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ArticleAutophagy2025

Were the autophagosome-lysosome/vacuole fusion models illustrated correctly in the literature?

Yongheng Liang

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Article in Autophagy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Yongheng LiangCollege of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5430-2042

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exploration of autophagy in different species has become a hotspot in cell biology in the past decades. Macroautophagy (hereafter, autophagy) is the most widely studied type. One of the hallmarks of autophagy is the fusion of the outer membrane (OM) of a closed double-membrane mature autophagosome (AP) with the lysosomal/vacuolar single membrane. Most researchers in the autophagy field agree upon this description. However, AP-lysosome/vacuole fusion models that do not follow this description frequently appear in the literature, even published in some prestigious journals until now. Some of the misrepresented models are from autophagy laboratories with brilliant publication records. These flaws should be addressed as a public announcement in the autophagy field to avoid spreading misinformation. The editors and reviewers are the guardians to ensure correct models.

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AutophagosomesAutophagyLysosomesMembrane FusionModels, BiologicalVacuolesAnimalsHumansAutophagosome-lysosome/vacuole fusiondouble membraneinner membranelysosomal/vacuolar membraneouter membranesingle membrane

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PMID39315938
PMCPMC11759521

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