The increase in muscle area in this case, was concomitant with a decrease in the expression of autophagy-related genes, particularly Atg8a (Fig. 3I), but did not reduce caspase-3 and caspase-7 activity, which remained at levels similar to those in DM1 model flies (Fig. 3H). Here, GABARAP is linked to myotonic dystrophy type 1.