Autophagy is the process of sequestrating cytoplasmic proteins into lytic compartments and is characterized by the formation of the autophagosome (LC3-positive vesicle), a double membraned structure that sequesters the target organelle/protein and then fuses with endo/lysosomes where the contents are its major component (Kong et al., 2017).We tested whether Eth could induce autophagy in BC cells by detecting changes in the lipidated form (LC3-II) of the autophagy marker LC3. Here, MAP1LC3A is linked to breast cancer.