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Autophagy/virophagy: a "disposal strategy" to combat COVID-19 #MMPMID32578486
Mijaljica D; Klionsky DJ
Autophagy 2020[Dec]; 16 (12): 2271-2272 PMID32578486show ga
Given the devastating consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all of us, the question arises as to whether manipulating the cellular degradation (recycling, waste disposal) mechanism known as macroautophagy/autophagy (in particular, the selective degradation of virus particles, termed virophagy) might be a beneficial approach to fight the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Knowing that "autophagy can reprocess everything", it seems almost inevitable that, sooner rather than later, a further hypothesis-driven work will detail the role of virophagy as a fundamental "disposal strategy" against COVID-19, yielding most needed therapeutic interventions. Abbreviations: ATG, autophagy-related; CoV/CoVs coronavirus/coronaviruses; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.