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. 2020 Jan 3;432(1):3–27. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.010

Table 1.

Selective autophagy processes.

Term Process References
Aggrephagy Selective degradation of protein aggregates [253]
Chlorophagy Selective degradation of chloroplasts [254]
ER-phagy or reticulophagy Selective degradation of fragments of ER [263], [264]
Ferritinophagy Selective degradation of ferritin [147]
Glycophagy Selective degradation of glycogen [146]
Granulophagy Selective degradation of stress granules [255]
Lipophagy Selective degradation of lipid droplets [256]
Lysophagy Selective degradation of lysosomes [257], [258]
Mitophagy Selective degradation of mitochondria [259]
Myelinophagy Selective degradation of myelin [260]
Nucleophagy Selective degradation of parts of the nucleus [261]
Pexophagy Selective degradation of peroxisomes [259]
Proteaphagy Selective degradation of the proteasome [262]
Ribophagy Selective degradation of ribosomes [77]
Virophagy Selective degradation of viruses [265]
Xenophagy Selective degradation of bacteria and other intracellular pathogens [266], [267]
Zymophagy Selective degradation of zymogen granules [268]