Autophagy delivers cytoplasmic cargoes to lysosomes for degradation It degrades many aggregate-prone proteins responsible for neurodegenerative disease Enhancing autophagy has therapeutic potential in common neurodegenerative diseases Evidence in cells and in vivo demonstrates promising results in many disease models Outcomes may depend on how autophagy impacts disease pathogenesis
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