

    Song Li & Weidong Le

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, the First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116011, China

    Weidong Le

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Li, S., Le, W. An insight review of autophagy biology and neurodegenerative diseases: machinery, mechanisms and regulation. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 1457–1459 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9214-7

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