Why does autophagy inhibition improve neuronal survival when autophagy is typically neuroprotective?

Why does autophagy inhibition improve neuronal survival when autophagy is typically neuroprotective?

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This finding contradicts the established paradigm that autophagy is generally protective in neurons and neurodegenerative diseases. The counterintuitive result that blocking autophagy reduces neuronal death challenges current therapeutic approaches targeting autophagy enhancement. Gap type: contradiction Source paper: Autophagy fails to prevent glucose deprivation/glucose reintroduction-induced neuronal death due to calpain-mediated lysosomal dysfunction in cortical neurons. (2017, Cell death &

Gap: gap-pubmed-20260411-075356-20920528

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