Human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells were exposed for 24 h to 10 μg/ml cinnamon extract (CCHE), and mRNA levels of three macroautophagy (LC3, beclin-1, and p62) and two CMA (Lamp2A and Hsc70) effectors were measured by real-time PCR. This evidence concerns the gene BECN1 and neuroblastoma.