国家自然科学基金(81270420,30901577)资助项目和湖南省自然科学基金省市联合(衡阳)基金重点项目(12JJ8013).This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China(81270420,30901577);Heng Yang Joint Funds of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(12JJ8013)
Autophagy which is a process that damaged organelles and cellular proteins are degraded by lysosomes plays a critical role in cellular homeostasis. Previous studies have demonstrated that autophagy influenced the vascular function, even involved in the pathophysiology of vascular diseases. In this review we focus on the effect of autophagy on the vascular function and vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, pulmonary hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Moreover, we try to provide a new way...