feeding on body's own tissues

A normal process in which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm (the fluid inside the cell membrane but outside the nucleus), which may lead to cell death. Autophagy may preve [..]

literally eating one's own self; a natural mechanism whereby unncecessary or dysfunctional cellular components are disassembledAccording to an experiment in US, taking large amounts of cocaine sp [..]

1. refers to the chewing or eating of one's own flesh. 2. the body's attempt to manage nutrition by consuming its own tissues, as in times of excessive fasting. In these times, for example, [..]

A eukaryotic cell cytoplasmic process used in organelle degradation. The other main cellular degradation process uses the proteasome

Also called autophagocytosis. A function of a cell that digests proteins and other components in it. Originally, it referred to a phenomenon where cytoplasmic components such as proteins and mitochond [..]

The degradation of unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components via the lysosome (compartments inside the cell that digest cellular waste).

digestion of the cell's own components; it has been implicated in aging

The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic Vacuoles (cytoLysosomes) composed of Lysosomes containing cellular components in the process of Digestion; [..]

The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuoles (cytolysosomes) composed of LYSOSOMES containing cellular components in the process of digestion; [..]

A normal process in which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm (the fluid inside the cell membrane but outside the nucleus), which may lead to cell death. Autophagy may prevent normal cells from developing into cancer cells, but it may also protect cancer cells by destroying anticancer drugs or substances taken up by them.

(biology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure. (biology) A type of programmed [..]