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Pop Quiz! What are the five main steps of Autophagy?

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Autophagy proceeds in five main steps: (1) autophagy initiation, (2) phagophore formation, (3) phagophore expansion, (4) fusion with lysosome, and (5) degradation by lysosome.

Lot's of informative info in here: Pharmacological insights into autophagy modulation in autoimmune diseases 2021 sciencedirect.com/science/a...

And here is a cautionary note from another publication: "However, the effective therapeutic use of autophagy induction requires detailed knowledge of how the disease affects the autophagy-lysosome pathway, as activating autophagy when the pathway cannot go to completion (e.g., when lysosomal degradation is impaired) may instead exacerbate disease in some cases". Autophagy Induction as a Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/318...

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in fact, in my opinion, one must be careful with the stimulation of the autophagic flow. I would be for the sweet way, so no prolonged fasts, no heavy exercises, no heat. Just a little bit of niacin b3, with all the vitamins and minerals in proportion, taken in the morning on a full stomach, followed by a run could be enough to gently activate the autophagic flow, (suitable for a PwP) for the hours necessary for the various phases of the autophagy itself (3/5 hours). Yes, because the flow has a beginning, a continuation and an end for that day, in theory.

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Good stuff Gioc! Thanks for sharing that info!

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