| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 2 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,122 |
| 3 | How to Interpret LC3 Immunoblotting | Autophagy | 2007 | 2,207 |
| 4 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes | Autophagy | 2008 | 2,064 |
| 5 | Dissection of the Autophagosome Maturation Process by a Novel Reporter Protein, Tandem Fluorescent-Tagged LC3 | Autophagy | 2007 | 1,943 |
| 6 | Selective autophagy mediated by autophagic adapter proteins | Autophagy | 2011 | 1,512 |
| 7 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1 | Autophagy | 2021 | 1,430 |
| 8 | Chloroquine inhibits autophagic flux by decreasing autophagosome-lysosome fusion | Autophagy | 2018 | 1,341 |
| 9 | Autophagy promotes ferroptosis by degradation of ferritin | Autophagy | 2016 | 1,318 |
| 10 | Lysosomal Turnover, but Not a Cellular Level, of Endogenous LC3 is a Marker for Autophagy | Autophagy | 2005 | 1,022 |
| 11 | Autophagy pathway: Cellular and molecular mechanisms | Autophagy | 2018 | 984 |
| 12 | MTORC1 functions as a transcriptional regulator of autophagy by preventing nuclear transport of TFEB | Autophagy | 2012 | 983 |
| 13 | Ferroptosis: machinery and regulation | Autophagy | 2021 | 765 |
| 14 | Bcl-2 family members: Dual regulators of apoptosis and autophagy | Autophagy | 2008 | 741 |
| 15 | Characterization of autophagosome formation site by a hierarchical analysis of mammalian Atg proteins | Autophagy | 2010 | 714 |
| 16 | Autophagy and Aging: The Importance of Maintaining "Clean" Cells | Autophagy | 2005 | 709 |
| 17 | p62/SQSTM1 is required for Parkin-induced mitochondrial clustering but not mitophagy; VDAC1 is dispensable for both | Autophagy | 2010 | 663 |
| 18 | Promoting basal levels of autophagy in the nervous system enhances longevity and oxidant resistance in adult Drosophila | Autophagy | 2008 | 624 |
| 19 | Methods for Monitoring Autophagy from Yeast to Human | Autophagy | 2007 | 614 |
| 20 | ER stress: Autophagy induction, inhibition and selection | Autophagy | 2015 | 598 |
| 21 | 3D tomography reveals connections between the phagophore and endoplasmic reticulum | Autophagy | 2009 | 595 |
| 22 | Mammalian Atg18 (WIPI2) localizes to omegasome-anchored phagophores and positively regulates LC3 lipidation | Autophagy | 2010 | 566 |
| 23 | Maturation of Autophagic Vacuoles in Mammalian Cells | Autophagy | 2005 | 544 |
| 24 | LC3, an Autophagosome Marker, Can be Incorporated into Protein Aggregates Independent of Autophagy: Caution in the Interpretation of LC3 Localization | Autophagy | 2007 | 516 |
| 25 | The autophagy initiating kinase ULK1 is regulated via opposing phosphorylation by AMPK and mTOR | Autophagy | 2011 | 508 |
| 26 | PINK1 is degraded through the N-end rule pathway | Autophagy | 2013 | 507 |
| 27 | In search of an “autophagomometer” | Autophagy | 2009 | 503 |
| 28 | Bafilomycin A1 disrupts autophagic flux by inhibiting both V-ATPase-dependent acidification and Ca-P60A/SERCA-dependent autophagosome-lysosome fusion | Autophagy | 2015 | 460 |
| 29 | Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy | Autophagy | 2007 | 446 |
| 30 | A phase I/II trial of hydroxychloroquine in conjunction with radiation therapy and concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme | Autophagy | 2014 | 441 |
| 31 | Microautophagy in mammalian cells: Revisiting a 40-year-old conundrum | Autophagy | 2011 | 426 |
| 32 | Autophagy and Its Possible Roles in Nervous System Diseases, Damage and Repair | Autophagy | 2005 | 422 |
| 33 | Does bafilomycin A1block the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes? | Autophagy | 2008 | 422 |
| 34 | Regulation of autophagy by a beclin 1-targeted microRNA, miR-30a, in cancer cells | Autophagy | 2009 | 417 |
| 35 | Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion-induced autophagy protects against neuronal injury by mitochondrial clearance | Autophagy | 2013 | 416 |
| 36 | The ULK1 complex | Autophagy | 2013 | 415 |
| 37 | BH3-Only Proteins and BH3 Mimetics Induce Autophagy by Competitively Disrupting the Interaction between Beclin 1 and Bcl-2/Bcl-XL | Autophagy | 2007 | 411 |
| 38 | New insights into the interplay between autophagy, gut microbiota and inflammatory responses in IBD | Autophagy | 2020 | 406 |
| 39 | Does Autophagy Contribute To Cell Death? | Autophagy | 2005 | 405 |
| 40 | Atg101, a novel mammalian autophagy protein interacting with Atg13 | Autophagy | 2009 | 400 |
| 41 | Targeting the pro-death and pro-survival functions of autophagy as novel therapeutic strategies in cancer | Autophagy | 2010 | 394 |
| 42 | The Evolutionarily Conserved Domain of Beclin 1 is Required for Vps34 Binding, Autophagy, and Tumor Suppressor Function | Autophagy | 2005 | 393 |
| 43 | Autophagy balances inflammation in innate immunity | Autophagy | 2018 | 393 |
| 44 | Inhibition of autophagy in the heart induces age-related cardiomyopathy | Autophagy | 2010 | 391 |
| 45 | ER stress negatively regulates AKT/TSC/mTOR pathway to enhance autophagy | Autophagy | 2010 | 391 |
| 46 | VCP/p97 is essential for maturation of ubiquitin-containing autophagosomes and this function is impaired by mutations that cause IBMPFD | Autophagy | 2010 | 389 |
| 47 | Longevity pathways converge on autophagy genes to regulate life span inCaenorhabditis elegans | Autophagy | 2008 | 386 |
| 48 | Caffeine induces apoptosis by enhancement of autophagy via PI3K/Akt/mTOR/p70S6K inhibition | Autophagy | 2011 | 385 |
| 49 | Functions of autophagy in normal and diseased liver | Autophagy | 2013 | 384 |
| 50 | A novel, human Atg13 binding protein, Atg101, interacts with ULK1 and is essential for macroautophagy | Autophagy | 2009 | 370 |
