Term Name: positive regulation of macroautophagy
Synonyms: activation of macroautophagy, positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy, stimulation of macroautophagy, up regulation of macroautophagy, up-regulation of macroautophagy, upregulation of macroautophagy
Definition: Any process, such as recognition of nutrient depletion, that activates or increases the rate of macroautophagy to bring cytosolic macromolecules to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0016239]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of autophagy regulation of macroautophagy
has subtype: positive regulation of aggrephagy positive regulation of autophagosome assembly positive regulation of autophagosome maturation positive regulation of lipophagy positive regulation of mitophagy positive regulation of reticulophagy positive regulation of xenophagy
positively regulates: macroautophagy