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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2016 Mar 30;1649(Pt B):143–150. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.03.047

Figure 1. Schematic of the autophagy process.

Figure 1

Cargo is enveloped within a double membrane cisterna, which fuses onto itself to form a closed autophagosome organelle. Autophagosomes acquire hydrolases by fusing with lysosomes to form degradative autolysosomes. Degradation products can then be exported and used for new biosynthesis.