Hamid et al. observed that APS stimulate KCs by decreasing the amounts of recombinant autophagy-related proteins (ATGs), family members (ATG7, ATG12, and ATG6), and protein II light chain 3 (LC3II), resulting in a decrease in CD68-positive KCs (Hamid et al., 2017b). This evidence concerns the gene TBCE and autoimmune polyendocrinopathy.