In particular, pancreatic insulinomas (n = 24) showed a higher expression of the autophagic genes BECN1 (p < 0.001), MAP1LC3B (p < 0.001), SQSTM1 (p = 0.008), TFEB (p < 0.001), PRKAA1 (p = 0.038), and PRKAA2 (p = 0.019) compared to NF-pNET (n = 7) (Figure 3b). Here, SQSTM1 is linked to pancreatic insulinoma.