Vojo Deretic

University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center (USA)

Dr. Deretic works on autophagy as a cellular and tissue homeostatic mechanism. His contributions are in the area of autophagy as an antimicrobial mechanism, as a regulator of inflammation, as a process that influences both cellular interior as well as extracellular environment through secretion, and as a cell and tissue protective process during a variety of stress conditions.