microautophagy – in this process the cytosolic components are directly taken up by the lysosome itself through the lysosomal membrane.
macroautophagy – this involves delivery of cytoplasmic cargo to the lysosome through the intermediary of a double membrane-bound vesicle. This is called an autophagosome that fuses with the lysosome to form an autolysosome.
Chaperone-mediated autophagy – in this process the targeted proteins are translocated across the lysosomal membrane in a complex with chaperone proteins (such as Hsc-70).
micro- and macropexophagy
piecemeal microautophagy of the nucleus
cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway