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Review
. 2017 Jul 3;36(13):1811-1836.
doi: 10.15252/embj.201796697. Epub 2017 Jun 8.

Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

Lorenzo Galluzzi  1   2 Eric H Baehrecke  3 Andrea Ballabio  4   5   6   7 Patricia Boya  8 José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro  2   9   10   11   12 Francesco Cecconi  13   14   15 Augustine M Choi  16 Charleen T Chu  17 Patrice Codogno  2   18   19   20 Maria Isabel Colombo  21   22 Ana Maria Cuervo  23 Jayanta Debnath  24 Vojo Deretic  25 Ivan Dikic  26   27   28 Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen  29 Gian Maria Fimia  30   31 Simone Fulda  32   33   34 David A Gewirtz  35   36 Douglas R Green  37 Malene Hansen  38 J Wade Harper  39 Marja Jäättelä  40 Terje Johansen  41 Gabor Juhasz  42   43 Alec C Kimmelman  44 Claudine Kraft  45 Nicholas T Ktistakis  46 Sharad Kumar  47 Beth Levine  48   49 Carlos Lopez-Otin  50   51 Frank Madeo  52   53 Sascha Martens  45 Jennifer Martinez  54 Alicia Melendez  55   56 Noboru Mizushima  57 Christian Münz  58 Leon O Murphy  59 Josef M Penninger  60 Mauro Piacentini  13   30 Fulvio Reggiori  61 David C Rubinsztein  62 Kevin M Ryan  63 Laura Santambrogio  64 Luca Scorrano  65   66 Anna Katharina Simon  67   68 Hans-Uwe Simon  69 Anne Simonsen  70 Nektarios Tavernarakis  71   72 Sharon A Tooze  73 Tamotsu Yoshimori  74   75 Junying Yuan  39   76 Zhenyu Yue  77 Qing Zhong  48 Guido Kroemer  2   9   10   11   12   78   79
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Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. EMBO J. .

Abstract

Over the past two decades, the molecular machinery that underlies autophagic responses has been characterized with ever increasing precision in multiple model organisms. Moreover, it has become clear that autophagy and autophagy-related processes have profound implications for human pathophysiology. However, considerable confusion persists about the use of appropriate terms to indicate specific types of autophagy and some components of the autophagy machinery, which may have detrimental effects on the expansion of the field. Driven by the overt recognition of such a potential obstacle, a panel of leading experts in the field attempts here to define several autophagy-related terms based on specific biochemical features. The ultimate objective of this collaborative exchange is to formulate recommendations that facilitate the dissemination of knowledge within and outside the field of autophagy research.

Keywords: LC3‐associated phagocytosis; chaperone‐mediated autophagy; microautophagy; mitophagy; xenophagy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Autophagy substrates
A wide and heterogeneous set of cytoplasmic entities—be they of endogenous/intracellular or exogenous/extracellular origin—can be targeted to lysosomal degradation by non‐selective or selective forms of autophagy. ER, endoplasmic reticulum.

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