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SUBMITTER: Xie Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283384 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Yangchun Y Li Jingbo J Kang Rui R Tang Daolin D
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 20200603
Autophagy is a self-eating process of using lysosomes to degrade macromolecular substances (e.g., proteins and organelles) that are damaged, degenerated, or aging. Lipid metabolism is the synthesis and degradation of lipids (e.g., triglycerides, steroids, and phospholipids) to generate energy or produce the structural components of cell membranes. There is a complex interplay between lipid metabolism (e.g., digestion, absorption, catabolism, biosynthesis, and peroxidation) and autophagy machiner ...[more]