Table 1 Summary of lipids involvement during autophagy.

From: Lipids associated with autophagy: mechanisms and therapeutic targets

Phosphoinositides

Sphingolipids

Autophagy induction

Autophagy induction

Autophagy inhibition

Autophagy inhibition

Atgs recruitment

Beclin1-VPS34-VPS15 activation

Phagophore creation

Phagophore elongation

Autophagosome maturation

PE precursors

Present in autophagosomal membranes

Present in autophagosomal membranes