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Cytoprotective effect of autophagy. In stress conditions, autophagy exerts its prosurvival roles by promoting nutrient and bioenergetic homeostasis, aggregate clearance, p62 regulation, mitophagy (for mitochondria-dependent apoptosis), and the removal of intracellular pathogens.
