Atsuhiro Ichihara

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a set of guidelines for the selection and interpretation of methods for use by investigators who aim to examine macro-autophagy and related processes, as well as for reviewers who need to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of papers that are focused on these processes.

TL;DR: These guidelines are presented for the selection and interpretation of methods for use by investigators who aim to examine macroautophagy and related processes, as well as for reviewers who need to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of papers that are focused on these processes.

TL;DR: The v-ATPase complex knock-out experiments in mice revealed that its absence does not affect phagosome-lysosome fusion, and the data do not suggest a fusion-promoting role of the v- ATPase in the formation of phagolysosomes.