Several autophagy pathways operate within a cell, including macroautophagy, microautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy. The clearance of biomacromolecules through selective autophagy is ...

In microautophagy, the limiting membrane protrudes or invaginates at the surface of the lysosome/vacuole by the lateral segregation of lipids and local exclusion of large transmembrane proteins, which ...

Introduction: Podocytopathies are a uniquely renal disease syndrome, in which direct or indirect podocyte injury leads to proteinuria or nephrotic syndrome. Of the many factors that contribute to ...