FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

positive regulation of autophagy

ID (Ontology)

GO:0010508 (Gene Ontology)

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.

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
positive regulation of autophagy (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
acts_upstream_of \| positive regulation of autophagy
involved_in \| positive regulation of autophagy

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

autophagy
 |__regulation of autophagy___________________
positive regulation of metabolic process      |
 |__positive regulation of catabolic process__|
regulation of catabolic process               |
 |__positive regulation of catabolic process__|
 |__regulation of autophagy___________________|
                                              positive regulation of autophagy  65 rec.
                                               |__positive regulation of autophagy in response to ER overload
                                               |__positive regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion 13 rec.
                                               |   |__positive regulation of mitophagy(+) 11 rec.
                                               |__positive regulation of chaperone-mediated autophagy
                                               |__positive regulation of macroautophagy 46 rec.
                                                   |__positive regulation of aggrephagy
                                                   |__positive regulation of autophagosome assembly 4 rec.
                                                   |__positive regulation of autophagosome maturation 4 rec.
                                                   |__positive regulation of lipophagy 4 rec.
                                                   |__positive regulation of mitophagy(+) 11 rec.
                                                   |__positive regulation of reticulophagy
                                                   |__positive regulation of xenophagy

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Is a	positive regulation of catabolic process regulation of autophagy
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