Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Autophagy

Autophagy (from Greek: auto, meaning "self", and phagy, meaning "to eat") is an important process in cell biology whereby cells can eliminate intracellular components such as damaged organelles, aggregated proteins, and excess lipids in lysosomes. It is essential for maintaining homeostasis, balancing energy metabol…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 11× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Autophagy (from Greek: auto, meaning "self", and phagy, meaning "to eat") is an important process in cell biology whereby cells can eliminate intracellular components such as damaged organelles, aggregated proteins, and excess lipids in lysosomes. It is essential for maintaining homeostasis, balancing energy metabolism, and responding to environmental stressors. Autophagy also regulates cell death, growth, and differentiation in order to keep the cell healthy. This process plays a key role in nutrient recycling, as well as in the clearance of toxins and microorganisms. By doing so, autophagy helps the cell maintain optimal health. Its importance has been increasingly recognized in recent years, with studies identifying roles in conditions such as aging, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Autophagy is also being investigated as a potential therapy for these and other 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.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Autophagy, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Amino Acids.

Journal editorial board
Nicolas Inguimbert · France

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