The Crohn’s disease risk-conferring T300A variant in the autophagy protein ATG16L1 increases its sensitivity to caspase-3-mediated cleavage; this decreases the induction of autophagy in response to metabolic stress or pathogen infection, leading to increased secretion of inflammatory cytokines.
- Aditya Murthy
- Yun Li
- Menno van Lookeren Campagne