Meanings of cellular degradation in English

Macroautophagy is a cellular degradation process responsible for the clearance of excess intracellular cargo.

Autophagy, the major cellular degradation process in animal cells, is important in normal development and tissue remodeling, as well as under pathological conditions.

Autophagy is a basic cellular degradation and recycling machinery that also affects exosomal processing, but whether autophagy controls release of prions in exosomes is unclear.