Sun et al. demonstrate that defects in autophagy cause nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) depletion and neurotoxicity. Restoring NAD levels rescues cytotoxicity in autophagy-deficient neurons, providing a potential therapy for neurodegenerative and lysosomal storage diseases associated with autophagy defects.
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