This may be involved in EMT, the proinflammatory response, and angiogenesis by regulating the TGF-β/Smad3, EGFR/ERK1/2, STAT3/NF-κB, and β-catenin axes (Shi et al., 2021), suggesting that autophagy plays a role in peritoneal fibrosis. This evidence concerns the gene TGFB1 and Peritoneal Fibrosis.