positive regulation of autophagy

id: GO:0010508
name: positive regulation of autophagy
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that activates, maintains or increases the rate of autophagy. Autophagy is the process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0016239positive regulation of macroautophagy

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0010506regulation of autophagy
GO:0031331positive regulation of cellular catabolic process