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		Definition of autophagy in English: autophagynoun ɔːˈtɒfədʒiôˈtäfəjē mass nounBiology 1Consumption of the body’s own tissue as a metabolic process occurring in starvation and certain diseases.  the process of starvation-induced autophagy was recently the focus of extensive research  Example sentencesExamples -  While many scientists are trying to prevent the onset of a cancer defense mechanism known as autophagy, other researchers are leveraging it in a new therapy.
 -  "We know that autophagy and neurodegeneration are connected, so pinpointing this protein is important to our understanding of the disease process."
 -  In many infections, autophagy also helps digest pathogens and clear them away.
 -  "Autophagy is a survival mechanism to ensure that the cell is able to obtain the necessary nutrients during times of starvation," explains Schmitz.
 -  We aim to recruit a post-doctoral scientist to work on a research programme on autophagy and neurodegeneration using in vivo approaches in mice.
 
 - 1.1 Destruction of damaged or redundant cellular components occurring in vacuoles within the cell.
 Example sentencesExamples -  One of these proteins, which participate both in autophagy and cytoplasm-to-vacuole transport, is the Atg8 protein.
 -  Moussa, who has long sought a way to force neurons to clean up their garbage, came up with the idea of using cancer drugs that push autophagy in tumors to help diseased brains.
 -  It controls a number of metabolic processes important for cell growth, including nutrient import, transcription, and autophagy.
 -  A primary pathway for the uptake of mitochondrial sequences by the nucleus may be provided by autophagy of mitochondria in cellular vacuoles (lysosomes).
 -  Autophagy of entire chloroplasts during leaf senescence would cause a continuous decrease in the number of plastids per mesophyll cell.
 
  
 
 Derivatives   adjective ɔːˈtɒfəɡəs Biology  Guan and colleagues say it inhibits some non-autophagy enzymes, but activates autophagous ones.  Example sentencesExamples -  Plants are apparently autophagous all day long.
 -  Note the fragments within the chloroplast and the autophagous vacuoles containing dark material.
 -  He helped highlight the importance of autophagous processes in embryo development through mouse models.
 -  These cells contained many lysosomal and autophagous bodies and damaged mitochondria.
 
 
 
 Origin   Mid 19th century: from auto-1 + -phagy.    Definition of autophagy in US English: autophagynounôˈtäfəjē Biology 1Consumption of the body’s own tissue as a metabolic process occurring in starvation and certain diseases.  the process of starvation-induced autophagy was recently the focus of extensive research  Example sentencesExamples -  "We know that autophagy and neurodegeneration are connected, so pinpointing this protein is important to our understanding of the disease process."
 -  "Autophagy is a survival mechanism to ensure that the cell is able to obtain the necessary nutrients during times of starvation," explains Schmitz.
 -  We aim to recruit a post-doctoral scientist to work on a research programme on autophagy and neurodegeneration using in vivo approaches in mice.
 -  While many scientists are trying to prevent the onset of a cancer defense mechanism known as autophagy, other researchers are leveraging it in a new therapy.
 -  In many infections, autophagy also helps digest pathogens and clear them away.
 
 - 1.1 Destruction of damaged or redundant cellular components occurring in vacuoles within the cell.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Autophagy of entire chloroplasts during leaf senescence would cause a continuous decrease in the number of plastids per mesophyll cell.
 -  A primary pathway for the uptake of mitochondrial sequences by the nucleus may be provided by autophagy of mitochondria in cellular vacuoles (lysosomes).
 -  It controls a number of metabolic processes important for cell growth, including nutrient import, transcription, and autophagy.
 -  Moussa, who has long sought a way to force neurons to clean up their garbage, came up with the idea of using cancer drugs that push autophagy in tumors to help diseased brains.
 -  One of these proteins, which participate both in autophagy and cytoplasm-to-vacuole transport, is the Atg8 protein.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 19th century: from auto- + -phagy.     |