MAP1LC3A and benign prostatic hyperplasia: Thus, the interaction between fibroblasts and epithelial cells also plays a pivotal role in BPH progression and other prostatic disease.7 Our previous study found that the expression of LC3A/B and Beclin‐1 was significantly increased in BPH tissues compared with that in control group prostate tissue.8 Autophagy is a highly conserved lysosomal pathway in eukaryotes that functions to recycle and degrade various cellular components.9 Autophagy often exerts cytoprotective functions to sustain the re‐establishment of the cell status.