Baracaldo SD, AvendaNo LSS, Ariza SDF, Rodriguez GM, Calderon OCA, Gonzalez RRE, Nava MMO
Invest Ophthalmol Visual Sci (2011) 52(5):2696703
sometimes used synonymously with heart failure Cardiac insufficiency - sometimes used synonymously with heart failure Heart failure - the heart's inability to pump enough blood for all of the body's needs Ischemia - inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body Observational study - a human research study in which no experimental intervention or treatment is applied, and participants are simply observed over time Oxidative stress - a situation in which the production of reactive oxygen species exceeds the ability of an organism to eliminate or neutralize them Placebo - a chemically inactive substance Randomized controlled trial - a human research study in which participants are assigned by chance alone to receive either an experimental agent (the treatment group) or a placebo (the control group) Reactive oxygen species (ROS) - highly unstable oxygen-containing compounds that react easily with nearby cellular structures, potentially causing damage Authors and Reviewers Originally written in May 2015 by: Giana Angelo, Ph.D
On one hand, autophagy enhances cell survival by removing damaged intracellular components, thereby improving the cell's ability to withstand various stresses, and, in cancer cells, autophagy may facilitate survival during various treatments [64, 65]
