Function of Apoptosis and Autophagy in Cardiovascular Diseases / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Apoptosis and autophagy are common life phenomenon in various cells, which widely involve in physiological and path-ological processes, and interact with one another by many factors and multiple pathways. This intricate relationship runs through a vari-ety of cardiovascular diseases, and plays an important role in the occurrence, development and prognosis of many cardiovascular disea-ses. The effects of apoptosis and autophagy and their interrelationship in cardiovascular diseases were reviewed and summarized in this paper.