autophagic

American  

[aw-tuh-fayj-ik] / ˌɔ təˈfeɪdʒ ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to autophagy.

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Other Word Forms

• non-autophagic adjective

Example Sentences

Interestingly, the canonical autophagic degradation was not observed.

From Science Daily

The team found that the loss of fly Ykt6 led to an abnormal accumulation of proteins involved in autophagosome formation and autophagic cargo receptor, indicating a block in the autophagy pathway.

From Science Daily

One question that naturally arises is whether treating cells with the compounds led to enhanced autophagic clearance of proteins other than mHTT.

From Nature

Reversible inhibitor of p97, DBeQ, impairs both ubiquitin-dependent and autophagic protein clearance pathways.

From Nature

Improved autophagic flux, for example, through inhibition of the serine–threonine-protein kinase mTOR with rapamycin, has been evaluated, but such a strategy could be counterproductive if the main defect is downstream in the pathway at the fusion of autophagosomes to lysosomes.

From Nature