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. 2018 Sep 24;7(10):149. doi: 10.3390/cells7100149

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Autophagy in metabolic-age related diseases. Metabolic age-related stress triggers metabolic syndrome, characterized by obesity or metabolic complications, including atherosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and diabetes mellitus. In all these pathologies, alterations in the autophagic process seem to play a crucial role in disease onset and progression.