Autophagy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Autophagy is 58. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Reticulophagy mediated by the V-ATPase-ATG16L1-LC3C axis400
A PRKN-independent mechanism regulating cardiac mitochondrial quality control332
The hallmark domain of the oldest autophagy receptor family is a cargo-binding module323
TFEB- and TFE3-dependent autophagy activation supports cancer proliferation in the absence of centrosomes276
ER quality control through reticulophagy and protein secretion178
A delicate decision between repair and degradation of damaged lysosomes156
Burkholderia pseudomallei BipD initiates mitophagy to evade killing by hijacking host KLHL9-KLHL13-CUL3 E3 ligase to ubiquitinate IMMT156
The autophagy pathway beyond model organisms: an evolutionary perspective145
Enhancing neuronal reticulophagy: a strategy for combating aging and APP toxicity141
Autophagy regulates organelle reorganization during spermiogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha141
Targeting impaired autophagy as a therapeutic strategy for Koolen-de Vries syndrome139
Tumor-derived CTF1 (cardiotrophin 1) is a critical mediator of stroma-assisted and autophagy-dependent breast cancer cell migration, invasion and metastasis129
Correction119
PGAM5 interacts with and maintains BNIP3 to license cancer-associated muscle wasting118
Autophagy activates EGR1 via MAPK/ERK to induce FGF2 in renal tubular cells for fibroblast activation and fibrosis during maladaptive kidney repair113
TFEB-dependent autophagy is involved in scavenger receptor OLR1/LOX-1-mediated tumor progression111
Reticulophagy and viral infection105
Reconsidering the selectivity of bulk autophagy: cargo hitchhiking specifies cargo for degradation104
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus degrades DDX10 via SQSTM1/p62-dependent selective autophagy to antagonize its antiviral activity104
Neuronal antenna senses signals from the bone to sustain cognition by boosting autophagy102
The active zone protein CLA-1 (Clarinet) bridges two subsynaptic domains to regulate presynaptic sorting of ATG-9100
ATG7 safeguards human neural integrity97
Atg1-dependent phosphorylation of Vps34 is required for dynamic regulation of the phagophore assembly site and autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae96
Should it stay or should it go: gap junction protein GJA1/Cx43 conveys damaged lysosomes to the cell periphery to potentiate exocytosis90
ALDOA maintains NLRP3 inflammasome activation by controlling AMPK activation88
PINK1-deficiency facilitates mitochondrial iron accumulation and colon tumorigenesis85
Endoplasmic reticulum tubule junctions are sites of autophagy84
Corrigendum79
Macrophage TRIM21 knockout inhibits septic acute lung injury by downregulating autophagy regulator protein ubiquitination78
A plant nonenveloped double-stranded RNA virus activates and co-opts BNIP3-mediated mitophagy to promote persistent infection in its insect vector74
M. tuberculosis PknG manipulates host autophagy flux to promote pathogen intracellular survival73
Increased apoptosis of gingival epithelium is associated with impaired autophagic flux in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw73
Selective autophagic degradation of ACLY (ATP citrate lyase) maintains citrate homeostasis and promotes oocyte maturation71
LAMP2 regulates autophagy in the thymic epithelium and thymic stroma-dependent CD4 T cell development71
Emerging roles of ATG9/ATG9A in autophagy: implications for cell and neurobiology71
Sodium butyrate ameliorates high glucose-suppressed neuronal mitophagy by restoring PRKN expression via inhibiting the RELA-HDAC8 complex71
LYC inhibits the AKT signaling pathway to activate autophagy and ameliorate TGFB-induced renal fibrosis67
ESCRT III-mediated lysosomal repair improve renal tubular cell injury in cisplatin-induced AKI67
Mitochondrial import stress and PINK1-mediated mitophagy: the role of the PINK1-TOMM-TIMM23 supercomplex67
GAK and PRKCD kinases regulate basal mitophagy66
Automated quantification of vacuole fusion and lipophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from fluorescence and cryo-soft X-ray microscopy data using deep learning66
Starvation-inactivated MTOR triggers cell migration via a ULK1-SH3PXD2A/TKS5-MMP14 pathway in ovarian carcinoma66
METTL3-dependent m 6 A modification of SNAP29 induces “autophagy-mitochondrial crisis” in the ischemic microenvironment after soft tissue transplantation66
CARM1 drives mitophagy and autophagy flux during fasting-induced skeletal muscle atrophy64
Metabolic stress induces a double-positive feedback loop between AMPK and SQSTM1/p62 conferring dual activation of AMPK and NFE2L2/NRF2 to synergize antioxidant defense64
Accurate automated segmentation of autophagic bodies in yeast vacuoles using cellpose 2.063
The cocoon into a butterfly: why the HVA22 family proteins turned out to be the reticulophagy receptors in plants?63
Periplocin suppresses the growth of colorectal cancer cells by triggering LGALS3 (galectin 3)-mediated lysophagy63
Epitranscriptomic turbo for autophagy boost: m6A reader YTHDF362
Deciphering melanophagy: role of the PTK2-ITCH-MLANA-OPTN cascade on melanophagy in melanocytes62
S- acylation of PNPLA2/ATGL: a necessity for triacylglycerol lipolysis and lipophagy in hepatocytes61
Integrating bioengineering, super-resolution microscopy and mechanobiology in autophagy research: addendum to the guidelines (4th edition)61
Identification of the YIPF3-YIPF4 heterodimer as a novel Golgiphagy receptor60
Autophagy deficiency activates rDNA transcription58
Excessive BNIP3- and BNIP3L-dependent mitophagy underlies the pathogenesis of FBXL4-mutated mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome58
SKArred 2 death: neuroinflammatory breakdown of the hippocampus58
The PINK1 advantage: recycling mitochondria in times of trouble?58
UBE3C tunes autophagy via ATG4B ubiquitination58
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