Autophagy

Overview

Autophagy is an important cellular process in which cells break down and recycle their own cellular components. This process helps to maintain the cells’ health, preventing the buildup of damaged proteins, organelles and pathogens. Autophagy also plays a key role in a wide range of physiological processes, such as development, immunity and metabolism. In addition, it has been shown to be involved in the aging process and has been linked to many diseases, such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and inflammatory diseases. Autophagy has become a highly-studied field, with scientists researching how this process can be harnessed and manipulated to potentially treat or prevent certain diseases.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 11 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Peripheral biomarkers of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
  2026 · Biochemical Pharmacology
• Association of peripheral blood NLRP3, sTREM2, and p-tau217 levels with cognitive outcomes in patients with chronic alcohol-related brain damage
  2026 · Alcohol and Alcoholism
• Chronic alcohol consumption induces phenotypic and functional alterations consistent with a hyper-inflammatory state in peripheral blood mononuclear cell-derived microglia in a rhesus macaque model
  Hami Hemati et al. · 2025 · Brain, behavior, and immunity
• Chronic alcohol consumption induces phenotypic and functional alterations consistent with a hyper-inflammatory state in peripheral blood mononuclear cell-derived microglia in a rhesus macaque model
  2025 · Brain Behavior and Immunity
• Low Cell Bioenergetic Metabolism Characterizes Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients with Unfavorable Genetic Factors and with a Better Response to BTK Inhibition
  2024 · Current Issues in Molecular Biology
• mTOR Regulation of Metabolism in Hematologic Malignancies
  2020 · Cells
• Dual effects of neuroprotection and neurotoxicity by general anesthetics on neural stem cells: Role of autophagy
  2017 · Journal of Evolving Stem Cell Research
• The ubiquitin conjugating enzyme UBE2L3 regulates TNFα-induced linear ubiquitination
  2014 · Cell Research

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