Autophagy in liver diseases: A matter of what to remove and whether to keep

1.Introduction There are three types of autophagy,macroautophagy,microautophagy and chaperon-mediated autophagy.Macroautophagy is the largest in terms of the scale,and often briefly referred to as autophagy as here.In recent years,researches in the field of autophagy have become such a strong trend that many new findings have been made that advance not only the understanding of the biology of autophagy.