| AD | Alzheimer disease |
| ATG | autophagy related |
| BAT | brown adipose tissue |
| CQ | chloroquine |
| CoV | coronavirus |
| CSCs | cancer stem cells |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| FA | focal adhesion |
| GWAS | genome-wide association studies |
| HCQ | hydroxychloroquine |
| HD | Huntington disease |
| LAMs | LIR-motif associated mutations |
| LIR | LC3-interacting region |
| MHC-I | major histocompability complex class Ι |
| mHTT | mutant HTT (huntingtin) |
| MSI | microsatellite instability |
| MTORC1 | MTOR complex 1 |
| OMM | outer mitochondrial membrane |
| PD | Parkinson disease |
| polyQ | polyglutamine |
| PtdIns3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PtdIns3P | phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SCV | Salmonella-containing vacuole |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| WAT | white adipose tissue |