Term Name: positive regulation of autophagy
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Definition: Any process that activates, maintains or increases the rate of autophagy. Autophagy is the process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0010508]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of catabolic process regulation of autophagy
has subtype: positive regulation of autophagy in response to ER overload positive regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion positive regulation of chaperone-mediated autophagy positive regulation of macroautophagy
positively regulates: autophagy