AUTOPHAGY: The cell’s adaptive mechanism during fasting

AUTOPHAGY: The cell’s adaptive mechanism during fasting

Autophagy, also called “autolysis” or “autophagocytosis”, comes from the Greek word for “eating oneself”. It is a natural mechanism that consists of the partial degradation of the cell’s contents by the cell itself, cleaning, and recycling within the cell. This phenomenon has been known since the 1960s thanks to the medical doctor and biochemist Christian…